The Committee – The DSMA Notice System

The current membership of the Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee is as follows:

Chair

Paul Wyatt

Director General Security Policy
Ministry of Defence

John Battle KC (Hon)
Head of Legal and Compliance, ITN

Name	Organisation
Matthew Collins	Deputy National Security Adviser, Cabinet Office
Katharine Costelloe	Director National Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Kitty Jenkins	Director National Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gareth Martin	Director Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence
Elizabeth Wright	Deputy Director National Security, Home Office

Name	Organisation	Nominated By
Name	Organisation	Nominated By
Dawn Alford	Executive Director Society of Editors	Society of Editors
Ian Brunskill	Associate Editor, The Times & Sunday Times	NMA
Andrew Dagnell	Editor ITV News	ITV
David Dillon	Editor Mail on Sunday	NMA
Joe Fay	Freelance	Chair and Vice-Chair
James Green	Director Janes	Janes
David Higgerson	Digital Publishing Director Trinity Mirror Regionals	NMA
David Jordan	Director of Editorial Policy and Standards BBC	BBC
Paul Kunert	Editor, The Register	Chair and Vice-Chair
Jack Lefley	Editor PA Media	PA Media
Ben Lowry	Editor, Belfast News Letter	NMA
John McLellan	Director, Scottish Newspaper Society	SNS
Lisa Mitchell	Director Editorial Content, BFBS	Chair and Vice-Chair
Charles Redmayne	Chief Executive Officer Harper Collins UK	The Publishers Association
Sayra Tekin	Legal Director, NMA	NMA
Sarah Whitehead	Director Newsgathering & Operations, Sky News	Sky TV
Eilidh Wilson	Policy & Public Affairs Manager, PPA	Professional Publishers Association
Robert Winnett	Deputy Editor The Daily Telegraph	NMA
Joy Yates	Editor Newsquest, North Cumbria	NMA
Post Vacant	Post Vacant	Professional Publishers Association

Brigadier Geoffrey Dodds OBE

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Captain Jon Perkins RN

Lieutenant Commander Stephen Dudley RN

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