PROFESSOR Anthony Clayton has been appointed the new chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica.

Prof Clayton, who served on the previous commission, which ended its term in office on October 31, 2016, replaces Prof Hopeton Dunn.

Professor Clayton, the Alcan Professor of Caribbean Sustainable Development in the Institute for Sustainable Development, University of the West Indies, is a noted policy expert, and has written policy documents for a number of governments on issues that include planning and regulation, national security, crime and policing, urban development, economic development and climate change adaptation. He has also written policy papers for a number of inter-governmental agencies, including the Organization of American States, the European Commission, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Agency, the Commonwealth Science Council, the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science and the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, and he has served as the lead policy advisor for two world summits.

Professor Clayton will be supported by two other reappointed commissioners, Dr Elaine Wallace and Nerine Small, as well as newly appointed commissioners Dr William Lawrence, Patricia Sinclair McCalla, Dr Lloyd Waller, Aldrick “Allie” McNab, and Dr Anna Kasafi Perkins.

Commissioners are appointed by the Governor General, after consultation with the prime minister and leader of the Opposition.

They will serve for a term of five years.

The Broadcasting Commission regulates Jamaica’s electronic media, advises government on media policy and facilitates investments in the sector. In the process, it seeks to balance the interests of citizens, vulnerable audiences, media operators, advertisers and the creative community.