Graham Mather
Graham Christopher Spencer Mather CBE (born 23 October 1954, Preston) is a British former Member of the European Parliament (MEP).[1]
Mather was educated at Hutton Grammar School and New College, Oxford. While there, he became an officer in the Oxford University Conservative Association. He became a lawyer, and was also a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, and spent time as the head of the policy unit at the Institute of Directors. At the 1983 general election, he unsuccessfully stood in Blackburn.[2]
He was a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 1999 for the Hampshire North and Oxford constituency, and had been a member of the Westminster City Council 1982–86. He has been a non executive director of Ofcom since 2014 [3] and of ORR since 2016. He is also president of the .
Mather was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to economic regulation, competition, and infrastructure development.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Graham MATHER". Europarl.europa.eu. 23 October 1954. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ BBC-Vacher's Biographical Guide 1996. London: BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher's Publications. 1996. pp. 6–22. ISBN 0951520857.
- ^ Ofcom today announced the appointment of three new non-executive members to its Board, Ofcom, 30 May 2014.
- ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B9.
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