Since July 2020 the newspaper's editor is Emily Sheffield, sister of Samantha Cameron, who took over from the former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, who has now taken over the role of editor-in-chief. As editor he had replaced Sarah Sands who, in turn, had replaced Geordie Greig following his departure to The Mail on Sunday in March 2012.[32] Veronica Wadley was the newspaper's editor between 2002 and 2009.[33] Max Hastings was editor from 1996 until he retired in 2002.