The Scott Trust, the sole shareholder of Guardian Media Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of former Guardian journalist Jane Martinson to its board.
Jane Martinson is a highly-respected journalist, academic and author, with a career in journalism spanning more than 25 years. Jane spent 18 years as a journalist at the Guardian, where her roles included head of media and women’s editor, and she continues to write an opinion column for the Guardian on media matters.
She joined the Guardian as the US business correspondent based in New York at the start of the millennium after working at the Financial Times.
Alongside her journalism career, Jane is the Marjorie Deane Professor of Financial Journalism at City St Georges, University of London, and is a regular contributor to news outlets on media, business, finance and women’s issues.
Jane is also the author of ‘You May Never See Us Again - the Barclay Dynasty: A Story of Survival, Secrecy and Succession‘, telling the story of David and Frederick Barclay - commonly known as the Barclay brothers. Her work has been shortlisted for a British Journalism Award, the Wincott financial journalist of the year award and the Rosemary Goodchild award. She was a member of David Puttnam’s advisory committee on the future of public service television.
Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust, said:
“Jane’s extensive journalism background, combined with her experience in media and deep knowledge of the Guardian, will be invaluable assets as she joins the Scott Trust. We are delighted to welcome her.”
Jane Martinson said:
“The Guardian has been part of my professional life for over two decades and I am delighted to join the Scott Trust board. The Guardian’s commitment to progressive, liberal, fact-based journalism is more important than ever in an era of great political, environmental and technological change. Having watched it grow into a truly global news organisation with a pioneering approach to digital transformation, I look forward to helping safeguard its journalistic freedom into the future.”
The current Scott Trust board members are: Ole Jacob Sunde (chair), Katharine Viner, Tracy Corrigan, David Olusoga, Jonathan Paine, Stuart Proffitt, Matthew Ryder, Vivian Schiller, Russell Scott, Haroon Siddique, Margaret Simons and Nabiha Syed.
Guardian News & Media press office: media.enquiries@theguardian.com
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About The Scott Trust Ltd
The ultimate owner of the Guardian is the Scott Trust, which was originally created as a trust in 1936 to safeguard the title’s journalistic freedom. In 2008 it was replaced by a limited company with the same core purpose as the original trust: to secure the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian in perpetuity, while its secondary purpose is to champion its principles and to promote freedom of the press in the UK and elsewhere.
