Transparency data

DBT register of board members’ interests 2024 to 2025

Updated 9 April 2025

DBT board and non-ministerial board members are asked to declare any interests or related party interests that are relevant to the work of the department as well as all remunerated outside employment, work and appointments (whether relevant or not).

An individual may have other interests and while the department is aware of these, they are judged to be not relevant to the individuals’ role and therefore not in scope for publication.

All relevant interests are managed by the department to prevent the risk of perceived, potential or actual conflicts of interest.

1. Ministers

Ministers’ interests are recorded and published by the Cabinet Office.

2. Non-Executive Board members   

2.1 Paul Drechsler CBE  

Financial interests

All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance. 

Employment interests

• Independent Non-Executive Director Schroders & Co (Fin. Serv.) (Remunerated) 

• Chair International Chamber of Commerce (to December 2024) (Non-Remunerated) 

• Trustee The Felix Project, a food poverty-based charity (from 2024) (Non-Remunerated)  

• President Society of Chemical Industry SCI® (from 2022) (Non-Remunerated)  

• Advisor Global Advisory Council Trinity College Dublin (Non-Remunerated) 

• Honorary member CBI Presidents Committee (Non-Remunerated)  

Personal interests

• daughter, Sophie Drechsler is a registered independent coach whose clients include employees in Civil Service 

Any other relevant interests

• various published articles in relation to business, education, science and social media  

2.2 Professor John Latham CBE  

Employment interests

• Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University (Remunerated) 

• Chair, CU Corporate Services Ltd (Remunerated) 

• Non-Executive Member of the Workforce, Training and Education Committee, NHS England (Remunerated)

• Non-Exec Board Member Qualification Wales (Remunerated) 

• Advisor in TechnologyOne Ltd, Australia (Remunerated) 

• Independent Panel Member on the Advisory Assessment Panel for the Recruitment of members to NHS Bodies (Remunerated) 

• Trustee, Palmer Foundation (Non-Remunerated)  

• Director, University Alliance (Non-Remunerated) 

• Board Member, Universities West Midlands (Non-Remunerated)  

• Trustee, Elsewedy Education Group, Egypt (Non-Remunerated)  

• Chair, UniversitiesUK / Jisc Software Negotiations & Strategy Group (Non-Remunerated)  

• Member, NHS Integrated Care Partnership Coventry and Warwickshire (Non-Remunerated)  

• Member, Advisory Panel - Home Team Academy, Singapore Government (Non-Remunerated) 

• Trustee, CU Charitable Trust (Non-Remunerated) 

• Trustee, Better Futures Academy Trust (Non-Remunerated) 

• Member, Institute of Directors (Non-Remunerated)  

• Life Fellow, British Computer Society (Non-Remunerated)  

• Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (Non-Remunerated) 

• Honorary Companion, Chartered Management Institute (Non-Remunerated)  

2.3 Dr Roni Savage 

Financial interests

• owner of Jomas Associates & JOS Invests  
• all financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.  

Employment interests

• Policy Chair (Construction), Federation of Small Businesses (Non-Remunerated)  

• Mayor’s Fund for London Advisory Board (Non-Remunerated)  

• Professional and Chartership Committee Member, Geological Society of London (Non-Remunerated)  

2.4 Nita Clarke  

Financial interests

All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance. 

Employment interests

• Director of the Involvement and Participation Association, which is part of the Institute of Employment Studies (Remunerated)  

• Board member of Engage for Success, a social movement arising from the 2009 Engaging for Success report to government, which is sponsored by CIPD (Non-Remunerated)  

Personal interests

• husband, Viscount Stansgate, is a member of the House of Lords 

• brother-in-law Hilary Benn is Secretary of State for Northern Ireland  

Any other relevant interests

• co-author of the 2009 Engaging for Success report commissioned by the government  

• author of the 2008 report The Way Forward: trade unions and the voluntary sector, commissioned by ACEVO  

2.5 Michael Clancy  

Employment interests

• ACAS Council member (Remunerated) 

• EAT member (Remunerated) 

• General Secretary of the Prospect trade union (Remunerated) 

Any other relevant interests

• member of the Labour Party since 1986 

• member of GMB and Community Trade Unions 

2.6 Katharine Braddick 

Financial interests

All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance. 

Employment interests

• head of strategic policy for Barclays bank 

2.7 Iain Anderson  

Financial interests

All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance. 

Employment interests

• Executive Chairman, H/Advisors Cicero, International public policy and communications consultancy (Remunerated)   

• Non-Executive Director - Innovate Finance, Fintech trade body (Remunerated)   

• Chair of the Fintech Strategy Group, forum for fintech CEOs to meet hosted by Innovate Finance and City of London Corporation (Non-Remunerated)    

• Non-Executive Director at the University of St Andrews. Academic institution (Non-Remunerated)  

• City of London Corporation Competitiveness Advisory Board (Non-Remunerated)  

• Advisory Board Member - Institute of Business Ethics (Non-Remunerated) 

• Chair of the John Smith Centre (Non-Remunerated)

Personal interests

• Partner Mark Twigg is CEO of H/Advisors Cicero

Any other relevant interests

• Iain’s book ‘F Business’   

• His review of government business relations for the Labour Party  

2.8 David Sayer 

Financial interests

All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance. 

Employment interests

• Senior advisor in Attain, ESG training startup (Remunerated) 

• Senior advisor Working Eye, careers advice (Non-Remunerated) 

• Advisor to Culturescope which provides analytical data to HR teams and boards on culture (Remunerated) 

• Advisor to BC partners, a PE House, on a potential acquisition of a medium size accounting firm (from December 2024) (Remunerated) 

• PFS Tech, a Madrid based firm, supporting them to target their capital management and collections technology towards major UK Banks (Remunerated) 

• Advisory Board Member of Maanch - an ESG data analytics business (Remunerated)

Personal interests

• partner is a Non Exec on Blackrock U.K. Smaller Companies Investment Trust  

3. Executive members

3.1 Gareth Davies CB

Employment interests

• Non-Executive Director at WIG (Non-Remunerated)
• Non-Executive Director at UKGI (Non-Remunerated)

Related party interests

• wife, Emma Loxton, is a partner at McKinsey in the UK Travel, Transport and Logistics practice.
• close friend, Miles Celic, is the CEO of CityUK, a DBT stakeholder.

 Non-financial interests

• Trustee of the Heywood Foundation.
• Trustee of the Chris Martin Foundation Trust.

3.2 Tara Smith

Employment interests

• Member of the Board of Governors, Leeds Trinity University (Non-Remunerated)