The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport extended Will Harding's first term as a Non-Executive Member of the Ofcom Board by six months, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced on 20 October 2026. The term runs from 3 October 2026 to 2 April 2027.

According to the announcement, Harding has almost 30 years' experience in the media industry. He began his career as a management consultant with KPMG, spent five years at BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios), helped launch ask.com in the UK and later worked at Sky. He joined GCap Media plc in 2006 as Group Strategy Director and became Global's Chief Strategy Officer after Global Media & Entertainment Ltd acquired GCap Media in 2008. He stepped down from Global's board in December 2020.

Since 2021 he has been a Non-Executive Director of Primedia. He was a Trustee of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust from 2021 to 2024 and became a Trustee of the Education and Employers charity in 2024.

The announcement states Ofcom Non-Executive Board Members are remunerated at £42,519 per annum and that the extension follows the Governance Code on Public Appointments. It adds that Harding has not declared any significant political activity.