Simon Duffy
Simon Duffy serves as Chair of Arqiva, the UK's leading broadcast and telecommunications infrastructure company responsible for transmitting virtually all of the UK's free-to-air television and radio, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Arqiva operates the transmission networks that deliver digital terrestrial television (Freeview) and national DAB digital radio, making it a foundational player in the UK's broadcast media ecosystem. In this role, Duffy provides strategic oversight of a business that sits at the heart of how broadcast content reaches millions of UK households.
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- Years in industry
- 15 years
Bio
Simon Duffy serves as Chair of Arqiva, the UK's leading broadcast and telecommunications infrastructure company responsible for transmitting virtually all of the UK's free-to-air television and radio, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Arqiva operates the transmission networks that deliver digital terrestrial television (Freeview) and national DAB digital radio, making it a foundational player in the UK's broadcast media ecosystem. In this role, Duffy provides strategic oversight of a business that sits at the heart of how broadcast content reaches millions of UK households.
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- Chair of Arqiva, overseeing the infrastructure backbone of UK free-to-air broadcast television and radio
- Leadership of regulated infrastructure businesses across utilities and telecommunications sectors