Bob Satchwell has been executive director of the Society of Editors since its foundation in 1999. He was editor of the Cambridge Evening News from 1984 to 1998. He was President of the Guild of Editors 1997-98, which became the Society of Editors in 1999.
He is a member of the Defence Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee, the Cabinet Office Media Emergencies Forum, the Ministry of Justice Information Users’ Group and a member of the executive committee of the Commonwealth Press Union. He brokered the understanding between the media and the Chief of the General Staff that led to the news
embargo during Prince Harry’s deployment to Afghanistan. He is a member of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Public Interest in Poverty Issues Advisory Board. He is a non executive director of the Eastern Housing Partnership and serves on a number of charity committees.
Bob Satchwell
He is chairman of the judges for the British Press Awards and the Northern Ireland Press and Broadcasting Awards. He is a non-executive director of the National Council for the Training of Journalists and a member of the Newspaper Qualifications Council.
He started his career with the Lancashire Evening Post in 1970 where he rose from graduate trainee to associate editor. He was Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards for 1977 and Crime Reporter of the Year in the same year. He went to Fleet Street as assistant editor of the News of the World before returning to regional newspapers as editor of the Cambridge Evening News in 1984. He retired from the editorship at the end of 1998 after nearly 15 years in the chair.