Newsquest is a devolved business with senior leaders and decision-makers embedded in the heart of the communities and markets they service. We champion local flexibility and agility, understanding the imperative of responding to challenges and opportunities in widely differing geographies.
In addition, senior leaders bring their insights and experience to bear with a focus on key elements of our business including sales, tech, editorial and systems.
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Paul has been Newsquest’s Finance Director since 2001. Prior to Newsquest, Paul worked for Deloitte in corporate finance.
He is a former Treasurer of the News Media Association and a director of Asbof, the funding body for the ASA.
Mike is Regional Managing Director, Newsquest South East.
Mike is an experienced Managing Director, working in the newspaper publishing and advertising industry for more than 30 years. Starting his career in advertising sales, he is skilled in publishing strategy, with a focus on digital advertising, advertising and magazines. Mike runs the publishing businesses based in the South East, incorporating the London market, but is also responsible for Newsquests National and local leaflet sales operation.
Henry has been the CEO of Newsquest since 2014. His previous roles have included Digital Director of Johnston Press and General Manager of The Scotsman Publications. Henry started his career in marketing services.
He is Deputy Chairman of the News Media Association (NMA), the voice of local and national news organisations across the UK.
He has an MBA from INSEAD
Toby Granville has been the editorial development director at Newsquest since February 2015.
Toby began his career in 1990 at the Sunday People. He gained his first editorship at the age of 26 at The Wharf which won Newspaper of the Year under his leadership. Since joining Newsquest in 2002 Toby has edited a number of its award-winning daily titles such as the Dorset Echo and Bournemouth Daily Echo and was named Editor of the Year in 2011.
In his current role Toby is leading the editorial strategy throughout Newsquest’s newsrooms and is also a director and trustee on the board of the National Council for the Training of Journalists.
Simon is Product Director for Newsquest Media Group and leads the digital product, UX and technology teams across all news publishing and verticals (recruitment, homes, motors) managing teams in London, Glasgow, Bournemouth and the Midlands. Simon is fanatical about product-lead, Agile development. Previous to Newquest, Simon was Digital Tech Director at Haymarket Media Group, plus various roles in other digital-first companies and agencies.
David is Managing Director, North East and is responsible for Newsquest / LOCALiQ centres in the North-East, Yorkshire and Cumbria and he chairs the group’s Newspaper Sales Development Group. Prior to his current role, David was based in West Yorkshire as the Managing Director of Newsquest Bradford. He started his career in the media with Westminster Press, part of Pearson PLC, in 1990 after graduating with a BA(Hons) degree in Fine Art.
Nick leads Newsquest’s Digital Marketing Services business, LOCALiQ. LOCALiQ is one of the UK’s fastest growing Digital Marketing agencies, focusing on delivering online presence, lead management and technology solutions for businesses of all sizes across the UK.
David is Regional Managing Director, responsible for managing all operations of the Herald & Times Group, and the Scottish & Northern Ireland Regional newsbrands of the former Romanes Media Group.
Tracey is responsible for the smooth running of the human resources department, managing the HR team and providing high-level consultation to management.
Tracey has over 20 years’ experience in HR working at a senior level and specialising in handling employee relations, ensuring compliance with legislation, change management, legal matters, managing budgets and assessing staffing needs.
With over 30 years service with the company, Alison manages the central operating teams that support our editorial and commercial teams. From product creation and planning, through advert management, magazine production, feature & creative services, editorial template creation and system training & support, her dedicated and talented teams are on hand to help and advise across the Newsquest regions and their operational partners. She also manages all aspects of our offshore service for advert creation and digital ad campaign management.
Morgan Stevenson is Digital Transformation Director responsible for the delivery of best in class Digital Marketing solutions for local businesses, the development of the Newsquest Sales Academy and for driving national revenues via Newsquest part in the UK media-first publisher alliance, 1XL.
Morgan has previously held positions as Digital Innovation Director at Trinity Mirror, Commercial Development Director at Local World and Head of Display at Johnston Press.
Dawn is Managing Director, Newsquest Recruitment Solutions and joined Newsquest in July 2013 as Managing Director of Newsquest Sussex.
She became Managing Director of Newsquest Recruitment Solutions, Newsquest’s England and Wales recruitment business, in September 2016. Prior to joining Newsquest Dawn held a number of Commercial Director and Managing Director roles for other leading UK Media Groups.
Julia is Regional Managing Director, Newsquest Midlands South, Oxford, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
Julia’s regional press career started in 1993, progressing throughout the commercial department within various sales and management roles across the Midlands.
Appointed as Publisher for Gloucestershire in 2012, Julia took up her first Managing Directorship in 2015 for Wales & Gloucestershire and is currently Managing Director for Newsquest across Worcestershire, West Midlands, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
Julia sits on the Newsquest Pension Board as a Member Nominated Trustee, a position held since 2012 and is a former board member of the News Media Association, on the local commercial board.
Working amidst various group projects in the business, Julia thrives being at the thrust of change, diversity and evolution within the industry and Newsquest.
Vincent is Regional Managing Director, Newsquest Hampshire, Dorset, IoW, Salisbury and the South West, regions covering the south coast from Hampshire, Dorset, Salisbury, running from the Isle of Wight down to Cornwall.
He is also Chairman of the trustee board of directors of the Newsquest Pension Fund and Chairman of the Newsquest Stakeholder Pension Scheme. In December 2016 he took up Presidency of the Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
A graduate in business studies, he has worked within the regional press since leaving university and held numerous executive management positions including Brand Manager for Northcliffe Newspapers Group.