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
Michael Grade	Ofcom Board	Chair	TBC shortly
	People Committee	Member
	Risk and Audit Committee	Attendee
Melanie Dawes	Ofcom Board	Executive Member	Member of the Racial Justice Commission (an independent body appointed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York)
	People Committee	Attendee
	Risk and Audit Committee	Attendee
Maggie Carver	Ofcom Board	Deputy Chair	Chair of the Licoricia of Winchester Appeal (a small charity)
	People Committee	Member
	Risk and Audit Committee	Member
	Content Board	Chair
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 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
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 for Ireland’s Commission for Communications’ regulation Shareholder, small number of shares in a regulated company held on a non-trading basis
	Content Board	Member
	People Committee	Member
	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Attendee
	Election Committee	Interim Chair
Angela Dean	Ofcom Board	Member	Chair of International House Trust 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	Non-executive director of Ofwat 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 Guest lecturer at Cardiff University Member of the Technology Connected Leadership Council Small shareholder of Enclave Provides informal assistance to the Welsh Government on cyber security
	People Committee	Member
	Risk and Audit Committee	Member
	Advisory Committee for Wales	Attendee
Karen Baxter	Ofcom Board	Member	None
	People Committee	Member
	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Attendee
Kevin Bakhurst	Ofcom Board	Executive Member	Member of the BBC Pension scheme
Kevin Bakhurst	Content Board	Executive Member	Member of the BBC Pension scheme
Lindsey Fussell	Ofcom Board	Executive Member	None
Monisha Shah	Content Board	Member	Director of Hogerty Hill Limited (media consultancy company) Trustee of the Art Fund Board Member of the Office for Students Independent Member of the Queen's Counsel Appointments Panel Senior Independent Member (Chair) of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Chair of Wikimedia UK Dependant child holds small shareholding in Royal Mail Member of the BBC Pension Scheme Trustee of Caterham School Trustee of the Royal Collection Trust 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 Chief Executive of Juniper TV and a member of the Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel
Monisha Shah	Advisory Committee for England	Attendee
Jonathan Baker	Content Board	Member	Chair of Trustees of the Science Media Centre Consulting for the Arab States Broadcasting Union In receipt of a BBC pension
Maggie Cunningham	Content Board	Member	Independent Member of the Edinburgh Festivals Forum Chair of Kyle and Lochalsh Community Development Trust Director of An Comann Gaidhealach In receipt of a BBC pension Discussion participant in five BBC Radio nan Gàidheal shows between September 2019 and November 2020 Provided voiceover services to a retrospective documentary on Charles Kennedy MP for BBC Alba
Maggie Cunningham	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Attendee
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	Executive Member	Partner is employed part-time by Public Health England Non-Executive Director appointment at the UK's statutory regulatory body for fertility treatment and embryo research, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
Peter Horrocks	Content Board	Member	In receipt of a BBC pension Attends the editorial board of N1, a group of news channels in the Balkans Chair of Learna Ltd, a medical education business
Dekan Apajee	Content Board	Member	Member of the BBC pension scheme Member of the National Union of Journalists
Kim Shillinglaw	Content Board	Member	Holds widely invested ISA funds which may contain fractional investments in regulated companies Partner is a freelance executive producer Trustee of Raspberry Pi Foundation Advisor at Creative Access (Cardiff) Advisor at the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Non-executive Director at Natural England Non-executive Director at Natural Environment Research Council Chair of Discovery Decade, a research project on UK R&D investment conducted by the Wellcome Trust and the Campaign for Science and Engineering Non-executive Director at Curious Films Non-executive Director of Axis Studio Group
Rachel Coldicutt	Content Board	Member	Lego Group plc (consultancy contract: advisor on a project exploring public and policy-makers’ attitudes to children’s life online) Impact for Urban Health (consultancy contract regarding digital connectivity in Lambeth) Trustee, Battersea Arts Centre (as an occasional producer of online and broadcast content) Independent contractor, Salesforce Member of technology advisory panel of the Information Commissioners’ Office Provided written evidence on the request of the House of Lords to the Communications and Digital Committee
