David Levy has been the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism director since September 2008. As well as covering the full range of issues around developments in journalism, he has particular expertise in public service broadcasting, and the interaction between digital technology and media regulation. Before joining the Institute, he was controller of public policy at the BBC until 2007. Prior to this, he worked as a journalist, first for the BBC World Service and then for BBC News and Current Affairs. He was a board member of the French international broadcaster, France 24 between 2009 and 2012. He has been a non-executive member of the UK Statistics Authority since July 2012 and of the content board of the UK Communications Regulator Ofcom since 2011.