Leveson Inquiry: profiles of Lord Justice Leveson and his assessors He was also previously chairman of the Media Standards Trust, the group behind the Hacked Off lobby group, which is campaigning for the press to be covered by statute. Even though he resigned his chairmanship when he took up his role as assessor, some have highlighted the role as a potential conflict of interest. Shami Chakrabarti Shami Chakrabarti has been Director of Liberty, a civil liberties campaign group, since September 2003. She was called to the bar in 1994 and worked as a Home Office lawyer for five years. She is also chancellor of Oxford Brookes University and a governor of the British Film Institute. Lord Currie of Marylebone David Currie was chairman of Ofcom, which regulates British television networks, for seven years, before stepping down in 2009. But despite this background, he made clear in his declaration to the inquiry that he does not necessarily favour statutory regulation. "I believe that self-regulation, with good governance in place, can be superior," he wrote. He has published academic research on government regulation of industry and is a board member of the Royal Mail and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. More exotically, he holds a board post at the Dubai Financial Services Authority. Elinor Goodman Elinor Goodman was political editor of Channel 4 News for more than 20 years, and previously worked for the Financial Times. She is a trustee of the Thomson Foundation, which helps to encourage journalism in the developing world. She once played tennis on holiday with David Cameron. George Jones George Jones spent 47 years as a journalist and is a previous Political Editor of The Daily Telegraph. He retired from Westminster shortly after the 2010 general election. Sir Paul Scott-Lee Sir Paul Scott-Lee was Chief Constable of West Midlands Police from 2002 until 2009, and was previously Chief Constable of Suffolk Police. He is a previous Vice Chairman of the Association of Chief Police Officers.