Media Guardian 100

Media Guardian 100 is an “annual guide to the most powerful people in television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, media business, advertising, marketing and PR.


The panellist are Andrew Zein, he is the vice-president in the international television production unit of Warner Bros. Christian Payne is the social technologist, freelance mobile media maker, photographer and logger. Farah Ramzan Golant is the chief executive of advertising agency AMV BBDO. Luke Johnson is the founder of Risk Capital Partners, a private equity firm he started 10 years ago. Oona King is head of diversity at Channel 4 and was previously senior policy adviser to Gordon Brown on equalities and diversity. Jane Martinson is the editor of Media Guardian. She has previously been associate City editor, writing a weekly interview for the business pages; media business editor; City news editor; and US business correspondent based in New York. John Plunkett writes about radio, among many other things, for Media Guardian and edits its diary column, media monkey. Steve Busfield is the head of media and technology across the Guardian, the Observer and guardian.co.uk. lastly, Veronica Wadley was editor of the London Evening Standard from 2002 to 2009. She was previously deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail.

There are 10 females in the top 100. I have listed them below, I have also listed the companies that they work for along with their roles within the company.

1) Jay Hunt (No 12 in top 100)
Company:BBC 1
Role: controller

2) Rebekah brooks (No. 16 in top 100)
Company: News international
Role: chef executive

3) Elisabeth Murdoch (No. 18 in top 100)
Company: Shine group
Role: chairman and chied executive

4) Helen Boaden (No. 21 in top 100)
Company: BBC news
Role: director

5) Dame Marjorie Scardino (No. 25 in top 100)
Company: Pearson
Role: Chief executive

6) Tessa Ross (No. 34 in top 100)
Company: Channel 4
Role: controller of film and drama

7) Dame Gail Rebuck (No. 36 in top 100)
Company: Random House
Role: Chairman and chief executive

8) Roisin Donnelly (No. 42 in top 100)
Company: Procter & Gamble UK and Ireland
Role: Corporate marketing director

9) Jana Bennett (No. 45 in top 100)
Company: BBC
Role: Director of vision

10) Cilla snowball (No. 50 in top 100)
Company: AMV Group
Role: Chairman and chief