The Lazy Susan of UK media regulation has spun again, placing Tim Suter on the board of Ofcom. (What was it Karen Bradley and Sharon White were saying about diversity again ?)
Tim (Marlborough and BA English, Christ Church, Oxford) started his broadcasting career in 1984 as a producer in the BBC Radio Drama department; an early directorial credit was for the seminal Afternoon Play of 1985, Baked Avocado, by Noel Robinson. After three years in drama on Radio 3 and Radio 4, he moved to features, including regular stints producing Pick of The Week. He became a producer and occasional reporter on Newsnight, and then moved to a managing role in tv and radio current affairs.
In 2002, he became Head of Broadcasting Policy at the DCMS, under Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell. In 2003, he became a founding Partner of Ofcom, responsible for Content and Standards. In 2008, he left with fellow Partner Kip Meek to form a consultancy.
In the 90s Tim worked with his mother-in-law Tania Alexander on the first English translation of Maxim Gorky's Vassa Zheleznova, performed at the Greenwich Theatre, and later on off-Broadway. Tania's Ukrainian mother had at one stage been Gorky's mistress.
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