Sir David Bell
Non-Executive Chair
Sir David Bell is a non-executive director of the Economist. He is a former Director of Pearson plc, Chairman and CEO of the Financial Times, and Chairman of Pearson Inc.
David is currently Chairman of Sadler's Wells, Chair of Council, Roehampton University, Chairman of the London Transport Museum, Chairman of the Transformation Trust, Chairman of Rare, Chair of Bath Mozartfest, Chair of Cambridge University Press and Chair of The Institute of War & Peace Reporting Europe. He is a trustee of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Pearson Group Pension, Worth School, Cornerstone Property Assets, the Bureau for Investigative Journalism, Girl Hub and the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation {CSFI,} and a member of the Honorary Council of the Royal National Theatre.
David was an Assessor on the Leveson Inquiry into the Culture, Practice and Ethics of the Press and Chairman of the Millennium Bridge Trust.