LID Partners with The Institute of Directors to Relaunch Director Magazine

LID Business Media has partnered with the Institute of Directors to relaunch Director, the organization’s leadership magazine.

The first edition of Director magazine will be published later this month, on 19 June.

Having been established in 1949, Director magazine has had a few years’ hiatus since the global pandemic.

Ben Walker, Editor of Director, said: “Founded in 1949, relaunching in 2025, Director is the destination magazine for company directors, entrepreneurs, policymakers and business analysts. It will feature insights from the UK’s finest thinkers, senior politicians and entrepreneurs – with a brief to interest, challenge and entertain. The magazine is editorially independent – featuring views from throughout the business landscape and across the political spectrum. It is the essential source of ideas for success.”

The magazine will be published three times a year. The focus of the Summer 2025 edition of Director is HIGH OR DRY: Can Reeves’ growth plan win back business?

Jonathan Geldart, Director General of the Institute of Directors, said: “We are proud to be bringing back Director, our flagship publication. It was a much-loved magazine by members and the wider business community alike. We are confident that, in its new guise, it will equip business leaders with thoughtful insight and inspiration to help them thrive in today’s rapidly evolving landscape.”

Martin Liu, Chief Operating Officer of LID Business Media, said: “The Institute of Directors is the most important and influential organization for professional leaders in the UK. We are honoured and excited to be working with the IoD to publish Director and to relaunch a publication that already has such a rich history. We look forward to building upon this and providing its readers with a publication that will make a difference.”

Notes to editors

• For all enquiries, please contact Teya Ucherdzhieva (teya.ucherdzhieva@lidbusinessmedia.com)
• The Institute of Directors is a non-party political organization, founded in 1903, with approximately 20,000 members. Membership includes directors from right across the business spectrum – from media to manufacturing, professional services to the public and voluntary sectors. Members include CEOs of large corporations as well as entrepreneurial directors of start-up companies. For further information, visit: iod.com
• For further information about LID Business Media, visit lidpublishingmedia.com