Kip Meek Explained

Kip Meek (born 18 April 1955[1]), full name Kingsley John Neville Meek, is a British businessperson specialising in media and telecommunication.

Career

Kip Meek held board level roles at Ofcom from 2003 until 2007. He joined Ofcom as senior partner for content and competition.[2]

He assisted Ofcom's first Chief Executive Stephen Carter integrating existing telecoms and media regulators into a single organisation.

In 2005, he became Ofcom's Chief Policy Officer and Chairman of the European Regulators' Group (ERG), handling Ofcom's relationship with European and International political institutions.[2] He also had responsibility for Ofcom's Content & Standards Group, and Ofcom's Legal Group.

Kip Meek was a founder and Managing Director of Spectrum Strategy Consulting, incorporated in 1993 (a consultancy specialising in media, telecommunications, and information technology).

Previous positions include leading Coopers & Lybrand's media and telecoms strategy practice in London, and positions at the Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Co and British Telecom.

On 23 July 2010, Kip Meek was announced as non-executive chairman of Project Canvas (now YouView).[3] Meek leads the Board of the venture and oversaw the appointment of Chief Executive Officer, Richard Halton. He stepped down from his role as Director of Ingenious Media.[4] He also left his positions as Chairman of the Broadband Stakeholder Group and as director of the RadioCentre and Phorm.[5] [6] Meek left YouView on 7 March 2011 and was replaced by Alan Sugar.[7]
As of March 2011, he is employed at EE as an adviser and is part of Communications Chambers.

Controversy

His role as a member of Phorm's board was claimed to conflict with his work as a taxpayer-funded advisor on UK internet policy for BERR during the publication of the Digital Britain strategy.[8]

At the same time, the UK Government faced European Commission infraction proceedings,[9] following the covert trials of Phorm's technology by British Telecom in 2006 and 2007.[10] [11]

Education

Roles

Directorships

See also

Web site: Response to Ovum's report "Telstra ULLS Undertaking – ULLS International Benchmarking" . December 2008. Ingenious Consulting Network . 4 August 2009. (includes full CV).

Notes and References

  1. News: Owen . Gibson . Interview: Kip Meek, 'A 2+2=5 situation' . The Guardian. London . 31 March 2008 . 4 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231001171208/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/31/ofcom?gusrc=rss&feed=media . 1 October 2023. live.
  2. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/kip-meek-joins-radiocentre-as-non-exec/119448.article Kip Meek joins RadioCentre as non-exec
  3. Web site: Kip Meek to become chairman of Project Canvas. Project Canvas. 23 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100727061448/http://www.projectcanvas.info/index.cfm/news/?mode=alias&alias=Kip-Meek-to-become-chairman-of-Project-Canvas. 27 July 2010.
  4. http://www.ingeniousmedia.co.uk/our-people/213 Biography at Ingenious Media
  5. Web site: Biography at Phorm. 1 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207024639/http://www.phorm.com/about/board_meek.php. 7 February 2009.
  6. http://www.broadbanduk.org/content/view/35/22/ Biography at Broadband Stakeholder Group
  7. Web site: Kip Meek leaves role as YouView Non-Executive Chairman. YouView. 7 March 2011. 7 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110309023748/http://www.youview.com/2011/03/07/kip-meek-leaves-role-as-youview-non-executive-chairman/. 9 March 2011. dead.
  8. News: Chris . Williams . Phorm director advises UK.gov broadband minister, Conflicts denied as Amazon opts out . The Register . The Register . London . 15 April 2009 . 4 August 2009 .
  9. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/570 Commission launches case against UK over privacy and personal data protection
  10. News: Chris . Williams . BT and Phorm secretly tracked 18,000 customers in 2006 . The Register . The Register . London . 1 April 2008 . 4 August 2009 .
  11. News: Chris . Williams . BT's 'illegal' 2007 Phorm trial profiled tens of thousands . The Register . The Register . London . 14 April 2008 . 4 August 2009 .

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