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GAIL REBUCK is set to become the next Chair of Somerset House's Board of Trustees.

She will replace WILLIAM SIEGHART, who led the board for the last six years.

Rebuck is Director of Penguin Random House and Senior Independent Director for the Guardian Media Group. She founded the book charity World Book Day and Quick Reads for adult literacy and has been a member of the House of Lords as a Labour peer since 2014.

She will formally take up her role at Somerset House from January.