ABOUT THE COMMISSION

There are seventeen members of the Press Complaints Commission. A majority of them have no connection with the press - ensuring that the PCC is independent of the newspaper industry.

There are three classes of members: the Chairman, Public Members (or lay) and Press (or industry) Members.

The independent Chairman is appointed by the newspaper and magazine publishing industry. The Chairman must not be engaged in or, otherwise than by his office as Chairman, connected with or interested in the business of publishing newspapers, periodicals or magazines. The current Chairman is Baroness Buscombe.

The Public Members and Press Members are appointed by an independent Appointments Commission. None of the Public Members can be engaged in or, otherwise than by their membership of the Commission, connected with or interested in the business of publishing newspapers, periodicals or magazines. Each of the Press Members must be a person experienced at senior editorial level in the press.

The Commission takes the final decision about all complaints handled by the PCC, in particular those referred to it for adjudication. Commission members also function as Directors of the PCC, so have ultimate responsibility for the management of the Commission.

There is presently a vacancy for a lay Commission member on the Commission, which we are currently in the process of appointing.

Commission Members

	Baroness Buscombe Chairman ( click here for Baroness Buscombe's biographical notes)
	Matti Alderson Chairman, Direct Marketing Commission Director, Firehorses Ltd
	John Home Robertson Former MP
	Anthony Longden Managing Editor, North & East London Newsquest
	Ian MacGregor Editor, The Sunday Telegraph
	John McLellan Editor, The Scotsman
	Ian Nichol Accountant Member of Criminal Cases Review Commission
	Lindsay Nicholson Editorial Director, Good Housekeeping
l	Simon Reynolds Editorial Director Lancashire Evening Post & Wigan Evening Post
	Esther Roberton Director (non-Executive), Scottish Council for Development and Industry
	Eve Salomon Chairman, RICS Regulatory Board Chair, Internet Watch Foundation Commissioner, Gambling Commission
	Simon Sapper Assistant Secretary, Communication Workers' Union
	Julie Spence OBE QPM Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary
	The Rt Rev John Waine KCVO Member of the Foundation, University of Essex
	Professor Ian Walden Professor of Information and Communications Law, Queen Mary, University of London
	Tina Weaver Editor, Sunday Mirror
	Peter Wright Editor, The Mail on Sunday