ofcom scum bags Register of disclosed interests
he register of diclosable interests sets out the external interests and commitments of Ofcom board and committee members.
Name Board/Committee Status Interests
Lord Burns Ofcom Board Chairman. Appointed 1 January 2018
None
Nominations Committee Chairman
Remuneration Committee Member
Risk and Audit Committee Member
The Baroness Noakes DBE Ofcom Board Deputy Chairman. Appointed 1 June 2014
Non-executive Director, Royal Bank of Scotland (where she chairs the Board Risk Committee)
Member of the House of Lords EU Internal Markets Committee
Member of House of Lords taking Conservative Whip
Letter to the Secretary of State regarding Baroness Noakes' interests.
Letter to the Shadow Secretary of State regarding Baroness Noakes' interests
Risk & Audit Committee Chairman
Nominations Committee Member
Remuneration Committee Chairman
Sharon White Ofcom Board Chief Executive. Appointed March 2015
Independent non executive director of Barratt Developments plc with effect from 1 January 2018. All fees are payable directly to Ofcom and Sharon does not receive them. Sharon is recused from any Barratt Board agenda items relevant to Ofcom’s work.
Trustee of Sadler’s Wells Theatre, with effect from November 2017
Non-executive Remunerations Committee Member
Dr Steve Unger Ofcom Board Member
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Graham Mather Ofcom Board Member. Appointed 1 June 2014
President of the European Policy Forum and Chairman of its Regulatory Best Practice Group
Director, Greenham Community Trust Limited
Director, Pelican Cancer Foundation
"Member of the Board of the Office of Rail and Road (1 October 2016 to 30 September 2021).
Nations Committee Member
Risk & Audit Committee Member
Nominations Committee Member
Remuneration Committee Member
Jonathan Oxley Ofcom Board Member
Member of the BT Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
Previously (4 May 2006 to 12 May 2010) Local Councillor (London Borough of Ealing)
Ben Verwaayen Ofcom Board Member. Appointed 1 January 2016
None
Nominations Committee Member
Remuneration Committee Member
Tim Suter Ofcom Board Member, appointed 2 October 2017
Perspectives Associates: owner of media policy consulting firm
Communications Chambers: Founding partner in media policy and strategy partnership
UBM shareholding as a result of his wife’s former chairmanship of the company
Content Board Member
Nations Committee Chairman
Nominations Committee Member
Remuneration Committee Member
Nick Pollard Ofcom Board Member, Appointed 1 January 2016
Nick Pollard's son is a producer for Sky Sports News.
Content Board Chairman, Appointed 14 November 2016. Member since 1 January 2016
Nominations Committee Member
Remunerations Committee Member
Bob Downes Ofcom Board Member for Scotland, appointed 1 February 2018
Chair, Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Chair, Scottish Sensors Innovation Centre
Chair, Cryptic, Glasgow
Non-Executive Director, Kube Networks
Non-Executive Director, Scottish Government
Trustee, Mackintosh Campus Renewal, Appeal
Bob, his partner or dependent children hold a small BT shareholding
Nominations Committee Member
Remuneration Committer Member
Robin Foster Content Board Member. Appointed 1 January 2016
Member of Communications Chambers, a consultancy specialising in telecoms, media and technology
Independent Member, Advertising Advisory Committee at BCAP
Adviser, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for 2017 5 year review
Partner is a shareholder in ITV Plc
Expert Adviser to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Inquiry into Digital Platforms
Professor Philip Schlesinger Content Board Member. Appointed 1 December 2014
Professor in Cultural Policy, Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow
Deputy Director of CREATe, RCUK Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy
Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Holds shares in BT
Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences
Visiting Professor in Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science
Janey Walker Content Board Member. Appointed 1 May 2011
Member of the Channel 4 Corporation (C4C) pension scheme
Her husband is Executive Vice President of Programming and Development for National Geographic Global Networks, now 73% owned by Fox
Zahera Harb Content Board Member. Appointed 1 December 2015
Freelance consultant & Media Trainer, Thomson Foundation UK
Board Member, Ethical Journalism Network
Member, International Assoc. for Media and Communication Research
Review Editor, Journal of Media Practice
Editorial Board Member, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communications
Board Member, JOMEC Journal Editorial
Member, Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum Media Awards Committee
Member, Media Communications & Cultural Studies Association
Associate Editor of Journalism Practice
Aled Eirug Content Board Member, Appointed 1 December 2015
In receipt of a BBC pension
Part-time senior lecturer at Swansea University
Tony Close Content Board Member
None
Monisha Shah Content Board Member
Director, Hogerty Hill Limited (media consultancy company)
