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MHCLG register of board members’ interests

Published 6 September 2021

This list sets out the declared interests of executive and non-executive members who have served on the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) Department board as of 1 April 2021. Ministers’ interests are published separately by the Cabinet Office.

Departmental board members are asked to declare any personal, business, or related party interests that may, or may be perceived by a reasonable member of the public to, influence their judgements in performing their obligations to the department.

The purpose of this list is to meet the requirements of section 6.4.3(e) of the Government Financial Reporting Manual 2021 to 2022 and paragraph 4.15 of the Corporate governance in central departments: code of good practice.

Where there is a risk of an actual, perceived or potential conflict of interests, mitigations plans have been put in place.

Non-executive board members

Michael Jary – Lead Non-executive

Company directorships and other significant interests:

• OC&C Peleus Advisors LLP (Limited Partner) 
• Strategikon Limited 
• Itad (2015) Limited 
• Barclays Bank UK plc (Barclays Bank UK plc is an issuer of residential mortgages. Michael Jary has fully disclosed his interests and has put in place measures to avoid any actual or perceived conflict between this directorship and MHCLG’s role in building safety remediation)
• Barclays Investment Solutions Limited 
• A G Carrick Limited 
• Duchy Originals Limited 
• Highgrove Enterprises Limited 

Employment, remunerated profession, or consultancy:

• OC&C Strategy Consultants LLP (Senior Adviser) 

Office in voluntary, non-profit making bodies, charities:

• Opera Holland Park (Trustee) 
• The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (Chair, commercial committee) 
• These Islands (Advisory Council Member) 
• The Retail Trust (Ambassador) 
• The Fashion Retail Academy (Advisory Board Member) 
• The Michael Jary Charitable Trust (Chair) 
• The Prince’s Foundation (Trustee)

Shareholdings:

• Strategikon Limited (100%) 
• The Chafford Bridge Residents’ Association Ltd (above 3%)
• Itad (2015) Ltd (above 3%)
• OC&C Peleus Advisors LLP (above 3%)

Other:

• Ownership of two properties in TN3 from which rental income is received

Dame Mary Ney DBE

Employment, remunerated profession, or consultancy:

• Senior Associate of Cratus Communications
• Mentoring Chief Officer at London Borough of Waltham Forest
• For MHCLG undertook a stocktake of the Lessons learnt and good practice in the management of local COVID-19 outbreaks (outside of NED role)

Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies, charities:

• Trustee of Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
• Trustee of Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark

Other:

• Pensioner of Royal Borough of Greenwich Pension Fund

Pamela Chesters CBE

Employment, remunerated profession, or consultancy:

• Occasional fees from NHS Providers for lecturing

Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies, charities:

• Chair of Council at Bath University

Jeff Dodds

Company directorships and other significant interests:

• Virgin Media Ltd
• Virgin Media Mobile Finance Ltd

Employment, remunerated profession, or consultancy:

• Virgin Media 02 – Chief Operating Officer

Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies, charities:

• Unpaid advisory board role with ‘The Valuable 500’ (disability charity)

Dame Alison Nimmo DBE

Company directorships and other significant interests:

• Non-executive Director of Berkeley Homes Plc (until 3 September 2021)
• Non-executive Director of St Modwen Properties Ltd (until 9 August 2021)

Other public appointments:

• Member of the Secretary of State, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP’s, Urban Centre Recovery Task Force

Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies, charities:

• Commissioner, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 (since November 2020)
• Member of Imperial College’s White City Syndicate (now has an extended mandate as Imperial College London’s Property Committee)
• Working with UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) to support their preparations for COP26 in Glasgow, including appointment as a Building Environment Ambassador
• Special adviser to the King of Bhutan on regeneration of the capital - Thimphu

Shareholding:

• Berkeley Group Plc - 2,000 shares
• Shaftesbury Plc - 1,120 shares

Other:

• Long-term partner is the founder and chairman of Igloo Regeneration Ltd - a small, specialist regeneration business

Lord Gary Porter CBE

Company directorships and other significant interests:

• Non-executive Director, Norse Group Ltd
• Director, Effective Governance Initiative

Employment, remunerate profession, or consultancy:

• Leader, South Holland District Council, Lincolnshire
• Commissioner, APSE Local Government Commission 2030
• National Lead Peer, Local Government Association Conservative Group
• Self-employed policy consultant

Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies, charities:

• Member, Public Policy Advisory Group, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
• Trustee, Leadership Centre

Shareholding:

• Beneficial financial interest in Porter and Verrells Limited, a company in which his wife is a Director and controlling shareholder

Other:

• Residential property in Lincolnshire from which rental income is received

Executive board members

Jeremy Pocklington

Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies, charities:

• Trustee, Business in the Community

Other:

• Owns a property in SW1V for which rental income is received

Emran Mian

Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies, charities:

• Chair of Trustees, Maslaha

Matt Thurstan

No material interests declared.

Richard Goodman

No material interest declared.

Catherine Frances

No material interests declared.

Tracey Waltho

No material interests declared.