Transparency data

DBS register of interests

Updated 27 May 2026

The following table includes board members at the Disclosure and Barring Service:

Name and position held	Paid employment or consultancy	Company directorship	Other public appointment	Shareholding relating to DBS business	Unpaid office in charitable or other body	Other relevant interests
Dr Gillian Fairfield, DBS Chairman and Board Member Joined DBS on on 1 December 2018	N/A	Director, Geodoro Ltd	Member of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body	N/A	N/A	N/A
Julian Blazeby, Board Member Deputy Board Chairman Joined DBS on 17 April 2023	N/A	Director, Julian Blazeby Solutions Ltd Director, Salcombe Rugby Club (Voluntary) Director, Salcombe Tennis Club (Voluntary)	Chair and Non-Executive Director of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority	N/A	N/A	N/A
Emir Khan Feisal, Board Member Joined DBS on 17 April 2023	Board member the Bar Standards Board. Member of the ICAEW’s, Investigations Committee. Director of Corporate Services (P/T) at YMCA London City and North.	N/A	Board member & Chair of Audit, Companies House. Magistrate, & Judge of the family Court. Non-Executive Director and Chair of ARC, Planning Inspectorate. Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit of the Oxford Street Development Corporation	N/A	Governor, Wycombe Abbey Independent girls school.	N/A
Robert Eason, Board Member Joined on 3 February 2025	Associate at SVGC Ltd	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Owns Ltd company (HWM Designs)
Amanda Arrowsmith, Board Member Joined on 3 February 2025	Executive Director People and OD (interim), The Royal British Legion	Director, Sisterhood of Women Consulting Ltd	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Colin Reid, QF&P Co-Optee	Head of Safeguarding Education Authority Belfast Trust – part time social work bank Presbyterian Church in Ireland – part time safeguarding role	Director, Downshire Safeguarding	Member of Optical Regulators Board CORU ROI Board Member - Northern Ireland Social Care Council	N/A	School Governor	N/A
Mike Wright, Associate Board Member Joined DBS on 1 July 2024	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Parul Kumar, Associate Board Member Joined DBS on 1 July 2024	Employed full time by Frontiers. Besides this, takes up no other paid or unpaid positions.	Director, Unlimited Dreamz Director, Circolis	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following table includes members of the Strategic Leadership Team at the Disclosure and Barring Service:

Name and position held	Paid employment or consultancy	Company directorship	Other public appointment	Shareholding relating to DBS business	Unpaid office in charitable or other body	Other relevant interests
Jeff James, Chief Executive Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Claire Graves, Executive Director of Finance & Commercial Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ian Johnston, Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Operations	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Martin Skeats, Board Secretary (Non ET)	Consultant to the Fairfield Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sarah Clifford, Executive Director of Strategy and Impact	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Joanne Kelland Owen, Executive Director of People and Inclusion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dawn Whitehead, Acting General Counsel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Neil Curtis	, Interim Executive Director of Finance and Commercial Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vicky Ridley- Pearson, Executive Director of Technology and Innovation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Susie Blamire, Associate Director – Strategic Lead for Safeguarding	N/A	Director, Surrogacy UK (Unpaid)	N/A	N/A	Member of the British Association of Social Workers’ Project Group on Assisted Reproduction (PROGAR)	N/A