Tim Melville-Ross was director general of the Institute of Directors between 1994 and 1999. Prior to that he was chief executive of the Nationwide Building Society and currently holds board positions in several leading companies including Bovis Homes, DTZ, and Dutch financial institution Bank Insinger de Beaufort.

William Newlands is a chartered accountant with broad experience of the international media and public relations industries. Prior to joining NewsCast he was CFO of US-based Rainier Corporation and before that he was European Financial Controller of Medialink Incorporated.

Eamonn McCabe has collected both UK Photographer of the Year and UK Picture Editor of the Year awards on multiple occasions, placing him at the very top of the profession with a reputation that is truly international in the field. Eamonn's appointment to NewsCast came after 13 years as Picture Editor of The Guardian for which he still undertakes regular photographic assignments.

Stewart Goldstein has managed to combine his award-winning skills as a professional photographer with an entrepreneurial flair that led to the creation in 1990 of the UK's foremost corporate photography agency, EyeCatchers, which was acquired by a US media group in 1998. In August 2000 Stewart joined and then acquired the photographic agency blink, which specialises in conceptual photography for business and which was itself acquired by NewsCast in July 2001.

Quentin Bell founded the international public relations agency QBO, and was formerly chairman of the Public Relations Consultants Association (1994-1996). The author of The PR Business and Win that Pitch, he was ranked "one of the most influential PR players of the decade" (PR Week). He recently sold his remaining stake in QBO to Lord Bell's Chime Communications plc.