Michael Grade |
Ofcom Board |
Chair |
- Shareholder, StoryFirst (drama production company)
- Shareholder, Talent Bank (digital content producer)
- Shareholder, Miroma Group (global creative digital marketing company)
- Shareholder, Grade Linnit Company Ltd (theatre producers; 50% shareholder)
- Shareholder and consultant, MMM (music copyrights)
- Non-Executive Chairman (designate), McFaddens & Co Group Ltd. (family office advisory) (shareholdings to be announced)
- Chair and shareholder, Chiltern Management Group (project creation/ property development)
- In receipt of BBC pension
- In receipt of Channel 4 pension
- In receipt of ITV pension
- Daughter is involved in media training and media advisory work in Birmingham
- Son is a freelance sports AP, working for IMG, BT, Sky and various independents
- Sister is an agent for TV presenters and agent for Michael Grade (no longer active)
- Shareholder, AKL Research & Development (pharmaceutical business) (unremunerated)
- Chair designate, Lottoland (subject to an IPO) (unremunerated)
- Chair, Arora Group Heathrow Expansion Board (unremunerated)
- Patron, Sepsis Trust (unremunerated)
- Vice President, Jewish Music Institute (unremunerated)
- Trustee, Band Aid (unremunerated)
- Trustee, Tall Ships Youth Trust (unremunerated)
- Member of Advisory Board of the Communities Security Trust (unremunerated)
- Adviser Dear Heart Productions (unremunerated)
- VHF radio licence for boat
- Non-affiliated peer, House of Lords
- Adviser, Karma Technologies (unremunerated)
- Non-executive Director ad shareholder, Magic Box Zone
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People Committee |
Member |
Risk and Audit Committee |
Attendee |
Melanie Dawes |
Ofcom Board |
Executive Member |
- Member of the Racial Justice Commission (an independent body appointed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York)
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People Committee |
Attendee |
Risk and Audit Committee |
Attendee |
Ben Verwaayen |
Ofcom Board |
Member |
- Chair of Renewi Limited
- Non-Executive Director of Akamai
- General Partner at investment fund Keen Venture Partners
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People Committee |
Chair |
Bob Downes |
Ofcom Board |
Member for Scotland |
- Chair of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Non-Executive Director of Kube Networks
- Chair of the Independent Oversight Board for Ireland’s Commission for Communications’ regulation
- Shareholder, small number of shares in regulated companies held on a non-trading basis
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Content Board |
Member |
People Committee |
Member |
Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Attendee |
Election Committee |
Interim Chair |
Angela Dean |
Ofcom Board |
Member |
- Trustee of York Museums Trust
- A Senior Independent Panel Member for Public Appointments
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People Committee |
Member |
Risk and Audit Committee |
Chair |
Advisory Committee for England |
Attendee |
Karen Baxter |
Ofcom Board |
Member |
- Director, Financial Conduct Authority
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Risk and Audit Committee |
Member |
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland |
Attendee |
Lindsey Fussell |
Ofcom Board |
Executive Member |
- Non-executive Director (Sufficiently Independent Director), NGED
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Will Harding |
Ofcom Board |
Member |
- Director/Trustee of The Baker Dearing Educational Trust Ltd.
- Director of Primedia Holdings (Pty) Ltd (South Africa).
