Guardian Media Group

 
scott trust -> trustees
The Scott Trust Board, which is chaired by Liz Forgan, consists of executives within Guardian Media Group, non-executives, members of the Scott family and a member of the Guardian’s editorial staff.

The formal responsibilities of the Scott Trust Board are:
  • to secure and preserve the financial position and editorial independence of the Guardian in perpetuity 
  • to monitor the organisation, financial management and overall strategy of the Group, holding the Board accountable for its performance
  • to appoint and ‘in extreme circumstances’ to dismiss the editors of the Guardian, the Manchester Evening News and the Observer
  • to act as a ‘court of appeal’ in the event of any dispute between the editorial and managerial sides of the operation
More about the current Scott Trust Board members