Robin Foster

Robin is senior adviser to Human Capital on policy and regulation in the broadcasting and communications sectors. He is currently a member of the UK Government’s Digital Britain Steering Board, which is developing proposals for broadband and the future of public service broadcasting in the UK, and was one of the four independent advisers to the UK Convergence Think Tank, which preceded Digital Britain.

Until August 2005, Robin was Partner, Strategy and Market Developments and member of the Executive and Policy committees at the UK communications regulator Ofcom, where he played a lead role in Ofcom's major strategic reviews of broadcasting and telecommunications. Previous senior positions include director of strategy and regulation at the Independent Television Commission and director of strategy at the BBC.

Robin’s many publications include a recent pamphlet for the Social Market Foundation which highlighted the role of broadband policy and regulation as a priority for the UK.