Tobin Ireland	Content Board	Member	Small pension fund holdings/investments in ITV plc, Vodafone and WPP plc Special Industry Advisor to Mobile Marketing Association and World Health Organisation Angel investor in European mobile, data, AI, and D2C start-ups Non-executive/chairman on a range of technology and online companies Non-executive Director at Cyan Forensics Board advisor to Datavant Co-founder and Director at MetaGravity
Ruth McElroy	Content Board	Member	Chair of Ffilm Cymru Co-Director of Clwstwr Creadigol Senior Academic at the University of South Wales
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 In receipt of a pension from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 Surrey representative on the Board of the Rugby Football Union
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 Trustee at St Johns PCC
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 Amplify Consulting Ltd. 2% stake in an ethical marketing start-up, The Shine Global Senior Independent Panel Member for the Welsh Government Panel of Public Appointments
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
Stephen Speirs	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Shareholder in Cisco
Laura Anderson	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Deputy Director of Organisational Transformation at Ofgem
Jess McBeath	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Director and founder of Jess Ltd (online harms and digital citizenship consultancy) Board member of Borders College Regional Board Member of the National Digital Ethics Engagement Network
Elizabeth Partyka	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Shareholder in STV Group PLC Receives an STV pension Non-Executive board member of Creative Scotland
Ashe Hussain	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Member of the Creative Scotland's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group Part time employee at Film City Future, working on projects related to media Freelance assessor at Film Hub Scotland Member of the Royal Television Society Member of BAFTA Scotland In receipt of a BBC survivor's pension
Gerry Crawley	Advisory Committee for Scotland	Member	Director of Critiqom
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 at Cardiff and Vale College – Level 3 and 4 Media Apprenticeships Part-time lecturer at Cardiff and Vale College
Tom Crick	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	Non-executive Director of Sector Development Wales Partnership (trading as Industry Wales) Chartered Fellow and elected Member of Council at BCS (the Chartered Institute for IT) Chartered Fellow at the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Angharad Evans	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	Member of BAFTA Member of Women in Film and Television Limited consultancy work for S4C and BBC Studios relating to advice on employment contracts or licensing/rights agreements Limited consultancy advice to independent production companies on general compliance with all relevant rules and regulations
Aled Eirug	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	In receipt of a BBC pension Independent adviser to the National Assembly for Wales Commission Partner is employed by BBC Wales
Robert Andrews	Advisory Committee for Wales	Member	None
Carrie Matchett	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Chair	Self-employed consultant, specialising in governance and strategy Member of the BBC pension scheme Holds a venture capital trust with Foresight
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 Programme contributor on NvTv Director of FactCheckNI
Michael Wilson	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member	Shareholder in ITV Director and owner of Beech Hill Consultancy Ltd Chair of the Advisory Board at Isle of Media Board Advisor at Actiphons Ltd Advisor at RHCI Capital Member of the Royal Television Society Founder member of the Irish Film and Television Academy Member of the Media Society
Angelina Fusco	Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland	Member	Managing Director of Angelina Fusco Training Board Member at Tourism NI Member at 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 Businesses Member of the Charter Institute of Personnel and Development Associate Trainer at Channel56 Relative is an employee at Capita in BBC Audience Services
Wendy Pilmer	Community Radio Fund Panel	Member	Runs her own consultancy which offers services to the industry, including the BBC
Mark Jones	Community Radio Fund Panel	Member	Member of the Community Media Association but does not hold any positions within the organisation
Olu Bankole	Community Radio Fund Panel	Executive Member	Shareholding in a group holding company of a regulated company, held on a non-trading basis Shareholding in one company not regulated by Ofcom (but involved in the communcations, media or postal sectors) held on a non-trading basis