Edward Charles Richards (born 29 August 1965) is a Managing Partner at Flint business advisory, and previously was the Chief Executive of

Ofcom The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...

, the independent regulator for the communications industry in the United Kingdom. He stepped down in December 2014."Ofcom Board appoints Sharon White as Chief Executive"
16 December 2014. Richards attended the

Portsmouth Grammar School The Portsmouth Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school in Portsmouth, England, located in the historic part of Portsmouth. It was founded in 1732 as a boys' school and is located on Portsmouth High Street. History In 1732, ...

, where he overlapped with

Mel Stride Melvyn John Stride (born 30 September 1961) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since October 2022. He previously served in the May Government as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster ...

, who is now a Conservative MP for

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. He graduated from the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

with an Economics degree. Richards was previously a Senior Policy Advisor to

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Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...

and before that Controller of Corporate Strategy at the

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. He has also worked in consulting at London Economics Ltd, and as an advisor to

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