 Between 1970 and 2000 she worked in a variety of positions, moving from production onto the executive Board (see below).She served as a part-time Member of the Mergers and Monopolies Commission between 1993–99 and returned as a non-executive Member of the Competition Commission (the successor body) between 2004–2011.From September 2000 to the end of 2003, Hodgson was Chief Executive of the Independent Television Commission and led the organisation into the integrated telecoms regulator, Ofcom, where she was Chairman from 2014–2017.