Tim Gardam

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| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}

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| education = Rokeby Preparatory School, Westminster School

| alma_mater= University of Cambridge

| occupation = Journalist, Academic Administrator

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Timothy David Gardam {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 14 January 1956) is a British journalist, media executive and educator. He was Director of Television at Channel 4 until 2003, after which he was Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford until 2016.{{cite web | url = http://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/about/people/head-of-house | title = St Anne's College: Head of House | accessdate = 2015-06-18}} He was Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation between September 2016 and March 2024.

Early life

Gardam was born on 14 January 1956 to the novelist Jane Gardam. He studied at Rokeby Preparatory School,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rokebyschool.co.uk/old-boys/|title=Rokeby Old Boys Club|website=Rokeby School}} Westminster School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he obtained a double first in English.

Career

He worked at the BBC (where he created Timewatch and edited Newsnight), and as director of programmes at Channel 4, commissioning the first series of Big Brother.{{IMDb name|id=0306598|name=Timothy Gardam}}.{{cite news | title = Tim Gardam's Edinburgh speech | date = 2002-08-27 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/aug/27/edinburghtvfestival2002.broadcasting3 | work = The Guardian | accessdate = 2012-05-01 | quote = Speech by the director of programming at Channel 4 to the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival on August 25, 2002}} He was then appointed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to lead a review of digital radio in Britain.{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/19_10_04_digital_radio.pdf | title = Independent Review of the BBC's Digital Radio Services | accessdate = 2012-05-01 | last = Gardam | first = Tim | date = October 2004 }}

In January 2008, he began a three-year term on the board of Ofcom,{{cite web | url = http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/how-ofcom-is-run/ofcom-board-2/members/tim-gardam/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101228084659/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/how-ofcom-is-run/ofcom-board-2/members/tim-gardam/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2010-12-28 | title = Ofcom: Tim Gardam | accessdate = 2012-05-01 | publisher = Ofcom | quote = Tim Gardam was appointed to the Ofcom Board on 1 January 2008 for an initial three year term. He was reappointed on 27 October 2009 to serve a second three year term which will conclude on 31 December 2013. }} the independent regulatory authority for the UK communications industries. He was subsequently reappointed for a second three-year term.

In 2004, he was elected Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford, succeeding Ruth Deech.{{cite web|title=Head of House|url=http://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/about/people/head-of-house|website=People|publisher=St Anne's College|accessdate=16 March 2015}} His achievements included the construction of a new library and the St Anne's Coffee Shop (STACS), and the strengthening of college finances, academic performance, and outreach efforts.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} In early 2016, Gardam announced that he would be stepping down as principal at the end of the academic year, in order to become chief executive of the Nuffield Foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/tim-gardam-appointed-chief-executive-nuffield-foundation|title=Tim Gardam appointed Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation | Nuffield Foundation|website=www.nuffieldfoundation.org|date=6 January 2016 }}

He was Chairman of the Consumers' Association Council from 2015{{Cite web|title=» Tim Gardam appointed new Chairman of the Consumers' Association, Which?|url=http://press.which.co.uk/whichpressreleases/tim-gardam-appointed-new-chairman-of-the-consumers-association-which-2/|access-date=2021-02-24|language=en}} to 2019.{{Cite web|last=Andy Ricketts|title=Consumers' Association appoints former commission chief as chair|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/article/1664973|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.thirdsector.co.uk}}

Gardam was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to journalism and education.{{London Gazette|issue=64269|supp=y|page=N10|date=30 December 2023}}