Register of disclosable interests

The register of disclosable interests sets out the external interests and commitments of Ofcom board and committee members.

Name	Board/Committee	Status	Interests
Lord Burns	Ofcom Board	Chairman. Appointed 1 January 2018	Chairman of the Welsh Government's South East Wales Transport Commission
Lord Burns	People Committee	Member
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. Appointed 1 June 2014	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
Jonathan Oxley	Ofcom Board	Member	Member of the BT Defined Benefit Pension Scheme Chief Executive of the UK Regulators Network (UKRN)
Ben Verwaayen	Ofcom Board	Member. Appointed 1 January 2016	Board Member of Akzonobel, Amsterdam
Ben Verwaayen	People Committee	Chairman	Board Member of Akzonobel, Amsterdam
Tim Suter	Ofcom Board	Member. Appointed 2 October 2017	Perspectives Associates: owner of media policy consulting firm Communications Chambers: Founding partner in media policy and strategy partnership UBM shareholding as a result of his wife’s former chairmanship of the company Chairman of the Steering Board of the Intellectual Property Office
	Content Board	Chairman
	People Committee	Member
Bob Downes	Ofcom Board	Member for Scotland. Appointed 1 February 2018	Chair, Scottish Environment Protection Agency Chair, Scottish Sensors Innovation Centre Chair, Cryptic, Glasgow Non-Executive Director, Kube Networks Non-Executive Director, Scottish Government Trustee, Mackintosh Campus Renewal, Appeal Bob, his partner or dependent children hold a small BT shareholding
	Content Board	Interim Member
	People Committee	Member
Angela Dean	Ofcom Board	Member	Chair of International House Trust, a leading independent language organisation Member of 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, appointed 8 April 2019	Independent Member of the Board, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Non-executive director of Welsh Revenue Authority Non-executive director of the Board of Qualifications Wales Shareholder, Westgate Cyber Security Limited Sole director and sole shareholder, 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 (from April 2020).
	People Committee	Member
	Risk and Audit Committee	Member
Robin Foster	Content Board	Member. Appointed 1 January 2016	Member of Communications Chambers, a consultancy specialising in telecoms, media and technology (currently advising RTE on strategic options) Independent Member, Advertising Advisory Committee at BCAP Partner is a shareholder in ITV Plc Expert Adviser to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Inquiry into Digital Platforms Independent Panel Member, Competition and Markets Authority
Janey Walker	Content Board	Member. Appointed 1 May 2011	Member of the Channel 4 Corporation (C4C) pension scheme Her husband is Executive Vice President of Programming and Development for National Geographic Global Networks, now 73% owned by Fox
Aled Eirug	Content Board	Member. Appointed 1 December 2015	In receipt of a BBC pension Senior lecturer at Swansea University
Tony Close	Content Board	Member	None
Monisha Shah	Content Board	Member	Director, Hogerty Hill Limited (media consultancy company) Non-Executive Director, Imagen Ltd (media management company) Chair, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance Trustee, Art Fund Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life Board Member, Office for Students Independent Member, Queen's Counsel Appointments Panel Member of the BBC Pension Scheme Trustee, Donmar Warehouse
Jonathan Baker	Content Board	Member	Chair of Trustees, Science Media Centre
Kevin Bakhurst	Content Board	Member	Member of the BBC Pension scheme
Angelina Fusco	Content Board	Member	Director - Dart Centre Europe Limited Angelina Fusco Training Business – Managing Director Tourism NI – Board Member NI Committee Heritage Lottery – Member St Anne’s Pastoral Council – Member NUJ – Member NI Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Member Federation of Small Business – Member CIPD – Member Channel56 – Associate Trainer
Maggie Cunningham	Content Board	Member	Deputy Chair Sistema Scotland Deputy Chair Columba 1400 Independent Member Edinburgh Festivals Forum Member Women and Girls in Sport - Scottish Government Advisory Board Scottish WWOne Advisory Panel Trustee Skye and Lochalsh Young Carers
Sophie Morgan	Content Board	Member	Presenter at Channel 4
