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Board of the British Copyright Council


The Board of the British Copyright Council is made up of nine Directors, including the Chairman and the Treasurer.  Four other individuals participate in Board discussions but do not vote and do not hold Directorial responsibilities.  They are the President of Honour, two Vice Presidents and the Chief Executive Officer who is also the Company Secretary.

Directors at November 2009:

Paul Mitchell, Senior Partner, Taylor Wessing
Chairman Director
nominated by all Members (Art 8.1(f)) but must be independent i.e. not also be a representative of a member organisation

Hugh Jones, Copyright Counsel, Publishers Association
Treasurer
Director nominated by all Members (Article 8.1(e))

Bernie Corbett
Director, Literary & Dramatic Works (Article 8.1(a))

John Smith
Director, Musical Works (Article 8.1(b))

Derek Brazell
Director, Artistic Works (Article 8.1(c))

Andrew Yeates
Director, categories of works other than literary & dramatic, musical and artistic (Article 8.1(d))

Peter Leathem
Director, nominated by any member (Article 8.1(g))

Richard Combes
Director, nominated by any member (Article 8.1(h))

Position vacant
at November 2009

Director
Appointed as a person who is willing to act as a director, either to fill a casual vacancy or as an additional director (Article 8.4). 

Participating in Board discussions but not Directors:

Maureen Duffy, FRSL
President of Honour
Geoffrey Adams
Vice President
Professor Adrian Sterling
Vice President
Janet Ibbotson
CEO and Company Secretary