- Trustee, Landmark Arts Centre
- Relative is Member of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee
- Deferred member of the BBC pension scheme
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Risk and Audit Committee |
Member |
Content Board |
Member |
Clive Jones |
Content Board |
Chair |
- Chair, Sightsavers
- Chair, Runnymede Trust
- Chair, ITV Pensions Scheme
- Trustee, Thomson Foundation
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Maggie Cunningham |
Content Board |
Member |
- Independent Member of the Edinburgh Festivals Forum
- Chair of Kyle and Lochalsh Community Development Trust
- Columnist for Stornoway Gazette
- Director of An Comann Gaidhealach
- In receipt of a BBC pension
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Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Attendee |
Stephen Nuttall |
Content Board |
Member |
- Shareholder of Alphabet (the parent company of Google)
- Member of the Royal Television Society
- Voting member of BAFTA
- Partner works for First Decide LLP
- Deputy Chair of British Science Association
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Alison Marsden |
Content Board |
Executive Member |
- Partner is employed part-time by The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Department of Health and Social Care
- Non-Executive Board Member at the UK's statutory regulatory body for fertility treatment and embryo research, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
- Member of the BBC pension scheme
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Cristina Nicolotti Squires |
Content Board |
Executive Member |
None |
Peter Horrocks |
Content Board |
Member |
- In receipt of a BBC pension
- Attends the editorial board of N1, a group of news channels in the Balkans
- Chair of Learna Ltd, a medical education business
- Trustee, One World Media (NGO)
- Member, advisory board of Balkans Free Media Initiative
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Dekan Apajee |
Content Board |
Member |
- Member of the BBC pension scheme
- Member of the National Union of Journalists
- Consultant for Digital Awareness UK to support the development of a curriculum journalism training course
- Member for Big Ideas, C.I.C Advisory board
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Advisory Committee for England |
Attendee |
Kim Shillinglaw |
Content Board |
Member |
- Holds widely invested ISA funds which may contain fractional investments in regulated companies
- Independent Board member at BEIS (Met Office - Public Weather Service)
- Member of BBC pension scheme
- Trustee of Raspberry Pi Foundation
- Advisor at the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
- Non-executive Director at Natural England
- Non-executive Director at Natural Environment Research Council
- Chair of Discovery Decade, a research project on UK R&D investment conducted by the Wellcome Trust and the Campaign for Science and Engineering
- Non-executive Director of Axis Studio Group
- Non-executive Director of Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Ltd
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Maria McCann |
Content Board |
Member |
- Founder and Managing Partner, McCann Public Relations
- Vice Chair, Clanmil Housing Association
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Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland |
Attendee |
Ruth McElroy |
Content Board |
Member |
- Chair of Ffilm Cymru
- Member of Unboxed Evaluation Advisory Board (DCMS/Welsh Government)
- Head of School, Bangor University
- Consultant at Media Cymru (SIPF project) 2023-2026
- Board member Gogledd Creadigol 2023-2025
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Advisory Committee for Wales |
Attendee |
Simon Bucks |
Content Board |
Member |
- Partner in a small media consultancy Armitage Bucks Communications which specialises in media training
- Spouse is also a Partner of Armitage Bucks Communications
- Trustee and Honorary Secretary of the Royal Television Society
- Emeritus member of the Society of Editors
- Occasionally writes articles on the media sector, mainly for the Royal Television Society magazine
- In receipt of ITN pension
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Paula Carter |
Advisory Committee for England |
Chair |
- Non-executive director of the Port of London Authority
- Non-executive director of Be the Business
- Magistrate on the South East London Bench
- In receipt of a pension from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4
- Surrey representative on the Board of the Rugby Football Union
- Member, British Transport Police Authority
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Aaqil Ahmed |
Advisory Committee for England |
Member |
- Non-executive director of:
- Higher Education funding council of Wales
- Elstree Film Studios
- Ffilm Cymru
- Culture Squared - the CIC that runs from the Bradford Literature Festival
- Trustee of the Sandford St Martins Trust
- Trustee of the London Rugby league Foundation
- Director of Amplify Consulting Ltd (media consultancy with clients and contracts across media and the arts)
- Senior independent panelist for the Welsh Governments public appointments unit
- Deferred Pensions with BBC and Channel 4
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Caroline Gardner |
Advisory Committee for England |
Member |
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Grant Davis |
Advisory Committee for England |
Member |
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Edleen John |
Advisory Committee for England |
Member |
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Mauro Mortali |
Advisory Committee for England |
Member |
- Partner, Cambridge Management Consulting
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Elizabeth Partyka |
Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Chair |
- Shareholder in STV Group PLC
- Receives an STV pension
- Non-Executive board member of Creative Scotland
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Stephen Speirs |
Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Member |
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Jess McBeath |
Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Member |
- Director and founder of Jess Ltd (online harms and digital citizenship consultancy)
- Member of Advertising Advisory Committee (Advertising Standards Authority/Committees of Advertising Practice)
- Temporary part-time role with Ofcom's Making Sense of Media team as a media literacy coordinator until end of June 2024
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Ashe Hussain |
Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Member |
- Member of the Creative Scotland's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group
- Part time employee at Film City Future, working on projects related to media
- Freelance assessor at Film Hub Scotland
- Member of the Royal Television Society
- Member of BAFTA Scotland
- Owner of FortyLoveMedia Ltd.
