Our members

Rob Kenny

Rob has extensive experience in telecoms and media strategy, policy and transactions. Before joining Communications Chambers he was MD of Human Capital, a consulting firm. Past roles include heading Strategy and/or M&A for Hongkong Telecom, Reach and Level 3 (all multi-billion dollar telcos). He was also a founder of IncubASIA, a Hong Kong based venture capital firm investing in online businesses. 

Brian Williamson

Brian has advised clients in relation to telecoms, technology and radio spectrum policy and strategy issues. He has developed new ways of approaching policy problems, including the anchor product regulation concept adopted in Europe. Brian was a founder of Plum Consulting and has previously worked at Indepen, NERA Economic Consulting and the New Zealand Treasury. Brian has an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Physics from the University of Auckland.

Stephen Howard

Stephen has over twenty years of experience in looking at the telecoms industry, as well expertise in the neighbouring media and technology sectors. He headed the TMT equity research team at HSBC, where he was responsible for producing reports focusing on the key strategic drivers for telecoms globally, with his own geographical focus being operators in the UK and Europe. The HSBC European telecoms team was voted number 1 ranked for an unprecedented ten successive years in the annual Extel survey of institutional investors. 

Tim Suter

Tim is MD of Perspective, advising clients on media and communications policy and regulation. Previously the founding Ofcom partner responsible for content regulation, he was Head of Broadcasting Policy at DCMS during the passage of the Communications Act 2003, having held senior editorial roles in BBC News. He has also served as a member of Ofcom's main board.

Kip Meek [Senior advisor]

Kip has previously acted as a special advisor to BT, as a senior partner at Ofcom and as Chairman of the European Regulators Group. He has also chaired the UK's Broadband Stakeholders Group and been Non-Executive Chairman of YouView, the internet-connected television platform. He also acted as the UK government's Independent Spectrum Broker. He is an Inquiry Chair at the CMA. (He can not have involvement in projects for companies in scope for CMA inquiries he leads).