Head of European Policy

BBC

Head of European Policy at the BBC since 2001. He established the BBC's Brussels European affairs office in 1992, and, except for a year spent as reporter and producer in BBC Northern Ireland (1993), ran it until 1996 as European Affairs Manager. He was subsequently based in London as Head of European Affairs.

Between 1998 and 2000 he worked at the EBU in Geneva as Deputy Director of Television, and between 2000 and 2001 he was Director of Media and Telecommunications with the Grayling consultancy.

Before 1992 he worked as an international relations researcher in Rome (1983-1984), as journalist and documentary producer in Berlin (1984-1988), in the European Commission MEDIA Programme (1988-89) and in the European Parliament (1989-1992) on media policy and external relations of the EC.