Non-Executive Director, Imagen Ltd (media management company)
Director, Next Mediaworks Limited
Chair, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
Trustee, Art Fund
Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life
Board Member, Office for Students
Independent Member, Queen's Counsel Appointments Panel
Member of the BBC Pension Scheme
Jonathan Baker Content Board Member
Chair of Trustees, Science Media Centre
Kevin Bakhurst Content Board Member
Member of the BBC Pension scheme
John Varney Advisory Committee for England Chairman. Appointed Member 1 January 2009 and Chairman with effect from 1 July 2014
Director, Maximum Clarity, supporting public and private sector bodies
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Fellow of the Royal Television Society
Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University
Business Coach, Enterprises Macclesfield
Chair, Silk Heritage Trust
Non-Executive Chairman, Pebble Beach Systems Group plc
Nations Committee Member, England
Graham Creelman OBE Advisory Committee for England Member. Appointed 1 January 2009
Pro-Chancellor, Norwich University of the Arts
Holds ITV shares
Holds STV shares
Holds United News & Media shares
Chair, Norfolk Transformation and Sustainability Partnership Stakeholder Board
Chair, Norfolk Strategic Partnership for Older People’s Services
Emma Davison Advisory Committee for England Member
None
Caroline Roberts-Cherry Advisory Committee for England Member
Director, Saffron Cherry TV Ltd
Trustee, Royal Exchange Theatre
Events Co-ordinator, Women in Film and TV North
Member of the BBC Pension scheme
Alan Nunn
Advisory Committee for England Member
Consulting Director at CGI
Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Member, Institution of Telecommunications Professionals
Holds shares in BT
Deferred BT pensioner
Mark Smith Advisory Committee for England Member
None
Liz Leonard Advisory Committee for Scotland Chair
BBC, periodic freelance contracts
Scottish Refugee Council, Vice-Chair
Cross Party Group on Digital Participation ' Scottish Parliament, Member
Chair of Advisory Committee for Scotland (ACS) with effect from 24/04/2018
Ian McKay Advisory Committee for Scotland Member. Appointed 1 February 2013
Board Member, Critiqom Ltd
John Trower Advisory Committee for Scotland Member. Appointed 1 September 2015
Chairman, Optimity Ltd.
Shareholder, ODRO Ltd.
Advisory Board Member, Digitonic
Scottish Futures Trust
Member, Institution of Engineering & Technology
Consultant, various Private Equity companies on telecommunications, ISP, Hosting and software investment vehicles which are privately-owned and non-regulated smaller companies
Hywel Wiliam Advisory Committee for Wales Chair. Appointed 1 July 2014
Director, AIM Group(UK) Ltd
Administrator, RTS Wales Centre
Director, Games Development Show Ltd
Deputy Chair, Institute of Welsh Affairs Media Policy Group
Director, It's My Shout Ltd
Chair of Advisory Committee for Wales (ACW) with effect from 11/04/2018
Maureen Edmondson Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Chairman. Appointed 1 January 2014
None
Nations Committee Member, Northern Ireland
Brendan Mulgrew Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member. Appointed 1 June 2012
None
Fiona MacMillan Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member. Appointed 1 September 2012
Non-Executive Director, Stratagem Northern Ireland and Stratagem International
Board Member/Deputy Chair of Finance & Audit Committee, Northern Ireland Screen
Carnegie Oldpark, Director
Paul Wilson Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member. Appointed 1 September 2014
Fellow of the Institute of Engineering Technology
BT shareholder
Richard Hilton Community Radio Fund Panel Member
None
Fiona Lennox Community Radio Fund Panel Member
None
Wendy Pilmer Community Radio Fund Panel Member. Appointed 1 January 2009
Runs her own consultancy which offers services to the industry including the BBC.
Alan Meban Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member. Appointed 1 September 2017
Holds shares in BT
Member of the BT Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
John Ellison Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member. Appointed 1 September 2017
Holds shares in BT
In receipt of a pension from BT
Kathy Graham Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member. Appointed 1 September 2017
Trustee and Director - Age NI
Director - Age NI Enterprises Ltd
Director - Age NI Trading Ltd
Director – Kathy Graham Strategies Ltd
Board of Governors – Annalong Primary School
Member – The British Psychological Society
Ruth McElroy Advisory Committee for Wales Member. Appointed 1 November 2017
Member of the IWA Media Policy Group
Carmel Teusner Advisory Committee for Scotland Member. Appointed 1 February 2018
Carmel, her partner and dependant children have the following non-financial interests:
Non-executive director – Scottish Enterprise
Member – Audit Committee, Scottish Enterprise
Non-executive director – National Library of Scotland
Member – Staffing and Remuneration Committee, National Library of Scotland
Director – Akuiti Ltd
Director and Trustee – Uphill Ski Club of Great Britain (t/a Disability Snowsport UK)
