Arran currently leads Audience for Opinion and Sub Brands (Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and more) where he is charged with growing and further engaging the audience that comes to The New York Times for the suite of products and for commentary beyond the news. Prior to this he led several analytics teams at The Times, including ones in News and Storytelling, which help inform how audiences respond to our coverage. In this capacity Arran helped develop the latest iteration of The Times’ audience strategy. 

Before coming to The Times, Arran was at The Guardian, where he led the strategy for its successful expansion into North America. Arran was named one of DataIQ’s 100 most influential people in data in 2023 and serves on the board of directors for Internews. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and holds an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.