Register of disclosable interests

About Ofcom Structure and leadership
Published: 1 March 2024
Last updated: 1 May 2026

We publish a Register of Disclosable Interests. The register sets out the disclosable interests and commitments of executives and non-executives who sit on Ofcom's Boards, Committees and Panels, and the interests of their partners and 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
Tamara Ingram Ofcom Board  Interim Chair
  • Non-Executive Chair of 10 Group
  • Non-Executive Director, M&S
  • Non-Executive Director, Marsh and McLennan
  • Non-Executive Director, Intertek
  • Non-Executive Director, Reckitt
  • Chair, Almeida Theatre
People Committee Chair
Melanie Dawes Ofcom Board Executive Member
  • Patron of Patchwork Foundation
People Committee Attendee
Risk and Audit Committee Attendee
Ben Verwaayen Ofcom Board Member
  • Non-Executive Director of Akamai
  • General Partner at investment fund Keen Venture Partners
Angela Dean Ofcom Board Member
  • Trustee of York Museums Trust
  • A Senior Independent Panel Member for Public Appointments
People Committee Member
Risk and Audit Committee Chair
Advisory Committee for England Attendee
Karen Baxter Ofcom Board Member
  • Director, Financial Conduct Authority
Risk and Audit Committee Member
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Attendee
Natalie Black  Ofcom Board Executive member
  • Visiting Professor in Practice at London School of Economics School of Public Policy
  • British Tech Advisors Singapore Emeritus Board
  • World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
Will Harding Ofcom Board Member
  • Trustee of Education and Employers
  • Director of Primedia Holdings (Pty) Ltd (South Africa).
  • Trustee, Landmark Arts Centre
  • Relative is Member of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee
  • Deferred member of the BBC pension scheme
Risk and Audit Committee Member
Content Board Member
Lord Richard Allan

Ofcom Board

Member
  • Director and sole shareholder of a personal consultancy business called RTFM Club Ltd. This may receive income from activities like writing and speaking on matters related to technology policy.
  • Unpaid non-executive Director of Centre for Public Data CIC working on access to govt data.
  • Member of Liberal Democrat group in the House of Lords from 2010 until Oct 3rd 2024. Now non-affiliated member of Lords.
  • Health and Care Spokesperson for Liberal Democrat Lords group Jan 2023 to July 2024
  • Chair of the Board of Worldmodeldata Ltd
  • Director and shareholder of Miqst Ltd

Online Information Advisory Committee  

Chair 
George Walker

Ofcom Board

Non-executive Member
  • Senior Independent Director, The Pensions Regulator,
  • Chair, Social Investment Scotland
  • Director of multiple wholly owned subsidiaries of Social Investment Scotland
  • Director /Trustee, Four Square (Scotland),
  • Indirectly managed investment funds
Oliver Griffiths

Ofcom Board

Executive Member 
  • Indirectly managed investment funds
  • Director, Global Climate Partnership Fund
Clive Jones Ofcom Board  Member 
  • Chair, Sightsavers
  • Chair, Runnymede Trust
  • Trustee, Thomson Foundation
  • Chair, ITV Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
  • Chair, ITV Defined Contribution Pension Plan
Content Board  Chair 
Cristina Nicolotti Squires Content Board Executive Member
  • Sibling is Mother of the Chapel for the National Union of Journalists in a BBC News production team.
  • Trustee, The Journalists’ Charity
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, One World Media (NGO)
  • Member, advisory board of Balkans Free Media Initiative
Kim Shillinglaw Content Board Member
  • Holds widely invested ISA funds which may contain fractional investments in regulated companies
  • Independent Board member at BEIS (Met Office - Public Weather Service)
  • Member of BBC pension scheme
  • Trustee of Raspberry Pi Foundation
  • Advisor at the Arts and Humanities Research Council's 
  • Non-executive Director at Natural England
  • Non-executive Director at Natural Environment Research Council
  • Non-executive Director of Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Ltd
  • Non-Executive Director, National Highways
Maria McCann   Content Board Member
  • Founder and Managing Partner, McCann Public Relations
  • Vice Chair, Clanmil Housing Association
Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Attendee
Ruth McElroy Content Board Member
  • Member of Creative Wales Advisory Skills Panel
  • Member of Unboxed Evaluation Advisory Board (DCMS/Welsh Government)
  • Head of School, Bangor University
  • Consultant at Media Cymru (SIPF project) 2023-2026
  • Board member Gogledd Creadigol 2023-2025
Advisory Committee for Wales Attendee
Simon Bucks Content Board Member
  • Partner in a small media consultancy Armitage Bucks Communications which specialises in media training
  • Spouse is also a Partner of Armitage Bucks Communications
  • Trustee and Honorary Secretary of the Royal Television Society
  • Emeritus member of the Society of Editors
  • Occasionally writes articles on the media sector, mainly for the Royal Television Society magazine
  • In receipt of ITN pension
  • Member of Editorial Council, Adria News Network
Peter MacMahon Content Board Member
  • Member of the National Union of Journalists (currently paused).
  • Occasional freelance commentator for BBC Scotland
  • Holds indirectly managed ISA investment funds which may contain fractional investments in regulated companies
Advisory Committee for Scotland Attendee

Yolisa Phahle

 Content Board Member  
  • Trustee for the Multichoice Enterprise Development Trust
  • Non-executive Board Member for Aberdeen Performing Arts
  • Member of PPL
  • Husband is a Member of PRS and a music composer working for production companies predominantly in Sub Saharan Africa. 
  • Trustee, Comic Relief  

