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The Ofcom Board

Current Board Members

1. David Currie

David Currie is the Non-Executive Chairman of Ofcom. He is also a Member of Ofcom’s Audit and Remuneration Committees and Chairman of the Nominations Committee. He was Professor of Economics at London Business School from 1988 to 2000 and Deputy Dean from 1992 to 1995 and again in 1999-2000. David Currie was Dean of Cass Business School at City University from January 2001 to April 2007. He is Chairman of Trillium Investment Partners, a Board member of the Dubai Financial Services Authority and of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and an adviser to Unisys. He sits on the cross-benches in the House of Lords as Lord Currie of Marylebone.

2. Philip Graf CBE

Philip Graf is the Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Ofcom. He is also a Member of Ofcom’s Remuneration, Nominations and Audit Committees and Chair of Ofcom’s Content Board, Radio Licensing Committee and Content Sanctions Committee. Philip Graf joined the Liverpool Daily PostandEcho in 1983, which became Trinity International Holdings in 1985. He subsequently became Chief Executive in 1993 and was appointed Chief Executive of Trinity Mirror Group when the company merged with the Mirror Group in 1999 – a position he held until February 2003. He is a former Chair of the Press Standards Board of Finance and of the Broadband Stakeholder Group. He is currently a partner at Praesta Partners LLP and a Non-Executive Director of Archant Limited.

3. Ed Richards

Ed Richards is the Chief Executive of Ofcom. He was previously Ofcom’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Ofcom, Ed Richards was Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister for media, telecoms, internet and e-govt. Before that he was Controller of Corporate Strategy at the BBC. He also worked in consulting at London Economics Ltd, as an advisor to Gordon Brown MP and began his career as a researcher with Diverse Production Ltd, where he worked on programmes for Channel 4. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Board Member of the Donmar Warehouse Theatre.

4. Millie Banerjee CBE

Millie Banerjee is a Non-Executive Member of Ofcom. She is also Chair of Ofcom’s Remuneration Committee and a Member of Ofcom’s Content Board and Nominations Committee. Previously she spent 25 years with BT, culminating at Director level in BT Products and Services Division, followed by being Senior Vice President for ICO Global Communications. She has been a member of the Strategy Board of the Cabinet Office and has held several non-executive appointments including the Strategic Rail Authority, the Sector Skills Development Agency, Channel 4 TV and the Prisons Board. Millie Banerjee has also been a Board Member of Focus, a member of the governing body of South Bank University and a Commissioner for Judicial Appointments , the Chair of Carnegie UK Trust and a Member of the Advisory Board of Tanaka Imperial College Business School . She is currently the Chair of Postwatch.

5. Colette Bowe

Colette Bowe is a Non-Executive Member of Ofcom and is a Member of Ofcom’s Audit Committee. She was appointed to the Board of Ofcom on 1 January 2008. Colette Bowe trained as an economist and has held a number of senior roles in the public and private sectors. She began her career at the Department of Trade and Industry and subsequently worked at the Independent Broadcasting Authority, the Securities and Investment Board, as Chief Executive of the Personal Investment Authority and as Executive Chairman of the European Asset Management Business at Robert Fleming. She chaired Ofcom’s Consumer Panel from its inception in 2003 to December 2007. She is currently a Board Member of Axa Framlington, Morgan Stanley Bank International, Electra Private Equity plc and London and Continental Railways. She is Chairman of Council at Queen Mary College, London.

6. Tim Gardam

Tim Gardam is a Non-Executive Member of Ofcom and is a Member of Ofcom’s Nominations Committee. He was appointed to the Ofcom Board on 1 January 2008. He had a 25-year career in broadcasting starting at the BBC where he was editor of Panorama and Newsnight before becoming Head of Current Affairs and Weekly News. He was a part of the first senior management team at Five and was Director of Programmes at Channel 4. He was the author of the DCMS Review of BBC Digital Radio Services in 2004, a member of Lord Burns’ Advisory Panel on the BBC Charter Review and a Director of SMG plc from 2005-7. He has been the Principal of St Anne’s College, Oxford since 2004.

7. Mike McTighe

Mike McTighe is a Non-Executive Member of Ofcom and is a Member of Ofcom’s Remuneration Committee. He was appointed to the Ofcom Board on 1 September 2007. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of Carrier1 International SA, and before that Executive Director and Chief Executive, Global Operations of Cable & Wireless plc. He is currently Chairman of Pace Micro Technology plc, Chairman of Volex Group plc, a director of London Metal Exchange Holdings Ltd, a non-executive director of Alliance & Leicester plc, and Chairman of a number of privately held technology companies.

8. Philip Rutnam

Philip Rutnam joined Ofcom in May 2003 and was appointed to the Ofcom Board as an Executive Member on 1 April 2007. He has specific responsibilities for the development of Ofcom’s spectrum policy. A former senior Treasury official, his career includes working in corporate finance at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, a period as Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary at the Treasury and responsibility for the Treasury’s interest in business and enterprise.

Previous Board Members

Sara Nathan retired from the Board on 31 December 2007.
Stephanie Liston resigned from the Board on 31 March 2008.
Ian Hargreaves resigned from the Board on 31 May 2008.

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