Anna Bateson is chief executive of Guardian Media Group. Prior to her appointment in 2022, Anna spent four years as the Guardian's chief customer officer (CCO), and in 2019 as interim CEO. In her time as the Guardian's CCO, Anna oversaw a unique reader revenue model which now sees over one million paying supporters from around the world contributing to the Guardian. Anna has had a varied career in media and tech, including roles at Google, YouTube and Bloomberg, and prior to that ITV and MTV.