Register of disclosable interests

The register of disclosable interests sets out the external interests and commitments of those who sit on Ofcom’s Boards, Committees and Panels, and the interests of their partners and any dependents.

Members that have declared interests in companies regulated by Ofcom have provided assurances that they will not trade these shares while they remain a member of one of Ofcom’s Boards, Committees or Panels.

Name	Board/Committee	Status	Interests
Lord Burns	Ofcom Board	Chairman	Chairman of the Welsh Government's South East Wales Transport Commission
	People Committee	Member
	Risk and Audit Committee	Attendee
Melanie Dawes	Ofcom Board	Member	None
	People Committee	Attendee
	Risk and Audit Committee	Attendee
Maggie Carver	Ofcom Board	Deputy Chair	Chairman of the Racehorse Association Member of the British Horseracing Authority Board Chair of the Licoricia of Winchester Statue Appeal (a small charity)
	People Committee	Member
	Risk and Audit Committee	Member
Graham Mather	Ofcom Board	Member	President of the European Policy Forum and Chairman of its Regulatory Best Practice Group Director, Greenham Community Trust Limited Director, Pelican Cancer Foundation "Member of the Board of the Office of Rail and Road (1 October 2016 to 30 September 2021) Member of HM Treasury's Finance Review Expert Panel
Graham Mather	People Committee	Member
Ben Verwaayen	Ofcom Board	Member	Chair of Renewi Limited Non-Executive Director of Akamai
Ben Verwaayen	People Committee	Chairman	Chair of Renewi Limited Non-Executive Director of Akamai
Tim Suter	Ofcom Board	Member	Owner of Perspectives Associate, a media policy consulting firm Founding Partner of Communications Chambers a media policy and strategy partnership Chairman of the Steering Board of the Intellectual Property Office
	Content Board	Chairman
	People Committee	Member
	Election Committee	Chairman
	Advisory Committee for England	Attendee
Bob Downes	Ofcom Board	Member for Scotland and Interim Member for Northern Ireland	Chair of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency Chair of Cryptic, Glasgow Non-Executive Director of Kube Networks Chair of the Independent Oversight Board (Ireland) Shareholder, small number of BT shares
	Content Board	Member
	People Committee	Member
	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Attendee
	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Attendee
Angela Dean	Ofcom Board	Member	Chair of International House Trust, a leading independent language organisation Vice Chair of the Council of King’s College London Trustee of York Museums Trust A Senior Independent Panel Member for Public Appointments
	People Committee	Member
	Risk and Audit Committee	Chair
David Jones	Ofcom Board	Member	Independent Member of the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Non-executive director of Welsh Revenue Authority Non-executive director of the Board of Qualifications, Wales Sole director and sole shareholder of Public Services Digital Limited (company used for consultancy services) Member of Cardiff University’s Executive Education Team teaching the Digital Leadership section of an MBA course Member of the Technology Connected Leadership Council
	People Committee	Member
	Risk and Audit Committee	Member
	Advisory Committee for Wales	Attendee
Kevin Bakhurst	Ofcom Board	Member	Member of the BBC Pension scheme
Kevin Bakhurst	Content Board	Member	Member of the BBC Pension scheme
Robin Foster	Content Board	Member	Member of Communications Chambers, a consultancy specialising in telecoms, media and technology Independent Member of the Advertising Advisory Committee at BCAP Partner is a shareholder in ITV Plc Independent Panel Member of the Competition and Markets Authority Member of the BBC pension scheme
Janey Walker	Content Board	Member	Member of the Channel 4 pension scheme Partner works for National Geographic Global Networks
Aled Eirug	Content Board	Member	In receipt of a BBC pension Senior lecturer at Swansea University Independent adviser to the National Assembly for Wales Commission Partner is employed by BBC Wales
Aled Eirug	Advisory Committee for Wales	Attendee
Monisha Shah	Content Board	Member	Director of Hogerty Hill Limited (media consultancy company) Chair of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance Trustee of the Art Fund Member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Board Member of the Office for Students Independent Member of the Queen's Counsel Appointments Panel Dependant child holds small shareholding in Royal Mail Member of the BBC Pension Scheme Trustee of Caterham School Partner is Chair of Synchronicity Films Partner is a consultant at Mara Media Partner is a Non-Executive Director at Great Point Media Partner is a Non-Executive Director at Program Buyer Ltd Relative is controller of BBC Radio 4 Relative is director of Juniper TV
Monisha Shah	Advisory Committee for England	Attendee
Jonathan Baker	Content Board	Member	Chair of Trustees of the Science Media Centre In receipt of a BBC pension
Angelina Fusco	Content Board	Member	Managing Director of Angelina Fusco Training Business Board Member of Tourism Northern Ireland Member of Northern Ireland Committee Heritage Lottery Member of St Anne’s Pastoral Council Member of the National Union of Journalists Member of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Member of the Federation of Small Business Member of CIPD Associate Trainer at Channel56 Member of the Board of Trustees of Dart Centre Europe Relative is an employee of Capita in BBC Audience Services
Angelina Fusco	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Attendee
