Dame Patricia Hodgson DBE - Chair
Biography
Dame Patricia Hodgson, DBE, is Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge and Deputy Chair of Ofcom, the UK’s telecoms and broadcasting regulator.
Patricia began her career as a BBC producer and journalist and, from 1993-2000, was main board director in charge of policy, strategy & relations with government. She was Chief Executive of the Independent Television Commission from 2000-2004 and a Member of the BBC Trust between 2006-2011. She has also served as a non-executive director of GCap Media plc.
Patricia was a part-time Member of the Mergers & Monopolies Commission in the late 90s and a non-executive Member of the Competition Commission from 2004-2011. She recently chaired the Higher Education Regulation Review Group and went on to be a Member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. She has been a Member of the UK’s Statistics Commission, of The Committee for Standards in Public Life and a Trustee of the Wellcome (Medical Research) Trust.
Remunerated Interests
Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, until the end of July 2012. Deputy Chair of Ofcom.
Unremunerated Interests
Registered Shareholdings
Ownership of land and property
Party Political Activity
None
Other Declarations
Husband is a retired teacher (maintained sector) in receipt of a pension. He is a trustee of the Constable (Free School) Educational Trust, (unremunerated) and co-ordinator of Cambridge ISSP (unremunerated) until July 2012 and does some part time maths teaching in North and East London schools.
Date of Registration
1 February 2012