Ben Harries | Policy Director, Competition
ofcom

Ben Harries is a Policy Director at Ofcom. He leads the Telecoms Access Review 2026, which will set the regulations that will apply to the UK fixed telecoms markets from 2026 until 2031. Prior to his current role, Ben was an Economics Director at Ofcom. He has worked on a wide range of competition and regulatory matters across the communications sectors and has been closely involved in Ofcom’s work to promote investment and competition in fibre networks since the 2016 Strategic Review of Digital Communications. Ben is part of the management team in Ofcom’s Network and Communications Group and leads Ofcom’s work on fixed telecoms markets.