Prime Minister reappoints Trustee of the Tate

 The Prime Minister has reappointed Lionel Barber to the Board of Trustees of the Tate for 4 years from 31 January 2015 to 30 January 2019. Lionel Barber is the editor of the Financial Times, appointed in November 2005. Previously, he was the newspaper’s US managing editor, based in New York, responsible for the US edition. Joining the FT in 1985, he was the editor of the continental European edition between 2000 and 2002 and from 1998 until 2000 he was the news editor. He has also been the Brussels bureau chief. The Tate is an institution that holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art. The Tate has a network of four art museums: Tate Britain (London), Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate Modern, (London). Tate is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. For further information, visit www.tate.org.uk