Our leadership team

Lord Rothermere brings significant experience of media and newspapers. He worked at the International Herald Tribune in Paris and the Mirror Group before moving to Northcliffe Newspapers in 1995. In 1997 he became Managing Director of the Evening Standard.

Paul Dacre joined the Group as US Bureau Chief in 1979. Appointed Editor of the Evening Standard in 1990 he was appointed Editor of the Daily Mail in 1992 and Editor-in-Chief of Associated Newspapers in 1998, years which saw the launches of Metro and MailOnline. After stepping aside as Editor, after 26 years, Paul Dacre was appointed Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Associated Newspapers in 2018.

Martin originally joined the Daily Mail in 1987, working on the news, picture and feature desks before becoming News Editor of the Daily Mirror. He was appointed Editor of the newly launched Scottish Daily Mail in 1995, helping it become Scotland's biggest middle-market daily paper. He subsequently moved to The Scotsman as Editor and then the Daily Record and Sunday Mail as Editor-in-Chief. Having re-joined DMGT in 2001 as Editor of the newly acquired Ireland on Sunday, Martin took over responsibility for MailOnline in 2006 and in 2008 was made Publisher. 2018 saw his appointment as Publisher for dmg media.

Kevin Beatty brings a number of years’ media industry experience. He is CEO of dmg media and was appointed to the board of dmg media's parent group, DMGT, in 2004. During his 23 years with DMGT, Kevin has been managing director of The Mail on Sunday, managing director of the Evening Standard and London Metro, chief operating officer of Associated New Media and managing director of Northcliffe Newspapers.

James Welsh joined dmg media in 2010 as Chief Financial Officer with functional responsibility across the division, taking on responsibility for Operations in 2013. Prior to dmg media, James spent 15 years working across the UK and Europe in a number of commercial finance and change management roles, including Finance Director of PC World and Link stores at Dixons Retail.

Roland joined dmg media in January 2010 as Chief Marketing Officer, taking on wider responsibility for circulation, commerce and customer service in 2015. Roland spent the previous twenty years working in the media industry for organisations such as Carat media agency and Northern and Shell publishing. Roland’s last role prior to joining dmg media was Sales and Marketing Director of The Sun and News of the World.

Geordie Greig is the Editor of the Daily Mail, and also Editor of Mail Newspapers. For six years until 2018 he was Editor of The Mail on Sunday. He edited the London Evening Standard for three years from 2009, and before that was Editor of Tatler for 10 years. He worked for the Sunday Times for 12 years, five years in America as New York correspondent, later becoming the paper’s literary editor. He is a director of Mail Newspapers and the London Evening Standard.

Geordie is the author of The Kingmaker, a history of the friendship between his grandfather and George VI, and Breakfast with Lucian, a memoir about the artist Lucian Freud.

Ted Verity joined the Daily Mail as a News Reporter in 1991. He was Royal Reporter for two years before being made Femail Editor in 1996. Ted spent four years in Ireland where he was launch Editor of the Irish Daily Mail and was appointed Editor of The Mail on Sunday in September 2018.

Ted has been the Editor of Metro newspaper since 2014, spearheading its success to become the UK’s most read national daily newspaper in March 2018. Prior to his role at Metro, Ted spent two years as Editor of the Daily News and Daily News America Online, in New York. A former Editor of MailOnline and survivor of the London freesheet battle during the noughties as Editor of London Lite newspaper, he was also formerly Night Editor of The Sun and Executive Editor of the Daily Express.

Danny joined the Daily Mail in 1998 where he was Associate News Editor for 5 years. He moved across to The Observer after being appointed Deputy News Editor, before going on to become Head of News at The Independent where he was also Assistant Editor. 2008 saw him return to dmg media as UK Editor of MailOnline. He was instrumental in the launch of MailOnline’s US operation, DailyMail.com, in 2010, taking on the role of US Editor for 3 years in New York. He returned to resume his role as UK Editor of MailOnline in 2013.

Deborah originally joined the Daily Mail on the Femail desk in 2001. In 2003, she was made part of the launch team for the paper’s Lifestyle section, going on to work as writer and Commissioning Editor for the section. In 2006, Deborah joined the launch team of Associated Newspaper title, London Lite and she went on to edit a number of features sections within the paper. In 2008, she was appointed Femail Editor for MailOnline, during which time the team expanded into New York and Australia and also launched the e-commerce tool, Fashion Finder. She was subsequently appointed Editor of Metro.co.uk in 2014.

Simon Lambert joined This is Money in 2005 as a reporter and soon after helped guide readers through the financial crisis and the remarkable years that have followed. He became Assistant Editor in 2008, and was appointed Editor in 2012. His team works to bring readers the best money news, advice, tips and expert views - helping people understand the financial news and to save and make money.

Katherine Thomson joined dmg media in 2010, and was appointed US Editor of Dailymail.com in 2013. She previously worked at the Huffington Post, MSNBC and The New York Daily News.

Barclay was instrumental in the launch of Daily Mail Australia as News Editor. He came to dmg media from The Sunday Telegraph, where he started as a political reporter in 2010, becoming News Editor in 2013. Prior to this he worked at the South China Morning Post and The Australian. He was appointed Editor of Daily Mail Australia in 2017.