David Turner
A lifelong newspaperman, he began his career as an indentured compositor with Associated Newspapers in Grimsby. Later moved to selling printing equipment for Linotype Paul and then returned to newspapers as Northern Sales Manager at Goodhead Print Group, Sheffield.
He was invited in 1988 to head contract printing sales at Northcliffe Newspapers and, after a highly successful career there, retired in 2004. David continues to work as a consultant for News International, tasked with fashioning a sales and marketing strategy to complement the Group’s current massive spend on new newspaper press technology.