Peta Buscombe

Former chief executive of the Advertising Association, Baroness Peta Buscombe is Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), as of March 2009.

According to the Press Complaints Commission website, Peta Buscombe "trained as a barrister, she has had an extensive career in politics and the private sector. In 1998 she was made a Life Peer and has been a Conservative front bench spokesman in the House of Lords on several briefs including Trade and Industry, Social Security, Legal Affairs, Cabinet Office, Education and Skills, Home Office and Culture, Media and Sport."