Andreas Whittam Smith | |
|---|---|
| First Church Estates Commissioner | |
| In office 6 March 2002 – June 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Loretta Minghella |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1937 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England |
| Profession | Journalist newspaper editor |
Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, CBE (born 13 June 1937)[1] is an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor. He is a former president of the British Board of Film Classification.