LORD DAVID CURRIE
Chairman, Office of Communications (OFCOM), UK
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David Currie was named in July 2002 as the inaugural Chairman of Ofcom, the new regulator for the UK communications industry, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. This appointment followed a long and distinguished career in economics, including roles in regulation, academia, the private sector and advising governments. A well-known figure in international economic policy, David Currie has published extensively in the field of government regulation of industry and of macroeconomic policy. He has wide teaching and consulting experience. David has been Dean of Cass Business School at City University since January 2001. He was Professor of Economics at London Business School from 1988 to 2000 and Deputy Dean from 1992 to 1995 and again in 1999-2000. David was Director of the Centre of Economic Forecasting from 1988 to 1995, and from 1995 Director of the Regulation Initiative at London Business School and holder of the Sir James Ball Chair in Regulation. David has previously served on the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority and on the Board of Abbey National, as well as on a variety of UK government advisory bodies including the Treasury's Panel of Independent Forecasters (the “Wise Men”) and the Retail Price Index Advisory Committee. He has published widely, and his books include Policy Rules, Credibility and International Macroeconomic Policy (1994), North-South Linkages and International Macroeconomic Policy (1995), The Pros and Cons of EMU (1997) and Will the Euro Work? (1998). He sits on the cross-benches in the House of Lords as Lord Currie of Marylebone. David Currie sits on the Audit and Finance Committees of Ofcom.