Paul Cheesbrough

Chief Information Officer, The Telegraph

The Telegraph is a 153 year old media group and owner of two of the best known names in the global newspaper industry:  the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph.  The Daily Telegraph has a circulation of 889,000, making it the most read quality newspaper in the UK.  TMG also owns Britain’s fastest growing news website, Telegraph.co.uk, which doubled its audience last year.  TMG is seen as a showcase of how newspaper groups are managing the transition from print to digital.  Last September, TMG launched into the broadcasting business with a video-on-the-web news service, Telegraph TV.

Paul Cheesbrough joined the Telegraph Media Group in October 2007 as Chief Information Officer.  Paul is responsible for the organisation’s technology strategy, infrastructure, operations and web development teams. He joined from the BBC where he was the Controller of Digital Media.  Whilst at the BBC, Paul led the technology for creative and production aspects.  He also led the delivery of a number of the organisation’s key internet projects in both the UK and the US.  Prior to the BBC, Paul held a number of posts within IBM’s media division.