The UK’s new Information Commissioner will be Elizabeth Denham, it has been confirmed.

Denham, who will be relocating from Canada, will take up the job of Freedom of Information and Data Protection regulator this year after Chris Graham steps down.

The new Commissioner was approved by a committee of MPs who questioned her suitability for the job. Denham was put forward as the recommended candidate – you can read about her background here – in March.

“On the basis of the evidence presented, we approve Elizabeth Denham’s appointment as Information Commissioner,” the Culture, Media, and Sport select committee said in its hastily prepared report.

Here’s the full video of Denham appearing before MPs:

Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.