Nicholas Blades
Director Regulation, Competition & Data Policy, Telefónica,
Nick is responsible for a multi-disciplinary regulatory team based in Madrid, Brussels and London; reporting to Telefónica’s Chief Policy Officer. Regulatory responsibilities include sector regulatory frameworks, spectrum policy and specialist economic analysis. Competition and data policy functions span mergers and Competition Law policies, copyright, data privacy and audio visual media services.
He joined O2 UK in 2004 and has undertaken a variety of regulatory and management rôles within the business, always with a strong strategic focus.
Featured work
Protecting the privacy of electronic communications: getting the next steps right
Do the European Commission's recent initiatives put us on the right path?