Stephen Nuttall	Content Board	Member. Appointed 10 December 2018	Alphabet (the parent company of Google) shareholding Member of the Royal Television Society Voting member of BAFTA
Paula Carter	Advisory Committee for England	Chair	Non-executive director, Port of London Authority Non-executive director, Be The Business Elected committee member, The Wine Society Magistrate, South East London Bench Paula is in receipt of a pension from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 Council Member, RFU Member of the LTA Disciplinary Panel
Emma Davison	Advisory Committee for England	Member	None
Caroline Roberts-Cherry	Advisory Committee for England	Member	Director, Saffron Cherry TV Ltd Trustee, Royal Exchange Theatre Events Co-ordinator, Women in Film and TV North Member of the BBC Pension scheme
Alan Nunn	Advisory Committee for England	Member	Consulting Director at CGI Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology Member, Institution of Telecommunications Professionals Holds shares in BT Deferred BT pensioner
Mark Smith	Advisory Committee for England	Member	None
Aaqil Ahmed	Advisory Committee for England	Member	Non-executive director, Advertising Standards Authority Council member, Higher Education Funding Council Wales Trustee, Muslim Aid Sole trader, Aaqil Ahmed Media Consultancy Aaqil has a 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 Matthew holds shares in ITV
Liz Leonard	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Chair	BBC, periodic freelance contracts Scottish Refugee Council, Vice-Chair Cross Party Group on Digital Participation, Scottish Parliament, Member Chair of Advisory Committee for Scotland (ACS) with effect from 24/04/2018 Member of the Board of Crown Estate Scotland
Carmel Teusner	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Carmel, her partner and dependant children have the following non-financial interests: Non-executive director, Scottish Enterprise Member,Audit Committee, Scottish Enterprise Non-executive director, National Library of Scotland Member, Staffing and Remuneration Committee, National Library of Scotland Director, Akuiti Ltd Director and Trustee, Uphill Ski Club of Great Britain (t/a Disability Snowsport UK)
Stephen Speirs	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Stephen holds shares in Cisco
Hywel Wiliam	Advisory Committee for Wales	Chair. Appointed 1 July 2014	Director, AIM Group(UK) Ltd Administrator, RTS Wales Centre Director, Games Development Show Ltd Deputy Chair, Institute of Welsh Affairs Media Policy Group Director, It's My Shout Ltd Chair of Advisory Committee for Wales (ACW) with effect from 11/04/2018
Ruth McElroy	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member. Appointed 1 November 2017	Member of the IWA Media Policy Group
Peter Trott	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member. Appointed 11 April 2018	Owns a small number of shares in Vodafone
Paul Wilson	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member. Appointed 1 September 2014	Fellow of the Institute of Engineering Technology BT shareholder Leading the procurement of a Shared Network for the NI Public Sector
John Ellison	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member. Appointed 1 September 2017	Holds shares in BT In receipt of a pension from BT
Alan Meban	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member. Appointed 1 September 2017	Holds shares in BT Member of the BT Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
Kathy Graham	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member. Appointed 1 September 2017	Trustee and Director - Age NI Director - Age NI Enterprises Ltd Director - Age NI Trading Ltd Director – Kathy Graham Strategies Ltd Board of Governors – Annalong Primary School Member – The British Psychological Society
Carrie Matchett	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member. Appointed 1 June 2018	Vice Chair of Thrive, a small arts charity Member of the BBC pension scheme
Phil Flanagan	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member. Appointed 17 December 2018	Member of Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union
Richard Hilton	Community Radio Fund Panel	Member	None
Wendy Pilmer	Community Radio Fund Panel	Member. Appointed 1 January 2009	Runs her own consultancy which offers services to the industry including the BBC.
Fiona Lennox	Community Radio Fund Panel	Member	None