Andreas Whittam Smith
Andreas Whittam Smith | |
|---|---|
| First Church Estates Commissioner | |
| In office 6 March 2002 – June 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Loretta Minghella |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1937 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England |
| Profession | Journalist newspaper editor |
Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, CBE (born 13 June 1937) is an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor. He is a former president of the British Board of Film Classification.