Mark Thomas joined the Radio Authority as Head of Engineering at its inception in 1990. His department plans and secures the frequencies on which commercial radio broadcasts, both analogue and digital. It also provides advice and initative on policy and strategy matters which have a technical dimension.

After leaving Exeter College, Oxford with a physics degree in 1980, Mark worked for five years for the BBC's Studio Capital Projects Department, which included his formal engineering training. He then spent five years in telecommunications, first at Mercury Communications (systems technology, and microwave engineering) then at WS Atkins (consultancy). This inlcuded a year seconded to the European Commission (DGXIII, Brussels).

Mark is married, with three children. His pastimes inlcude playing football, and - as a Southampton supporter - watching it.

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