It comprises a chairman and deputy chairman, an editorial director from each publishing unit and a number of central role appointments.
Members are:
• Jeremy Clifford, editor-in-chief, The Star, Sheffield (chairman)
• Ian Stewart, editor, The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday (deputy chairman)
• Colin Hume, group editor, Falkirk Herald (Scotland)
• Joy Yates, editor, Hartlepool Mail and Shields Gazette (Northeast)
• Gillian Gray, group editor, Lancashire Evening Post (Northwest)
• James Mitchinson, group editor, Derbyshire Times (North Midlands South Yorkshire)
• Mark Edwards, group editor, Peterborough Telegraph
• Gary Shipton, editor-in-chief, Sussex Newspapers North (South)
• Brian Keyes, editor, Kilkenny People (Ireland)
• Paul Napier, group editorial development director
• Tim Robinson, group editorial design director
• David Rowell, head of editorial learning & development
• Lucy Sinclair, group marketing and audience development director
Chief executive Ashley Highfield will also sit on the board.
An editorial director from Yorkshire has yet to be appointed.