- In receipt of a BBC survivor's pension
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Polly Tolley |
Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Member |
- Head of Public Policy for Retail Banking, NatWest
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Dr Cameron Spiers |
Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Member |
- CEO Neutral Wireless
- Spouse is Senior Commercial Manager, Neutral Wireless
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Caroline Di Stefano
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Advisory Committee for Scotland |
Member |
- Shares held in Royal Mail
- Employed by SSEN Transmission, part of the SSE Group, which owns Neos Networks
- Joining the SSE share incentive scheme
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Robert Andrews |
Advisory Committee for Wales |
Chair |
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Angharad Evans |
Advisory Committee for Wales |
Member |
- Member of BAFTA
- Member of Women in Film and Television
- Director and Owner, Angharad Evans Consulting Limited
- Limited consultancy work for S4C and BBC Studios relating to advice on commercial contracts and licensing/rights agreements
- Legal consultancy advice to independent production companies on on commercial contracts, financing contracts, licensing/rights agreement and general compliance with all relevant rules and regulations
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Aled Eirug |
Advisory Committee for Wales |
Member |
- In receipt of a BBC pension
- Independent adviser to the National Assembly for Wales Commission
- Honorary research fellow, Cardiff University
- Chair, Coleg Cymraeg
- Wife is chair of the Arts Council of Wales
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Geraint Strello |
Advisory Committee for Wales |
Member |
- Shares in BT PLC
- Member of BT Pension Scheme
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Karen Lewis |
Advisory Committee for Wales |
Member |
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Rachel Burr |
Advisory Committee for Wales |
Member |
- Director, Diabetes UK Cymru
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Amanda Rees |
Advisory Committee for Wales |
Member
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- Associate at Elevate Business Consultancy (employed on a project by project basis)
- Provides independent consultancy and executive producer services, potentially to Category 1, 2 or 3 companies
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Carrie Matchett |
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland |
Chair |
- Self-employed consultant, specialising in governance and strategy
- Member of the BBC pension scheme
- Holds a venture capital trust with Foresight
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Michael Wilson |
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland |
Member |
- Shareholder in ITV
- Director and owner of Beech Hill Consultancy Ltd
- Chair of the Advisory Board at Isle of Media
- Member of the Royal Television Society
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Aodhan O'Donnell |
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland |
Member |
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Colm Murphy |
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland |
Member |
- Ulster University - Lecturer
- Partner holds shares in International Distributions Services (formerly Royal Mail)
- Chair, National Council for the Training of Journalists Educators' Panel
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Jackie Neill |
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland |
Member |
- Director, Headgirl Media Limited - occasional commissions for radio series for BBC Northern Ireland
- Husband works for BBC Northern Ireland as a Sound Engineer
- In receipt of a BBC pension
- Trainee freelance wellbeing facilitator in TV and film
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Paul Wickens |
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland |
Member |
- Son works in a sales role for BT plc and is a member of an employee share scheme
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Mark Jones |
Community Radio Fund Panel |
Chair |
- Member of the Community Media Association but does not hold any positions within the organisation
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Alan Stewart |
Community Radio Fund Panel |
Member |
- Full member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- Occasional visiting lecturer at universities in Scotland on media regulation and consumption trends
- Commissioner, Boundaries Scotland
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Olu Bankole |
Community Radio Fund Panel |
Executive Member |
- Shareholding in a group holding company of a regulated company, held on a non-trading basis
- Shareholding in one company not regulated by Ofcom (but involved in the communications, media or postal sectors) held on a non-trading basis
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