Ed Richards (chief executive)
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Ed Richards | |
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| Chief Executive of Ofcom | |
| In office October 2006 – December 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Sharon White |
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| Born | Edward Charles Richards 29 August 1965 |
| Education | London School of Economics |
Edward Charles Richards (born 29 August 1965)[1] is a Founding Partner at Flint Global,[2] and previously was the Chief Executive of Ofcom, the independent regulator for the communications industry in the United Kingdom. He stepped down in December 2014.[3]
Richards attended the Portsmouth Grammar School, where he overlapped with Mel Stride, who is now a Conservative MP for Central Devon. He graduated from the London School of Economics with an Economics degree.
Richards was previously a Senior Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair and before that Controller of Corporate Strategy at the BBC. He has also worked in consulting at London Economics Ltd, and as an advisor to Gordon Brown.
Richards is married to Delyth Evans, who is a former member of the Welsh Assembly.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Profile, 'MediaGuardian Top 100 2009', The Guardian, 13 July 2009
- ↑ "Ed Richards - Flint Global". Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ↑ "Ofcom Board appoints Sharon White as Chief Executive" Archived 15 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 16 December 2014.
- ↑ Rawlings, Rick; Osmond, John (2000). "The Assembly". Devolution in Transition (PDF). Monitoring the National Assembly, February to May 2000. Institute of Welsh Affairs. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-8717-2658-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ↑ Marlow, Ben (2 October 2014). "Ofcom chief Ed Richards steps down". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ↑ Tryhorn, Chris (5 October 2006). "Ed Richards: the anointed one". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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