THE JUDGES:
Sir David Arculus Also a judge at last year’s awards, Sir David is non-executive director of Pearson, Barclays and Telefonica. He was chairman of O2 until it was acquired by Telefonica. Previous roles have included managing director of Emap, chief operating officer of United News and Media, chairman of Severn Trent and chairman of Earls Court and Olympia. In his early years at Emap, he launched many magazines, including Smash Hits!, the pop music magazine that went from a circulation of 10,000 to one million within a year, helping to transform the company from a regional newspaper group into an extensive publishing house.
