Last Updated: 11 Aug 2015
The current membership of the Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee is as follows:
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Chair
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Name: Peter Watkins
Organisation: Director General Security Policy Ministry of Defence
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Vice-Chair, and Chair Media Side
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Name: Simon Bucks
Organisation: Associate Editor Sky News
Nominated By... British Sky Broadcasting
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Government Members
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Name:
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Organisation:
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Vacant |
Ministry of Defence
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Jonathan Allen |
Director for National Security Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
Mark Sedwill |
Permanent Secretary Home Office |
Paddy McGuinness |
Deputy National Security Adviser for Security, Intelligence, and Resilience Cabinet Office |
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Media Members
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Name:
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Organisation:
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Nominated By...
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John Battle
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Head of Compliance Independent Television News |
ITN
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Paul Johnson
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Deputy Editor Guardian News and Media |
NPA |
Charles Garside |
Assistant Editor Daily Mail |
NPA |
James Green |
Director IHS - Jane's News & Analysis |
PPA |
Jonathan Grun |
Editor The Press Association |
PA |
David Higgerson |
Digital Publishing Director Trinity Mirror Regionals |
NS |
Michael Jermey |
Director of News, Current Affairs and Sport ITV |
ITV |
David Jordan |
Director of Editorial Policy and Standards BBC |
BBC |
Ursula Mackenzie |
Chief Executive Officer & Publisher Little Brown Book Group |
(B)PA |
James MacManus |
Executive Director News UK |
NPA |
Geoff Martin |
Editor Ham & High |
NS |
Barry McIlheney |
Chief Executive Professional Publishers Association |
PPA |
Bob Satchwell |
Executive Director Society of Editors |
SoE |
Richard Walker |
Editor Sunday Herald |
SNS |
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Secretary
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Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Vallance CB OBE (click here to contact) |
First Deputy Secretary
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Air Commodore David Adams
Second Deputy Secretary
Brigadier Geoffrey Dodds OBE
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The Committee