Transparency data

December 2021: Register of members’ interests: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC)

Updated 2 February 2024

Members of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) are required to declare any personal, political or business interests that could (or could be seen to) influence their judgement.

0.1 Dr Lesley Rushton

Role: Chair, and Independent scientist

Other public appointments held at present:

  • Member, UK Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years:

  • Member, HSE Science, Engineering and Environmental Assurance Committee (SEEAC)
  • Member, European Commission Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.2 Professor Kim Burton

Role: Independent scientific and occupational healthcare expert

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests:

  • Expert Advisor to the Work and Health Unit
  • occasional academic consultancy

Political activity: none

0.3 Professor John Cherrie

Role: Independent scientist

Other public appointments held at present:

  • Member, Workplace Health Expert Committee (Health and Safety Executive)

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years:

  • Member, Committee on Fibre Measurement (Health and Safety Executive)

Personal and business interests:

  • occasional medico-legal work as an expert witness or short-term consultancy work
  • August 2018 – Instructed to consult for an airline and its insurers on civil litigation on so-called ‘aerotoxic syndrome’

Political activity: none

0.4 Dr Max Henderson

Role: Independent scientist and medical expert

Other public appointments held at present:

  • Member, Occupational Health and Mental Health Expert Advisory Groups, Joint DH DWP Health and Work Unit

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.5 Dr Chris Stenton

Role: Independent scientist and medical expert

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.6 Professor Raymond Agius

Role: Independent scientist and medical expert

Other public appointments held at present:

  • Deputy Chair of the Occupational Medicine Committee, British Medical Association
  • Member of the Council of the British Medical Association

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years:

  • Member, Scientific Council, National Network for Vigilance and Prevention of Occupational Pathology (RNV3P), The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.7 Dr Jennifer Hoyle

Role: Independent member with expertise in respiratory diseases

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.8 Professor Damien McElvenny

Role: Independent scientist

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.9 Dr Gareth Walters

Role: Independent member with expertise in respiratory diseases

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.10 Lesley Francois

Role: Independent legal expert

Other public appointments held at present:

  • Justice of Peace, Family Panel
  • Independent member, Adoption London West

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.11 Keith Corkan

Role: Independent legal expert

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.12 Karen Mitchell

Role: Representative of employed earners

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity:

  • Member, Labour party

0.13 Douglas Russell

Role: Representative of employed earners

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests:

  • Company Secretary, Greater Manchester Hazards Centre

Political activity:

  • Member, Labour Party

0.14 Daniel Shears

Role: Representative of employed earners

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests:

  • Chair, Joint HSE/Trade unions Operational Gas Forum
  • Vice Chair, Joint Union Asbestos in Schools Campaign
  • Member, Health and Safety Executive Industry Advisory Committees including CONIAC and PABIAC
  • Member, TUC Union Health and Safety Specialists Committee

Political activity:

  • Member, Labour Party

0.15 Dr Andrew White

Role: Representative of employers

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none

0.16 Dr Ian Lawson

Role: Representative of employers

Other public appointments held at present: none

Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none

Personal and business interests: none

Political activity: none