The last few months at The Times have been very productive and extremely eventful. I have been an active participant in the launching of a revolutionary news brand with enormous potential and watched as our newsroom has continued to expand with staff from all walks of life. I believe this has been a once in a lifetime experience and I feel privileged to have been involved from the start.

However, from the beginning of next month I will be following a new calling, one which sees me moving into Johncom’s Business Development division as the Digital Business Development Manager. This new role will include managing, researching and implementing digital strategy for all the group’s assets, which are pretty diverse and this is likely to be one of the biggest challenges. I will still be intimately involved in The Times and most of it’s upcoming projects, but JJ Hartman will hold the fort on a day to day basis and is likely to be the one pushing the ante on this front.

I know it sounds extremely sentimental, but I’d like to thank The Times editor, Ray Hartley, for his vision, guidance and support as well as everyone else in the newsroom who have demonstrated commitment and professionalism on a scale that I’ve never seen before.