Nicholas Blades
Director of Regulation, Competition & Data Policy
Telefónica
Telefónica
Nicholas Blades is Director of Regulation, Competition & Data Policy, responsible for a multi-disciplinary regulatory team based in Madrid, Brussels and London.
His regulatory responsibilities include sector regulatory frameworks, spectrum policy and specialist economic analysis, while his 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 roles within the business, always with a strong strategic focus.