Maggie Cunningham	Content Board	Member	Deputy Chair of Columba 1400 Independent Member of the Edinburgh Festivals Forum Trustee of Skye and Lochalsh Young Carers In receipt of a BBC pension Working with Health and Social Care in North Skye, and NHS Highland
Maggie Cunningham	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Attendee
Sophie Morgan	Content Board	Member	Presenter at Channel 4
Stephen Nuttall	Content Board	Member	Shareholder of Alphabet (the parent company of Google) Member of the Royal Television Society Voting member of BAFTA Partner works for First Decide LLP
Alison Marsden	Content Board	Member	Partner is employed part-time by Public Health England
Paula Carter	Advisory Committee for England	Chair	Non-executive director of the Port of London Authority Non-executive director of Be the Business Elected committee member of the Wine Society Magistrate on the South East London Bench Paula is in receipt of a pension from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4
Emma Davison	Advisory Committee for England	Member	Employee at First Choice Homes Oldham
Alan Nunn	Advisory Committee for England	Member	Employee and shareholder at CGI IT UK Ltd. Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Member of the Institution of Telecommunications Professionals Shareholder in BT Deferred member of the BT pension scheme Chairman of Tech UK 5G Ecosystem working group
Mark Smith	Advisory Committee for England	Member	Board Member and Trustee of Henley Festival (Charitable Trust)
Aaqil Ahmed	Advisory Committee for England	Member	Non-executive director of the Advertising Standards Authority Council member for Higher Education Funding Council Wales Trustee of Muslim Aid Sole trader at Aaqil Ahmed Media Consultancy 2% stake in an ethical marketing start-up, The Shine Global
Matthew Littleford	Advisory Committee for England	Member	Member of BAFTA Chair of The Reading Agency Trustee for Paines Plough Trustee for Frantic Assembly Shareholder in ITV Consultant at Jist Studios Consultant at Resource Productions
Liz Leonard	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Chair	Member of the Cross-Party Group on Digital Participation, Scottish Parliament Board Member of Crown Estate Scotland Director of Liz Leonard Media Member of the BBC Pension scheme
Carmel Teusner	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Non-executive director of Scottish Enterprise Member of the Audit Committee, Scottish Enterprise Director of Akuiti Ltd Director and Trustee of the Uphill Ski Club of Great Britain Member of the Sky Pension Plan
Stephen Speirs	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Shareholder in Cisco
Laura Anderson	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Employee at Virgin Money
David Connolly	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	None
Hywel Wiliam	Advisory Committee for Wales	Chair	Director of AIM Group (UK) Ltd Administrator at RTS Wales Centre Director of Games Development Show Ltd Director of It's My Shout Ltd External Validator – Level 3 and 4 Media Apprenticeships Part-time lecturer at Cardiff and Vale College
Ruth McElroy	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	Chair of Ffilm Cymru Co-Director of Clwstwr Creadigol Senior Academic at the University of South Wales
Andrew Board	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	Shareholder in BT Member of Voice of the Listener and Viewer
Peter Trott	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	A small number of shares in Vodafone Chair of Cardiff and Vale Citizens Advice Communications Consumer Champion for Citizens Advice England and Wales Vice Chair and Member of Citizens Advice Cymru Director of RTRT Consulting Limited Panel Member of the Social Business Growth Fund, WCVA Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Robert Andrews	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	None
Rem Noormohamed	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	Shareholder in BT, with no financial benefit
Carrie Matchett	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Chair	Chair of Thrive, a small arts charity Self-employed consultant, specialising in governance and strategy Member of the BBC pension scheme Holds a venture capital trust with Foresight
Paul Wilson	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member	Fellow of the Institute of Engineering Technology Shareholder in BT Partner holds BT shares Leading the procurement of a Shared Network for the NI Public Sector
John Ellison	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member	Shareholder in BT In receipt of a pension from BT Member of Prospect
Alan Meban	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member	Shareholder in BT Member of the BT Pension Scheme Volunteer presenter and contributor on NvTv Director of FactCheckNI
Kathy Graham	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member	Trustee and Director of Age NI Director of Age NI Enterprises Ltd Director of Age NI Trading Ltd Director of Kathy Graham Strategies Ltd Non-Executive Director of the Driver Vehicle Agency (DVA) NI Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, DVA NI
Phil Flanagan	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member	Member of Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union Member of the Gaelic Athletic Association Volunteer Broadcast Co-ordinator at Fermanagh GAA TV & Radio Board Member at Fermanagh Community Advice
Richard Hilton	Community Radio Fund Panel	Member	Member of Council and Treasurer of the Community Media Association
Wendy Pilmer	Community Radio Fund Panel	Member	Runs her own consultancy which offers services to the industry, including the BBC
Fiona Lennox	Community Radio Fund Panel	Member	None