{"id":9358,"date":"2019-06-07T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/ofcom-chief-executive-sharon-white-step\/"},"modified":"2019-06-07T12:09:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T16:09:50","slug":"ofcom-chief-executive-sharon-white-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/07\/ofcom-chief-executive-sharon-white-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom Chief Executive Sharon White to Step Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon White is stepping down from her responsibilities as chief executive of Ofcom to take on a role as chairman of The John Lewis Partnership.<\/p>\n<p>White joined Ofcom in March 2015 from HM Treasury, where she was second permanent secretary. The Ofcom Board will now begin the process to appoint a successor.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom Chairman Lord Burns said: \u201cSharon has been an outstanding chief executive for Ofcom and will be missed by the whole organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder Sharon\u2019s leadership, Ofcom has helped to deliver ultrafast broadband, widespread 4G mobile and now 5G, and became the first independent regulator of the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe leaves Ofcom as a regulator with a relentless focus on the consumer interest; making sure people and businesses can get the best out of their communications services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White said: \u201cIt\u2019s been a huge privilege to lead Ofcom at a time when reliable, affordable communications have become essential. I will leave behind an organization that is dedicated in its mission to make communications work for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon White is stepping down from her responsibilities as chief executive of Ofcom to take on a role as chairman of The John Lewis Partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[689,2036],"class_list":["post-9358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ofcom","tag-sharon-white"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ofcom Chief Executive Sharon White to Step Down - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/07\/ofcom-chief-executive-sharon-white-to-step-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ofcom Chief Executive Sharon White to Step Down - 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