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23/11/2005

Graf appointed Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Ofcom

Philip Graf has been appointed as the Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Ofcom.
Graf joined the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo in 1983, which became Trinity International Holdings in 1985. He subsequently became Chief Executive in 1993. He was appointed Chief Executive of Trinity Mirror Group when the company merged with the Mirror Group in 1999 - a position he held until September 2002.
In 2003 he was asked by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to carry out a review of the BBC's online activities. He is a Partner with the executive coaching firm Praesta and a Trustee of the homelessness charity Crisis. He received a CBE for services to regional newspapers in the Queen's birthday honours in 2003.
He is currently the Chairman of the Press Standards Board of Finance - the body which funds the Press Complaints Commission - and the Chairman of the Broadband Stakeholder Group - the advisory group to the Government on the promotion of broadband services.
He will stand down from both roles upon taking up his appointment at Ofcom.
Graf will also chair the Ofcom Content Board - a committee of the main Ofcom Board with delegated responsibility for the regulation of television and radio quality and standards - and will be a member of the Ofcom Remuneration, Audit and Nominations Committees.
Graf’s appointment is effective from 1 January 2006.
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