Jeremy Godfrey

Jeremy Godfrey is the Executive Chairperson of Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland’s media regulator and development agency. He took up this leadership role in March 2023, following the establishment of An Coimisiún under the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022. Under Jeremy’s leadership, Coimisiún na Meán has grown to over 300 staff members and taken on and operationalised new responsibilities in areas such as online safety, video-on-demand regulation and media development and funding. Jeremy has played a critical role in shaping the growing organisation and its work.

Jeremy has held a series of influential positions in the public and private sectors, with over 30 years of regulatory, governmental, and industry experience in the communications, technology, and online sectors across Ireland, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom.

Before joining Coimisiún na Meán, Jeremy served as Chairperson of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) from, where he led the organisation during a period of expanding enforcement powers under new competition and consumer rights legislation.

Prior to this, he spent eight years as a Commissioner and Chairperson of the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), during which he also held roles as Chair and Vice‑Chair of BEREC, the EU body coordinating telecoms regulation.

Jeremy has been involved in regulatory developments such as the EU’s Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act and the Open Internet Regulation. As Hong Kong Government CIO, he had responsibility for the e-government programme and cloud computing strategy, as well as for Internet governance, digital inclusion and promoting online safety. As a consultant, he advised clients about online business strategies and on regulatory issues in the communications, energy, transportation and financial services sectors. While in the telecommunications industry he was involved in the launch of the world’s first commercial online video-on-demand service as well as in many regulatory issues.

Jeremy started his career as a civil servant in the UK government. He holds an MA from Cambridge University, where he studied mathematics. He has also completed further executive education, including programmes at Bond University and the Harvard Kennedy School.