Tim Gardam

Who is Tim Gardam?

Tim Gardam is a British journalist and educator. He is Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford.

Gardam is the son of the novelist Jane Gardam. He studied at Westminster School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, gaining a double first in English. He subsequently worked at the BBC, and as director of programmes at Channel 4. He was then appointed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to lead a review of digital radio in Britain.

In January 2008, he began a three-year term on the board of Ofcom, the independent regulatory authority for the UK communications industries. He was subsequently reappointed for a second three year term.