Ed richards ofcom biography of william

Urbane and unflappable, and looking younger than his 41 years, on the surface, communications regulator Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards is the archetypal New Labour acolyte, in the mould of an Ed Balls or a David Miliband.

Many media types dismissed his move to Ofcom in 2003 as another job for "Tony's cronies", given that Richards was Blair's senior adviser on media and communications.

Ed richards ofcom biography of william

He was the man behind the Communications Bill that spawned the new regulator in 2003. He was also once controller of corporate strategy at the BBC, provoking further suspicion from the commercial media sector.

A glance at the bookshelf in Richards' office heightens these suspicions, with a copy of former BBC director-general John Birt's The Harder Path catching the eye.

To be fair though, he also has a copy of Virtual Murdoch by Neil Chenoweth to restore the balance.

Richards rose to the top job at Ofcom last autumn to replace