Sly joined the Board in February 2003. She started her media career in advertising sales at the Guardian and then The Independent. In 1989 she joined IPC Media Limited as Head of Classified Advertising Sales and joined their Board in 1994 as Advertising Director.

In 1997 Sly was appointed Managing Director of IPC tx, the TV listings division. In December 1999 she was appointed Chief Executive of IPC Media Limited and subsequently led the sale of the business to AOL Time Warner. Sly was previously Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chairman of EMI and a non-executive director of Littlewoods Plc.

Currently she is on the Press Association Board and President of NewstrAid, a charity for the distribution and retail trade.

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