David Stenhouse is the Chief Executive of the John Schofield Trust, the charity which runs the biggest diversity and social mobility programme in UK and Irish Journalism. This year the Trust is mentoring more than 200 print, digital, multimedia and broadcast journalists across the UK and Ireland and pairing them with mentors who support their personal and professional development.

Before he joined the Trust he worked as a journalist for many years. He founded the BBC Generations youth engagement and democracy project, is an award-winning documentary maker for BBC Radio 4 and worked in the US and UK for the BBC and as a podcast Executive Editor.