Tom Turcan - Guardian

General Manager, Digital

Tom Turcan - Guardian

Tom is General Manager, Digital at Guardian News and Media, which includes guardian.co.uk - the UK’s largest newspaper website, and three times consecutive winner of the Webby for world’s best newspaper website -, and guardian.co.uk/jobs - one of the UK’s leading recruitment sites. He is responsible for the P&L performance of these online businesses, the development of the Guardian’s new technical platform, and for implementation of the company’s digital growth strategy.

His background spans newspaper and magazine publishing, radio, digital music, business consultancy and software engineering, including periods with News International, BBC Worldwide, Gemini and Logica.  Tom has also worked in online brand management and actively participated in ICANN.

DNA 2008 - Speakers overview

Confirmed speakers include


  • Helen Boaden - BBC News
  • Catherine Captain - msnbc.com
  • Hans Laroes - NOS
  • Stephen Marshall - GNN
  • Geir Børdalen - NRK News
  • Marcel Houtman - Skoeps International
  • Simon Bucks - Sky News
  • Christian Van Thillo - De Persgroep
  • Jorg Sadrozinski - Taggesschau.de
  • Yme Bosma - Hyves.net
  • Edward Roussel - Telegraph Media Group
  • Maurits van Rijckevorsel - De Telegraaf
  • Bas Broekhuizen - Volkskrant TV
  • Shu Chen Tan - VPRO
  • Jan Ouvry - VRT
  • Atte Jääskeläinen - YLE News
  • Rowan Barnett - The AvaStar
  • Olivier Chapel - Zattoo
  • Simon Cox - Turner Media Innovation
  • Lara Ankersmit - Telegraaf Digital
  • Joris Van Heukelom - DAG
  • Russell Buckley - AdMob
  • Jan Maarten Groen - Mobi Concepts
  • Richard Foan - ABCe
  • Andrew Creighton - Vice Europe
  • Mike Sechrist - WKRN Nashville
  • Michael Rosenblum - Rosenblum Associates
  • Eric Brown - ImpactGames
  • Reiner Mittelbach - IFRA
  • Christian Trippe - Deutsche Welle
  • Sara Quinn - Poynter Visual Journalism Center
  • Adriaan Bouten - McGraw-Hill
  • Alexander Houben - Volksfreund
  • Jean-Francois Dumas - Influence Communications
  • Niels de Kind - WUZ.nl
  • Rob Prass - Media Academie
  • Bertrand Pecquerie - World Editors Forum
  • Paul Egglestone - University of Central Lancashire
  • Chuck Fadley - Miami Herald
  • Oliver Luft - News Editor
  • Margot Wallström - European Commission
  • Norm Johnston - MindShare Interaction EMEA
  • Duco Sickinghe - Telenet
  • Monique Villa - Reuters Media
  • Prof. Adrian Monck - City University (UK)
  • Pat Younge - The Travel Channel
  • Mark Jones - Reuters
  • Paul Keller - Creative Commons
  • Tyler Brûlé - Monocle
  • James Montgomery - FT.com
  • Russell Merryman - Al Jazeera International
  • Mikkel Lucas Overby - Serious Games Interactive
  • Marcus Leser - Telcast Media Group
  • Tom Turcan - Guardian