Ofcom names new Spectrum Director
UK Communications regulator Ofcom has recently announced the appointment of David Willis as the new head of its Spectrum Group.
Willis, who has over 30 years of experience in the technology and telecoms sector, will join Ofcom as Spectrum Group Director – after former appointment Dan Lloyd was unable to take up the position due to family reasons.
He will join from the Canadian government’s Communications Research Centre, where he led research into advanced wireless telecommunications and spectrum management.
Before this Willis led the Spectrum Engineering and Planning team at Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada. Here his work included international spectrum standards; wireless spectrum engineering and planning; satellite spectrum policy, licensing and coordination; and leading the Canadian delegation at the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference.
He will take over from Helen Hearn, Ofcom’s senior spectrum director who has led the Spectrum Group on an interim basis since January and will continue in place until the summer to handover to Willis.
Sophie Greaves
Sophie Greaves
Sophie Greaves is Head of Programme for Communications Infrastructure and Services at techUK, and oversees the UK Spectrum Policy Forum.
Sophie was promoted to Head having been Programme Manager for Communications Infrastructure and Services, leading techUK's telecoms activities, engagement and policy development. Previously, Sophie was Programme Assistant across a variety of areas including the Broadband Stakeholder Group, Central Government, Financial Services and Communications Infrastructure programmes.
Prior to joining techUK, Sophie completed a masters in Film Studies at University College London; her dissertation examined US telecoms policy relating to net neutrality and content distribution.
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Tales Gaspar
Tales Gaspar
Tales has a background in law and economics, with previous experience in the regulation of new technologies and infrastructure.
In the UK and Europe, he offered consultancy on intellectual property rights of cellular and IoT technologies and on the regulatory procedures at the ITU as a Global Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI).
Tales has an LL.M in Law and Business by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and an MSc in Regulation at the London School of Economics, with a specialization in Government and Law.
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