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10|12|04

David Edmonds to step down from Ofcom Board to pursue public and commercial sector interests

Ofcom today announced that David Edmonds will leave the Ofcom Board early in the New Year.

Mr Edmonds is one of six Non-Executive Members of the Ofcom Board. He was previously the Director General of Telecommunications at Oftel (one of the five previous regulators whose duties were assumed by Ofcom on 29 December 2003), a position he took up in 1998.

He is leaving, at his own request, before the end of his three year term (which expires in September 2005) in order to develop other interests.

The Chairman of Ofcom, Lord Currie of Marylebone, said: “David has made a significant contribution to the sector through some of its most formative years. He played an important role as an advocate of the establishment of a new converged regulator, Ofcom, and as a founding Board Member helped to bring this into existence. We wish him well for the future."

David Edmonds said: “It has been a fascinating seven years since I was first appointed to Oftel then subsequently to the Board of Ofcom. I now look forward to working in some new areas."

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Notes for Editors

1. The Ofcom Board consists of six Non-Executive Members and three Executive Members. The Non-Executive Members are:

• Lord Currie of Marylebone (Chairman)
• Richard Hooper (Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Content Board)
• Millie Banerjee
• David Edmonds
• Ian Hargreaves
• Sara Nathan

The Executive Members are:

• Stephen Carter (Chief Executive)
• Kip Meek
• Ed Richards

Non-Executive Members of the Ofcom Board (including the Chairman) are appointed jointly by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

The Chief Executive is appointed by the Nominations Committee of the Board, which includes the Chairman and an Independent Assessor. The other two Executive Members of the Board are appointed by the Board on the recommendation of the Chief Executive.

The process to appoint Mr Edmonds' successor will begin immediately.

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