Richard Hooper (civil servant)
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Richard Hooper
Career
His began his career as a radio and TV producer in the
ITV companies. He was Chairman of the Radio Authority from 2000 to 2003, Deputy Chairman of Ofcom from 2002 to 2005, and Chairman of Informa
from 2005 to 2007.
He carried out the independent review of the Royal Mail for Peter Mandelson and Vince Cable which recommended privatisation.
He currently is Chair of the Broadband Stakeholder Group and the Copyright Hub Launch Group, which came out of the review of copyright licensing Richard did for Vince Cable in 2011/12. He is senior independent director on the boards of hibu plc (formerly Yell Group plc) and VocaLink Holdings Ltd.
Personal life
He is married to the Australian writer and historian,
Tom Hooper
.
References
- ^ Postal services in Scotland: first report of session 2010-11 Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Scottish Affairs Committee - 2011 p 8 "In December 2007, the previous Government commissioned Richard Hooper, former deputy chairman of Ofcom, to undertake an independent review of postal services in the UK. The Review, published in December 2008, identified a lack of ..."
- ^ Bob Franklin, Martin Hamer, Mark Hanna Key Concepts in Journalism Studies 2005 "Ofcom also has a content board, chaired by Richard Hooper to monitor and regulate programmes in accordance with the requirements of the Act to ensure broadcasters' compliance with their public service remits "
- ^ http://www.iicom.org/annual-conference/annual-conference-2012/iic-2012-annual-conference-programme/87-annual-conference/annual-conference-2012/167-iic-2012-annual-conference-speaker-biographies [dead link]
- ^ http://www.edtechhistory.org.uk/history/the_1970s/ndpcal.html
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