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Wed, 11 November, 2026


Committee

  • David Thompson – Life president


    DAVID THOMPSON joined the Daily Mirror as a news sub-editor in 1966. Two years on he was in the political team becoming …

  • Tom Brown – Life vice-president


    TOM BROWN trained in Scotland, then worked on the Daily Express in London 1964-78 as news reporter, news and features executive, medical …

  • Carol McNamara – Secretary


    FORMER manager in the Reach pensions department CAROL MCNAMARA joined the AMP in May 2024, taking up the new post …

  • Rosemary Cook – Chair


    ROSEMARY COOK was married to Sunday Mirror photographer and much-loved FOC, Peter “Cookie” Cook.  Peter died in 2021 and Rosemary has joined …

  • Caro Cluskey – Deputy chair (Mirror Pensioner/website)


    CARO CLUSKEY enjoyed a long and successful career with Odhams Newspapers and Mirror Group, first on the Sunday People and latterly in …

  • Ray Evans – Treasurer


    RAY EVANS started at Mirror Group in 1968 as a clerk in the transport department, and later became supervisor in a new …

  • Bill Berentemfel


    BILL BERENTEMFEL joined the Mirror organisation in 1961 working for the Sunday Pictorial. He transferred to IPC in 1966 when the IPC …

  • Jean Carr


    JEAN CARR worked as a staff journalist for over 35 years on student, local, regional and national newspapers. She was one of …

  • Rob Cunningham


    ROB CUNNINGHAM began work as a graphic artist, and in 1991, joined the process department of the SDR&SM until early retirement in …

  • Stephanie Kerstein


    STEPHANIE KERSTEIN – is returning for a second stint on the AMP committee, having completed a fixed three-year term (2021-2024) as a …

  • Bob Miller


    BOB MILLER recently replaced Russell Stewart on the AMP Committee. Russell has become an MGNPS Trustee Director.

    After working in heavy industry in …

  • Isabel Mulligan


    ISABEL MULLIGAN joined the Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail working in tele-sales. She moved over to advertising make-up and learned to …

  • Bill Rowntree


    BILL ROWNTREE worked his first Saturday shift for then Sunday Mirror picture editor Derek Jameson in 1964. Bill was sent to watch …

  • Malcolm Speed


    MALCOLM SPEED retired from the Daily Record in 2006 after more than 40 years’ pensionable service. He had been news editor of …

  • David Tattersall


    DAVID TATTERSALL started as a journalist in 1964 on the Lancashire Evening Telegraph in Blackburn, followed by a stint on The Journal in Newcastle …

  • Ray Weaver


    RAY WEAVER entered newspapers in 1961 aged 20 as a photographer on the South East London Mercury. In 1964 he joined the …

  • John Hemple (honorary committee member)


    JOHN HEMPLE joined the Daily Mirror in 1960, one day before his fifteenth birthday. During a 41-year career with the company he …

  • Patricia Smyllie (honorary committe member)


    PATRICIA SMYLLIE began her career in the Foreign Office (Berlin, London). She later became the Daily Mail’s junior foreign correspondent, then filled …

  • Russell Stewart (ex-committee member)


    RUSSELL STEWART has stood down from the AMP Committee following his appointment as an MGNPS trustee.

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