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Executive Committee (ExCo)

Role and responsibilities

ExCo is the senior executive team responsible for overseeing the management of Ofcom. Its core focus is on setting direction for the organisation, financial and administrative decision-taking (or review prior to Ofcom Board/sub-committee consideration), and monitoring; its policy-making responsibilities are limited to management policy only (eg, HR policies). ExCo is also responsible for ensuring top level read-across between the different groups within Ofcom, including areas of overlap between the Operations and Policy areas.

ExCo receives regular management information, including updates from each business area, and considers issues of external presentation (such as public statements, policy or case handling, media and stakeholder events) and internal communication.

Membership

Ed Richards, Chair	Chief Executive Officer
Jill Ainscough	Chief Operating Officer
Ian Hargreaves	Senior Partner
Stuart McIntosh	Competition Partner
Peter Phillips	Partner, Strategy & Market Developments
Stewart Purvis	Partner, Content & Standards
Philip Rutnam	Partner, Spectrum Policy Group

Other senior executives may attend by invitation.

Policy Executive (PE)

Role and Responsibilities

PE is responsible for the development of Ofcom’s overall policy agenda. PE guides the direction of policy and provides a forum for policy discussion, oversight and validation. PE also provides effective peer review of policies and papers prior to their submission to the Board, Content Board or other Ofcom Advisory Committees for advice and/or approval. (Operational policy matters are considered by the Operations Board and reported to the Executive Committee (ExCo) – see below.)

The Board delegates to PE authority to take certain decisions itself.

Membership

Ed Richards, Chair	Chief Executive Officer
Jill Ainscough	Chief Operating Officer
Julian Eccles	Director of Communications
Peter Ingram	Chief Technology Officer
Ian Hargreaves	Senior Partner
Dominic Morris	Director (Chief Executive’s Office)
Peter Phillips	Partner, Strategy & Market Developments
Stewart Purvis	Partner, Content & Standards
Stuart McIntosh	Partner, Competition
Philip Rutnam	Partner, Spectrum Policy Group
Polly Weitzman	General Counsel
Peter Culham	Director of Competitive Economics

Note: Graham Howell (Secretary to the Corporation) attends meetings of PE but is not a member of the Committee

Operations Board

Role and responsibilities

The Operations Board manages the operations areas within Ofcom (i.e. Licensing, Field Operations, the Ofcom Contact Centre and Information Strategy) under delegation from the Executive Committee (ExCo). Its role is to support, guide and challenge the operational performance and transformation of the Operations/ Information Strategy (IS) groups within Ofcom. The Operations Board reports directly to ExCo.

The duties of the Operations Board shall be to focus on the following five tasks:

• Act as the Programme Steering Group for Project Unify.
• Act as the Programme Steering Group for the Licensing Change Programme.
• Act as the Programme Steering Group for the Field Operations Transformation Programme.
• Act as the capital investment appraisal authority for all Ofcom capital expenditure (property, vehicles, equipment).
• Monitor the performance (against KPI's) of the operational delivery of services.

In addition the Operations Board will review Health and Safety on a quarterly basis and perform in-depth operational reviews of each of the three main operational teams.

Membership

Jill Ainscough (Chairman)	Chief Operating Officer
Peter Ingram	Chief Technology Officer
Janet Campbell	HR Director
Alastair Smith	Finance Director
Peter Bury	Spectrum Policy Group
Freya Guinness	Director, Planning and Development
Robert Thelen-Bartholomew	Head of Field Operations
Jackie Caspary	Director, Central Operations
Sara Meyer	Director, Secretariat Services
Matthew Conway	Director of Operations, Spectrum Policy Group

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