Sir Bryan Carsberg joins Nynex board

Sir Bryan Carsberg, former director-general at the Office of Fair Trading and the first director-general of Oftel, has joined the board of the country's second largest cable operator, Nynex CableComms, writes Mathew Horsman.

The announcement marks the latest in a string of sometimes controversial appointments of senior regulators and politicians to the boards of companies formerly under their regulatory control. The best known example was Lord Young's move to Cable & Wireless, following the liberalisation by the Government of the telecoms market.

Sir Bryan was instrumental in the early regulation of BT and its competitors, and was an activist director general at the OFT. He is secretary-general of the International Accountancy Standards Committee. He was knighted in 1989 and presented with the Bleau award in 1992 for his work in the field of telecommunications.

He joins Nynex at a crucial time for the cable industry, which is finally beginning to make inroads against the dominant player, BT.