Trustees

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 of the International Advisory Panel of Chugai Pharmaceutical. Non-executive director of BUPA and of Smith & Nephew.

Tim Clark
Trustee since December 2009. Deputy chairman of G3 and a non-executive director of Big Yellow Group. 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, the International Advisory Board of Uria Menendez and the Advisory Board of the Centre for European Reform. Former senior partner of Slaughter and May.

Bryan Sanderson
Trustee since May 2006. Non-executive chairman of Cella Energy, chairman of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and of Home Renaissance Foundation, an emeritus governor of the London School of Economics and a director of Durham CCC.