ACE Trustees
The association has appointed Trustees which support the governing committee and provide recognised Trustee duties of Care, Loyalty and Obedience towards the ongoing rules and aims and objects of ACE.
There are normally 3 Trustees appointed within ACE each having good knowledge of the industry and usually either a member or former member of ACE. They do not sit on the governing committee as the role sits outside the day-to-day running of the Association.
The principle roles of the ACE Trustee are;
- Assist and be a mentor for the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary.
- Agree the ACE Secretary’s remuneration and performance appraisal and recommend to the GC any changes.
- Ensure the finances comply with agreed objectives.
- Act as a custodian to ensure that the ACE rules are adhered to and makes recommendations to the GC on an annual basis on any recommended changes.
- Support GC recruitment policy on ACE membership and advises Chairman on potential new GC members.
- Oversees administration, execution and finances of the ACE Diploma scheme.
The current ACE Trustees are:
Mike Newman | Adrian Smith | Len Stall | Kelvin Taverner
ACE Trustees
Mike Newman
ACE Trustee
Mike took up a degree in physics, but never took up the subject as a career. He is also a graduate of the Institute of Marketing. His first job in marketing was with Rank Hovis McDougal, but he soon changed to Media. Subsequently he worked for Thomson Regional Newspapers, AGB on television audience measurement, HTV, British Posters and then joined Associated Newspapers just prior to the closure of the London Evening News. He was part of the founding team which launched The Mail on Sunday in 1982 and then headed the Joint Circulation Department, handling the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday in 1990. He started third party distribution of newspapers and magazines and he founded the High Speed Bagging Company – HSBC – Associated Newspaper’s polybagging company. He was appointed Group Circulation Director in August 2001, with responsibility for circulation for all of Associated’s titles. He has played a leading role in industry matters in recent years. He was Chairman of the Association of Circulation Executives (ACE) in 1991 and has been Chairman of the Newspapers Publishers Association (NPA) Circulation Executive sine May 1992. He currently represents the NPA on JIG.
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
Chairman ANMW
ACE Trustee
Adrian has spent 44 years in the magazine and newspaper industry in the UK. He worked for 42 of those years with WH Smith on the wholesale business, now SmithsNews, and was Commercial Director for the latter part of that time having spent the earlier years managing a variety of wholesale locations and central functions. He has been Chairman of the ANMW (Association of Newspaper and Magazine Wholesalers) for the last 2 years. Adrian has been on the Governing Committee of ACE (Association of Circulation Executives) and a Trustee for the last 3 years. He is also Non Executive Chairman of WWMD Ltd (World Wide Magazine Distribution) and a member of the WH Smith/SmithNews Pension Board.
Len Stall
Managing Director, Allcom Media
Len Stall
ACE Trustee
Leonard Stall was born in London and educated at The Haberdashers’ Aske’s School in Elstree, Hertfordshire. He has a degree in Economic History from the University of Birmingham, and is also a Press Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. Leonard moved to Brighton in 1989. He launched (and subsequently sold) two well-known local magazines - the Source, and Brighton & Hove Life - during his time as managing director of Medialab, as well as the local edition of the Metro daily commuter newspaper. After a career spanning various types of media, ranging from customer publishing and graphic design to radio programming, he is now managing director of London-based Allcom Media, with a portfolio of non-executive directorships. He is also acting as an interim Director of Enterprises for Reader’s Digest. Leonard has recently ‘retired’ after serving a three-year term as chairman of the Sussex branch of the Institute of Directors, and also sat on the IoD’s Regional Committee for the South East. Outside of the working environment, he is a passionate Chelsea supporter, and a part-time author – two biographies of England rugby players, Phil de Glanville and World Cup star Mike Catt, and the best-selling Good Condom Guide. Yes it’s true! Leonard is married with two sons, and is now a weekly commuter between London and Angers, France, where he is based with ‘Famille Stall’.
