Patricia Hodgson

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Dame Patricia Hodgson
DBE
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Chair of Ofcom
In office
2014–2017
Preceded byColette Bowe
Succeeded byTerence Burns, Baron Burns
Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
In office
2006–2012
Preceded byOnora O'Neill
Succeeded byCarol M. Black
Personal details
Born
Patricia Anne Hodgson

(1947-01-19) 19 January 1947 (age 75)
NationalityBritish
Alma materNewnham College, Cambridge
Awards
  • CBE (1995)
  • DBE (2004)

Dame Patricia Anne Hodgson, DBE (born 19 January 1947) is a broadcasting executive, competition regulator, and academic administrator. She is a board member of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation having served as Chair of Ofcom from 2014 to 2017, having succeeded Dame Colette Bowe in April 2014,[1] She is also a trustee of the Policy Exchange and is Chair of the School Teachers' Review Body.[2] From 2006 to 2012 she was Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.

Personal life[]

Hodgson was born on 19 January 1947. She was educated at Brentwood High School for Girls, a grammar school in Brentwood, Essex. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree: as per tradition, her BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree. She also studied at the Royal Academy of Music, completing the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music (LRAM) in drama in 1968.[3]

In 1979, Hodgson married George Donaldson. They have one son.[3]

Career[]

She joined the BBC as a producer and founder-member of the distance learning team for the Open University. Between 1970 and 2000 she worked in a variety of positions, moving from production onto the executive Board (see below). She served as a part-time Member of the Mergers and Monopolies Commission between 1993–99 and returned as a non-executive Member of the Competition Commission (the successor body) between 2004 and 2011. From September 2000 to the end of 2003, Hodgson was Chief Executive of the Independent Television Commission and led the organisation into the integrated telecoms regulator, Ofcom, where she was chairman from 2014 to 2017.[4]

Hodgson's non-executive roles include Director of GCapMedia plc (2004–06),[5] member of the BBC Trust (2006–2011),[6] Chair of the Higher Education Regulation Review Group (2004–06),[7] Member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (2005–2011), Member of The Wellcome Trust (2004–08), Member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (2004–08) and of the Statistics Commission (2000–06).[8] Upon leaving Newnham in 2012, she became Chair of Ofcom and Chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body.[9]

From 1 April 2021, she starts a three-year appointment to the UKRI Science and Technical Facilities Council and will join the STFC Innovation Board.[10][11]

Politics[]

Hodgson's first job upon leaving university was working as a desk officer for the Conservative Research Department. From 1974 to 1977 she was a Conservative member of Haringey Borough Council . From 1975 to 1976 she was also Chair of the right wing think-tank Bow Group.

BBC[]

Hodgson worked in production between 1970 and 1983 on arts programmes for the Open University, as a producer on Tonight and briefly as a presenter on the Today programme. She became Deputy Secretary of the BBC in 1983, quickly moving to become Secretary. She was subsequently Head of Policy (1987–1992) and then Director of Policy (1993–2000) a main board position. As Director of Policy & Planning, Hodgson developed the original concept for the BBC's international commercial television channels, including BBC World, now BBC World News.

Hodgson was responsible for Charter and Licence negotiations in 1995 and 2000 and also led the team which planned the launch of digital and online UK services between 1995 and 2000.[12] In 2006 she returned to the BBC as a member of the new governing body, the BBC Trust, which took over from the Board of Governors on 1 January 2007. In 2010 she was appointed to a second term on the Trust. After being runner-up for both Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Trust in 2011, Hodgson stood down to take up a role on the board of media regulator Ofcom, where she became chairman.[9]

Honours[]

Hodgson was made a CBE in 1995 and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004. She is an Honorary Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and holds honorary doctorates from City University, London, and the University of Essex.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Dame Patricia Hodgson DBE". Ofcom. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. ^ Department for Education and School Teachers' Review Body (16 April 2014). "Chair of School Teachers' Review Body to step down next month". gov.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Hodgson, Dame Patricia (Anne), (Dame Patricia Donaldson), (born 19 Jan. 1947), Member of Board, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, since 2018; Member, UK Artificial Intelligence Council, since 2019". Who's Who 2021. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20398. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Freedom of Information Commissioner: Dame Patricia Hodgson". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. ^ Tryhorn, Chris (11 August 2006). "Patricia Hodgson leaves GCap board". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ Sweney, Mark (9 June 2011). "Dame Patricia Hodgson to leave BBC Trust for Ofcom". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ^ Bundred, Steve (12 September 2007). Report of the Chair of the Higher Education Regulation Review Group (HERRG). p. 2.
  8. ^ "Dame Patricia Hodgson". GOV.UK. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b Mark Sweney (9 June 2011). "Patricia Hodgson leaves BBC Trust for Ofcom". Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Dame Patricia Hodgson - Science and Technology Facilities Council". stfc.ukri.org. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Council members – UKRI". www.ukri.org. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Dame Patricia Hodgson". UK.gov. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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