Paul Deighton

Director at The Economist

Appointed as a non-executive director in February 2018 as non-executive chairman in July 2018. Non-executive chairman of Heathrow Airport and Hakluyt and serves on the board of Square, Inc. Chairman of the audit and finance commission of the International Association of Athletics Federations. Previously a partner at Goldman Sachs, CEO of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a member of the board of the organising committee for the Rugby World Cup in 2015. He also served the UK government as a treasury minister in the House of Lords.

Timeline

  • Director

    Current role