Patricia Hope Hewitt is an British government adviser and former politician who served as Secretary of State for Health from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party,she previously served as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 2001 to 2005.
The Office of Communications,commonly known as Ofcom,is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting,telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Mary Doreen Archer,Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare,is a British scientist specialising in solar power conversion. She is married to Jeffrey Archer,a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Archer is the current Chancellor of the University of Buckingham.
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is an independent regulator in the UK and Ireland based in London Wall in the City of London,responsible for regulating auditors,accountants and actuaries,and setting the UK's Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes. The FRC seeks to promote transparency and integrity in business by aiming its work at investors and others who rely on company reports,audits and high-quality risk management.
Sara Catherine Nathan is a former British broadcaster who now sits on the boards of a number of public bodies.
The BBC Trust was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 2007 and 2017. It was operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies,and its stated aim was to make decisions in the best interests of licence-fee payers. On 12 May 2016,it was announced in the House of Commons that,under the next royal charter,the regulatory functions of the BBC Trust were to be transferred to Ofcom.
Dame Clara Hedwig Frances Furse DBE (née Siemens) was the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange between January 2001 and May 2009,and was the first woman to occupy the position. In 2005,she was ranked 19th in Fortune magazine's most powerful women in business list. In 2007,Furse was listed among Time's 100 most influential people in the world.
Stewart Peter Purvis CBE is a British broadcaster,broadcasting executive,author and academic.
Chitra Bharucha MBE,FRCPath,FRSA,is a former consultant haematologist and former vice chairman of the BBC Trust,the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. She became the first woman and first South Asian to head the BBC
Terence Burns,Baron Burns,sometimes known as Terry Burns,is a British economist,made a life peer in 1998 for his services as former Chief Economic Advisor and Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury. He served as Chairman of Ofcom from 2018 to 2020,and is currently a senior adviser to Santander UK,non-executive Chairman of Glas Cymru,and a non-executive director of Pearson Group plc. He is also a former President of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research,President of the Society of Business Economists,ex Chairman of the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of Music,and ex Chairman of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra. On 5 November 2009 he was announced chairman Designate of Channel Four Television Corporation,succeeding Luke Johnson,who retired on 27 January 2010 following six years in the post.
Professor Dame Janet Patricia Beer,is a British academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from February 2015 until December 2022. She took over from Howard Newby,having previously been Vice-Chancellor at Oxford Brookes University and Pro-Vice Chancellor Academic and Dean of Humanities,Law and Social Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University.
David Albert Edmonds CBE is a British businessman,former civil servant,and board chair.
YouView is a hybrid television platform in the United Kingdom developed by YouView TV Ltd,a partnership of four broadcasters,the BBC,ITV,Channel 4 and Channel 5;and three telecommunications operators,Arqiva,BT Group and TalkTalk Group.
Professor Dame Janet Elizabeth Husband is Emeritus Professor of Radiology at the Institute of Cancer Research. She had a career in diagnostic radiology that spanned nearly 40 years,using scanning technology to diagnose,stage,and follow-up cancer. She continues to support medicine and research as a board member and advisor for various organisations.
Richard James Ayre was a member of the BBC Trust,the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation until its abolition in 2016. He is a former member for England of the Ofcom Content Board and chair of its Broadcast Review Committee. He was formerly a BBC journalist,first as a radio and television reporter in Belfast through the 1970s,before becoming the Home News Editor in London (1979–84),Head of BBC Westminster (1989–93),Controller of Editorial Policy (1993–96) and Deputy Chief Executive of BBC News (1996–2000).
Dame Julia Unwin was chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust(JRHT). The Guardian in 2007 described her as a "major player in the voluntary sector." In 2012 she was appointed by the Scottish Government as a member of the Expert Working Group on Welfare and Constitutional Reform.
Dame Elan Closs Stephens is a Welsh academic who has been a non-executive director of the BBC Board since 2017,serving as BBC Chairwoman from 27 June 2023. Specialising in cultural and broadcasting policy,she is also Electoral Commissioner for Wales and Pro-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University. She also chairs the UNESCO International Prize for the Creative Economy panel.
Dame Colette Bowe is an English business woman and former civil servant.
Dame Pamela Louise Makin,DBE is a British businesswoman.
Dame Sharon Michele White,Lady Chote,is a British businesswoman. She is the current Chair of the John Lewis Partnership,having previously held a variety of roles in the Civil Service.
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