Lord David Currie of Marylebone has been appointed as the first
Chairman of the new Office of Communications (OFCOM). The
appointment, for a period of 5 years, will involve overseeing the
creation of OFCOM which will regulate broadcasting,
telecommunications and the management of the radio spectrum.
OFCOM will combine the responsibilities of the existing
regulators in these sectors, the Broadcasting Standards Commission
(BSC), the Independent Television Commission (ITC), Office of
Telecommunications (Oftel), the Radio Authority and the
Radiocommunications Agency.
Once OFCOM is up and running, the Chairman and Board will be
responsible for administrating the new regulatory regime set out in
the draft Communications Bill, published in May.
Lord Currie, aged 55, will receive a salary of £133,000 for his
four days per week position. He is currently Dean of City
University Business School and Professor of Business Economics.
Other current positions include Chairman of Coredeal/MTS;
Non-Executive Director of Abbey National plc; Director of the
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust (Investments) Ltd; and a Member of
Terra Consilia.
