Board, Officers and Members

Clive Milner is a news industry specialist consultant, having been the Chief Operating Officer of News International. He has held many senior roles in the industry, including Chairman of the Newspaper Publishers Association, Executive Committee Member of ENPA, and Board Director of Pressbof (the Press Board of Finance), in addition to his long career within News International spanning more than 30 years. He has been Chairman of the NMC since 2010 and operates through his consultancy CMA Associates Ltd.

Christophe Walter-Petit has been AFP’s lead representative on the NMC for five years and in addition to the officer position of NMC Treasurer, he is AFP’s General Counsel. Since joining AFP in 2012 Mr Walter-Petit has ensured that AFP is at the forefront of battles to ensure that AFP and all fellow NMC members are able to create, use and distribute independent news material at major organised events, such sports matches and tournaments, political gatherings, entertainment shows etc.

Stephen, as Managing Director of PA Images, is responsible for managing and growing one of the largest and prestigious images libraries in the UK. He was previously at Getty Images for over twenty years, including roles as Vice President of Commercial Operations and Vice President of Global Editorial Product Development.

Georgia-Kate is Head of Policy and Government Affairs at News Ltd in Australia.

Declan is the Editorial Logistics Manager at Thompson Reuters. He is responsible for overseeing Reuters logistics at all major sporting and news events, including negotiating T&Cs with the rights owners. He has worked in the media for over 20 years in technical and operational roles.

Emma joined AAP in 2002 after working with legal firms in media, telecommunications and commercial law. Appointed General Counsel late that year, Emma has become an integral part of the agency’s leadership team. She has represented AAP in various forums, including Australia’s Right to Know, the Senate Inquiry into Sports News Reporting (leading to the establishment of the Code of Practice for Sports News Reporting), the Senate Inquiry into Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill (resulting in the Journalists’ Shield Laws) and the Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation. Emma graduated with BA/LLB (Hons) from Sydney University in 1997.

In charge of day-to-day public affairs initiatives, Liana Digka works out of Brussels where she connects with numerous public policymakers and institutions there – as well as further afield. She holds a BA in Political Science and two Master’s degrees, one in European Studies and Diplomacy from the University of Macedonia (Greece), and the other one in Media and Communication from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). She speaks Greek, English, Italian and French. Liana also shares Secretariat responsibilities.

The News Media Association is the voice of national, regional and local news media organisations in the UK – a £5 billion sector read by 48 million adults every month in print and online. The NMA exists to promote the interests of news media publishers to Government, regulatory authorities, industry bodies and other organisations whose work affects the industry.