Editorial Director of The Sunday Times, Eleanor Mills is the new Chair of Women in Journalism, the campaigning organisation which promotes greater representation of women at senior level in newspapers and magazines.

Eleanor joined The Sunday Times in 1998 and prior to that was the youngest ever features editor at The Daily Telegraph. Since she joined The Sunday Times she has been Focus Editor, Editor News Review, Saturday Editor of The Times and is now Editorial Director and a columnist on social affairs with a particular interest in women. She has led the Sunday Times' campaign to protect children from on-line pornography about which, as the mother of two young girls she feels passionately.

News UK CEO, Mike Darcey, said: "Eleanor was one of several promotions this year that saw talented women join the senior management teams of all our papers. It is great news that she has now been recognised by her industry colleagues and I have no doubt that she will bring the great skills, drive and passion we value to furthering the aims of Women in Journalism.”

Eleanor Mills, said: “It is a great honour to be chair of WIJ, I would like to use my time at the helm to build on its long tradition of raising the profile of women in our industry and to campaign on issues such as representation of women in areas such as News where traditionally they have been few in number. There is a great wave of young women entering the workforce, I want to give them role models to be proud of and the help they need to get to the top. Their talents are essential to create the digital future of the media.”