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Media Legal Defence Initiative
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rachel Anne OldroydDirector · since 2025
- Layal BahnamDirector · since 2025
- Jia Yi Rina SeeDirector · since 2025
- Hilda Elizabeth Rivera RivasDirector · since 2022
- Peter Alexander HydeDirector · since 2022
- Chivonne Li-Shan PrestonDirector · since 2022
- Galina Yurievna ArapovaDirector · since 2022
- Catherine AniteDirector · since 2020
- Maria Teresa Ronderos TorresDirector · since 2020
- David Trevor JonesDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 26
- Victoria Dean 2022-2025 View profile
- Richard Edward Brophy 2017-2022 View profile
- Caroline Mary Frost 2017-2024 View profile
- Steven Philip Finizio 2017-2024 View profile
- Matthew Richard Francis 2015-2023 View profile
- Joshua Castellino 2014-2021 View profile
- Olexiy Solohubenko 2014-2017 View profile
- Smita Shah 2014-2022 View profile
- Gary Brian Born 2013-2017 View profile
- Korieh Kwabena Duodu 2013-2017 View profile
- Sarah Carolyn Bull 2013-2024 View profile
- Prof Philip Royston Leach 2013-2015 View profile
- Robert Jobbins 2013-2021 View profile
- Leo Skyner 2012-2020 View profile
- Gordana Jankovic 2011-2015 View profile
- Ann Grant 2009-2011 View profile
- Clara Lucia Sandoval Villalba 2009-2009 View profile
- Dr Mark Steven Ellis 2009-2012 View profile
- Stephen Guy Tough 2009-2014 View profile
- Wilfrid Mbanga 2009-2013 View profile
- Martin Cedric Kramer 2008-2013 View profile
- Gwyneth Ellen Henderson 2008-2017 View profile
- Lucy Freeman 2018-2020 View profile
- Peter Noorlander 2011-2011 View profile
- Gugulethu Moyo 2009-2011 View profile
- Peter Jan Leendert Noorlander 2008-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 16/06/2008
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- Media Legal Defence Initiative
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
10 directors on the board
- David Trevor Jones Director · appointed 2019
- Peter Alexander Hyde Director · appointed 2022
- Rachel Anne Oldroyd Director · appointed 2025
- Jia Yi Rina See Director · appointed 2025
- Catherine Anite Director · appointed 2020
- Layal Bahnam Director · appointed 2025
- Chivonne Li-Shan Preston Director · appointed 2022
- Hilda Elizabeth Rivera Rivas Director · appointed 2022
- Galina Yurievna Arapova Director · appointed 2022
- Maria Teresa Ronderos Torres Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- David Trevor Jones Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- David Trevor Jones Director · appointed 2019
- Peter Alexander Hyde Director · appointed 2022
- Rachel Anne Oldroyd Director · appointed 2025
- Jia Yi Rina See Director · appointed 2025
- Catherine Anite Director · appointed 2020
- Layal Bahnam Director · appointed 2025
- Hilda Elizabeth Rivera Rivas Director · appointed 2022
- Galina Yurievna Arapova Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Chivonne Li-Shan Preston Director · appointed 2022
- Maria Teresa Ronderos Torres Director · appointed 2020
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06621203
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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