Whittam Smith, Andreas (1937– )

English newspaper editor, and president of the British Board of Film Classification 1998–2002. He was founder and editor (1986–94) of the centrist daily newspaper The Independent and cofounder in 1990 of The Independent on Sunday, of which he was editor-in-chief 1991–94.

Before 1986 he was a journalist on various newspapers, including the Financial Times 1963–64, The Times 1964–66, The Daily Telegraph 1966–69, and The Guardian 1969–70.