Kate Marsh

 Content Board  Member
  • Small shareholdings in Amazon, Disney, Microsoft and Apple through managed investment funds
  • Trustee, British Council
  • Member of BAFTA and RTS
  • Governor of UCA
  • Non-executive Chair of indie games company Devolver Digital Inc
Richard Bellamy  Advisory Committee for England  Chair
  • Employee, Daintta Ltd
  • Member of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) in South West England and Wales
  • Occasional consultancy work for businesses operating in the telecoms sector relating to technical, operational or security issues.
Caroline Gardner Advisory Committee for England Member
  • Bury College, teacher
Edleen John Advisory Committee for England Member
  • Holds a number of Non-Executive Director roles in areas unconnected to Ofcom's regulation.
Mauro Mortali Advisory Committee for England Member
  • Managing Partner at Cambridge Management Consulting.
Andrew Squires May  Advisory Committee for England Member
  • Jon Holmes Media, Director and minority shareholder
Kavya Sharma  Advisory Committee for England Member
  • Employee, Alice (formerly ActiveFence)
Jess McBeath Advisory Committee for Scotland Chair
  • Director and founder of Jess Ltd (online harms and digital citizenship consultancy)
  • Member of Advertising Advisory Committee (Advertising Standards Authority/Committees of Advertising Practice)
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
  • Owner of FortyLoveMedia Ltd.
  • In receipt of a BBC survivor's pension
Polly Tolley Advisory Committee for Scotland Member
  • Head of Public Policy for Retail Banking, NatWest
Dr Cameron Spiers    Advisory Committee for Scotland Member
  • CEO Neutral Wireless
  • Spouse is Senior Commercial Manager, Neutral Wireless

Caroline Di Stefano 

 Advisory Committee for Scotland Member
  • Employed by SSEN Transmission, part of the SSE Group, which owns Neos Networks
  • Shares held in SSE
Aled Eirug Advisory Committee for Wales Chair 
  • In receipt of a BBC pension
  • Independent adviser to the National Assembly for Wales Commission
  • Honorary research fellow, Cardiff University
  • Chair, higher education body Coleg Cymraeg
  • Wife is chair of the Arts Council of Wales
Angharad Evans Advisory Committee for Wales Member
  • Member of BAFTA
  • Member of Women in Film and Television
  • Director and Owner, Angharad Evans Consulting Limited
  • Limited consultancy work for S4C and BBC Studios relating to advice on commercial contracts and licensing/rights agreements
  • Legal consultancy advice to independent production companies on on commercial contracts, financing contracts, licensing/rights agreement and general compliance with all relevant rules and regulations
Geraint Strello Advisory Committee for Wales Member
  • Shares in BT PLC
  • Member of BT Pension Scheme
Professor Matthew Williams  Advisory Committee for Wales Member
  • Founder and Chief Scientist at Nisien.ai
Ruth Mullineux-Morgan Advisory Committee for Wales Member
  • Senior Policy Officer, NSPCC Cymru; 
  • Consultant, Swansea University’s DRAGON (Developing Resistance Against Grooming Online) project 
    Shayoni Lynn  Advisory Committee for Wales Member
    • CEO and Founder of Lynn Group 
    • Independent Board Member, Active Travel Wales 
    • Board Member, Transport for Wales (Inclusive Travel Advisory Board) 
    • Trustee, Institute of Welsh Affairs 
    • Co-Chair, CIPR ESG Network 
    • Founder and Chair, Asian Communications Network 
    • Founder, Break the Silence. 
                Colm Murphy Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Chair
                • Ulster University - Professor
                • Chair, National Council for the Training of Journalists Educators' Panel

                Maeve Connolly

                		 Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member
                • Director, Raised Voices 
                • Industry advisor, The National Council for the Training of Journalism 

                  Matthew Springford

                  		 Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member
                  • Co-Director, CrossWalk Films
                  • Wife is Co-Director of CrossWalk Films
                  • Trustee, Screen Education Scotland

                  Uel Johnston

                  		 Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member
                  • In receipt of a BT pension
                  Michael Wilson Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member
                  • Shareholder in ITV
                  • Director and owner of Beech Hill Consultancy Ltd
                  • Member of the Royal Television Society
                  • Executive Director - Clearbox Communications Group
                  • Executive Chair - Neighbourgood (part of Clearbox Communications Group)
                  Aodhan O'Donnell Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member
                  • None
                  Paul Wickens Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland Member
                  • Son works in a sales role for BT plc and is a member of an employee share scheme
                  Alan Stewart Community Radio Fund Panel Chair
                  • Full member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
                  • Occasional visiting lecturer at universities in Scotland on media regulation and consumption trends
                  • Commissioner, Boundaries Scotland
                  • In receipt of an Ofcom pension.
                    Holds a number of Non-Executive Director roles in areas unconnected to Ofcom's regulation.
                  Hannah Bryant Community Radio Fund Panel  Member
                  • Trustee, The Good Company People
                  Clare McNally-Luke  Community Radio Fund Panel  Executive  
                  • None

                  Devika Shanker-Grandpierre

                  		 Online Information Advisory Committee   Member 
                  • Shares in Meta and TikTok
                  • Strategic Advisor, Athens Technology Center
                  • Member, European Digital Media Observatory
                  • Non-Executive Director, Irish National Youth Ballet
                  • Research Insights Contributor, Global Network on Extremism and Technology, King’s College London
                  • Advisor, Ofgem's AI Regulation Lab

                  Jeffrey Howard

                  		 Online Information Advisory Committee Member 
                  • None

                  Will Moy

                  		 Online Information Advisory Committee Member 
                  • None

                  Elisabeth Costa

                  		 Online Information Advisory Committee Member 
                  • None