Transparency data

DBS register of interests

Updated 11 September 2025

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 Member of the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) Board- from 10 October 2024.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Neil Rhodes, Board Member Deputy Board Chairman Joined DBS on 1 May 2020	Director, Kendal Green Associates Management Consultancy	N/A	N/A	N/A	Chair, Lincoln Cathedral Audit Committee Chair, Lincoln Community Larder	Member of the Labour Party
Julian Blazeby, Board Member Joined DBS on 17 April 2023	N/A	Director, Julian Blazeby Solutions Ltd Director, Salcombe Rugby 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. Member and Deputy Chair of Audit, British Transport Police Authority. Magistrate, & Judge of the family Court. Non-Executive Director and Chair of ARC, Planning Inspectorate.	N/A	Governor, Wycombe Abbey Independent girls school. Committee member, Public Service Honours Committee.	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	Independent Committee Members on the People Culture and Inclusion Committee at the NCVO.	N/A
Colin Reid, QF&P Co-Optee	Head of Safeguarding Education Authority Belfast Trust – part time social work bank	N/A	Member NI Social Care Council Fitness to Practice Panel Member of Optical Regulators Board CORU ROI	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, Finance Director	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ian Johnston, Executive Director for Operational Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Martin Skeats, Board Secretary (Not an SLT member)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sarah Clifford, Acting Executive Director for Strategy, Performance and Change	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Joanne Kelland Owen, Acting HR & Organisational Development Director	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Steve Gardner, Acting Executive Director for Technology and Innovation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dawn Whitehead, TP Director for Legal Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Susie Blamire, Associate Director – Strategic Lead for Safeguarding	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Member of the British Association of Social Workers’ Project Group on Assisted Reproduction (PROGAR)	N/A