Appointment of Chief Executive of the Radiocommunications Agency

DTI Press release - 10 March 1998

David Hendon is to be appointed Chief Executive of the Radiocommunications Agency from 4 May 1998.

He will succeed Jim Norton, whose appointment ends on 3 May 1998.

Notes for Editors

1. David Hendon was selected for this post following an open competition. A career Civil Servant; he worked in the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office until transferring in 1988 to the Department of Trade and Industry. He has held a series of senior posts in the telecommunications field, in mobile communications, radiocommunication systems and radio spectrum management for the emergency services. He currently has responsibility for technology policy matters in the IT and communications fields. Since 1995 he has been Chairman of the Board of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. He is 48 years old.

2. The Radiocommunications Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department of Trade and Industry with responsibility for negotiating international and national spectrum allocation; plus the management, licensing and enforcement of access to the full range of radio based products and services, including telecommunications (such as cellular phones) and broadcasting.

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