The trust shares of the company are held by trustees, whose consent is needed for certain corporate activities, such as the appointments of the editor of The Economist and of the chairman of the Group.
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone PC, DL
Trustee since October 2005. Heads the board practice of Odgers Berndtson. Member of the House of Commons (1984- 2005). Member of the Cabinet (1992-97), serving as Secretary of State, first for Health and then for National Heritage. Chancellor of the University of Hull, pro-chancellor of the University of Surrey and governor of the London School of Economics. Member of the UK Advisory Council of the International Chamber of Commerce and the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel NV. Non-executive director of BUPA.
Clayton Brendish CBE
Trustee since 1999. Non-executive chairman of Anite, Echo Research and SThree. Non-executive director of BT Group and Herald Investment Trust and a director of the Test and Itchen Association.
Tim Clark
Appointed as a trustee in December 2009. Deputy chairman of G3 and a non-executive director of Big Yellow Group, Mint Equities and the COIF Charitable Funds. Board member of the National Theatre, senior adviser to Chatham House, vice-chair of Business for New Europe and a member of the International Chamber of Commerce UK Governing Body, the Development Committee of the National Gallery and the International Advisory Board of Uria Menendez. Former senior partner of Slaughter and May.
Bryan Sanderson
Trustee since May 2006. Chairman of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and of Home Renaissance Foundation, a governor of the London School of Economics and a director of Durham CCC.