Thomas Hughes joined ARTICLE 19 as executive director in 2013. He is the founder and former director of the social purpose enterprise, Media Frontiers, which runs Diversity, an international advertising network for online news media, and VirtualRoad.org, a secure hosting service. For the past 15 years, Thomas has worked on press freedom, media development and human rights issues, including as deputy director of the press freedom organisation, International Media Support, as well as for the UN, European Commission and OSCE.