Leslie Hinton

Overview

Leslie Hinton served as a Director of the Company from 15 October 1999 until 13 February 2003. Following his resignation as a Director, Mr Hinton was immediately appointed as an Alternate Director of the Company. He has worked for News Corporation for more than 40 years as a journalist and manager in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom and is currently Executive Chairman of News International Limited. In 1996, Mr Hinton joined the board of the Press Association in Britain. In October 1998, he was elected Chairman of the newspaper and magazine publishing industry's Code of Practice Committee which sets the code implemented by the Press Complaints Commission. Mr Hinton was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Johnston Press in March 2005.