Age: 44
Industry: publishing, broadcasting, new media
Turnover: £751.9m
Staff: 7,250
Salary: £456,000 (including £195,000 bonus)
2005 ranking: new entry
As chief executive of the Guardian Media Group, McCall will be responsible for a business spanning publishing, radio, magazines and the internet. Due to succeed Sir Robert Phillis on August 1, McCall was previously chief executive of the group's national newspaper division.
In a historic year for the Guardian Media Group, McCall oversaw the transition of both the Guardian and the Observer to the new Berliner format. The papers were well received by readers and critics alike, and the Guardian was named newspaper of the year at the British Press Awards and by the London Press Club.
