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Register of interests: UKHSA Advisory Board

Updated 9 February 2024

Ian Peters, Chair

  • Non-Executive Chairman of Legal and General Affordable Homes Limited
  • Non Executive Chairman at IMServ Limited (data science/analytics company)
  • Chair of Sagacity Solutions Ltd, data solutions company
  • Non-Executive Director of Canal and Rivers Trust, waterways charity
  • Chairman Friends of Peterhouse Limited, academic charity
  • advisor to Ensek Limited, energy industry software
  • advisor to Switchee Limited, damp and mould detection
  • advisor to Baringa Partners LLP, management consultancy (not health security)
  • strategic advisor to Bain and Company, management consultancy (not health security)

Date of declaration: 16 January 2024

Graham Hart, non-executive member

  • Professor, University College London
  • Governor, Board of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
  • Chair, Medical Research Council Applied Global Health Research Board
  • sits on funding panels and committees for UKRI, particularly MRC and AHRC
  • Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences

Date of declaration: 31 January 2024

Jennifer Dixon, non-executive member

  • Chief Executive, The Health Foundation
  • Fellow of the Academic of Medical Sciences (AMS), Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
  • member (unpaid) of strategic policy advisory groups to senior leadership at NHS and Cancer Research UK
  • Visiting Professor, London School of Economics

Date of declaration: 5 February 2024

Jon Friedland, non-executive member

  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise), St. George’s, University of London
  • Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Scientific Affairs Officer and Executive Committee member, European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Visiting Professor, Imperial College London,
  • Visiting Professor, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
  • Associate, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
  • member, Universities UK Pro-Vice-Chancellors for Research Group
  • member, UK Medical Schools Council University Research Leaders Group
  • member, St. George’s Hospital Charity Medical Advisory Group
  • member, London University Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research Networking Group

Date of declaration: 31 January 2024

Marie Gabriel, associate non-executive member

  • Chair of NHS North East London Integrated Care System
  • Chair of the NHS Race and Health Observatory and via this role a Trustee of the NHS Confederation which hosts the Observatory
  • Trustee of East London Business Alliance (ELBA)
  • Trustee of West Ham United Foundation
  • Commissioner, Commission on Health and Prosperity, for the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
  • Local Government Association (LGA) Peer Associate

Date of declaration: 19 January 2024

Mark Lloyd, non-executive member

  • Non-executive director, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
  • Executive director and company director, IMPOWER Consulting Ltd and IMPOWER Holdings Ltd, local authority consultancy
  • Patron, The Whitehall and Industry Group
  • member, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers

Date of declaration: 24 January 2024

Cindy Rampersaud, non-executive member

  • Non-executive director at Sage Homes
  • Trustee at Which?
  • Trustee at London Film School
  • Non-executive Director at Hipgnosis Song Fund

Date of declaration: 22 January 2024

Simon Blagden, associate non-executive member

  • Director and shareholder, Avre Partnership Limited - political donations (registered with the Electoral Commission)
  • Director and shareholder, Larkspur International Limited, consulting and lobbying – no potential conflicts
  • Director, Building Digital UK, national broadband roll out
  • Director and shareholder, Laffe Limited, food manufacture
  • Director, the Naval and Military Club

Date of declaration: 28 January 2024

Raj Long, associate non-executive member

  • employee (current), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • ex-employee and shareholder, Bristol-Myers Squibb – 14 years ago
  • ex-employee and shareholder, Novartis Pharma AG – 12 years ago
  • strategic advisor for Sub-Saharan Africa Public Health Vx Manufacturing for Equitable Access BioNTech Global Health
  • advisor, Gates Venture – EC (IMI) Non-Product – IMI EPND (Neuro Biomarker Platform)
  • co-lead regulatory, World Health Organization (WHO) – Sustainable COVAX Manufacturing Strategy in Africa.
  • EU-approved Expert ECAS # EX2015D236239. Expert reviewer, European Commission Innovative Health Initiatives

Non-Executive Member, UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Date of declaration: 5 February 2024

Sir Gordon Messenger, non-executive member

  • Non-Executive Board member, QinetiQ plc, a Defence and Engineering company
  • Advisory Board member, C3.AI (a US-listed Artificial Intelligence company)
  • Senior Independent Advisor at BUPA (role is to mentor Employee Shadow Board and facilitate their interaction with the Executive)
  • Advisory Board member, Leadership College of Government
  • leadership coaching, including with Civil Servant senior leaders
  • Trustee, Historic Royal Palaces
  • Trustee, Royal Armouries
  • Chair of a major Help for Heroes fund-raising Campaign
  • Constable of His Majesty’s Tower of London.
  • Patron or Vice-President of a number of Service charities

Date of declaration: 29 January 2024

Professor Dame Jenny Harries, Chief Executive

  • Professional Memberships: Faculty of Public Health, Hon Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, Hon Faculty of Occupational Medicine - routine memberships. Occasional associated hospitality. No remuneration
  • Director and Responsible Officer for Movente Ltd, property and rental business
  • external professional roles: Professorship (Honorary) Chester University. Working and travel expenses and occasional hospitality may be received linked directly to role delivery only

Date of declaration: 30 January 2024

Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser

  • Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (seconded)
  • Professor of Infectious Diseases and Health Security, University College London
  • Research associations with UCL, Imperial and Oxford University related to grants and teaching
  • research funding from UKRI and NIHR
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Royal College of Pathologists and Faculty of Public Health
  • Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Date of declaration: 31 January 2024

Scott McPherson, Director General, Strategy, Policy and Programmes

  • Trustee of the official Civil Service charity The Lifeboat Fund, which exists to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
  • wife is the owner and director of her own management consultancy company
  • occasional paid employment as a ski instructor

Date of declaration: 31 January 2024

Isabel Oliver, Chief Scientific Officer

  • Trustee of the Soil Association, a charitable organisation
  • Honorary Professor, University of Bristol
  • Honorary Professor, University College London
  • brother works for Moderna Therapeutics
  • brother works for Microsoft

Date of declaration: 6 February 2024

Andrew Sanderson, Chief Financial Officer

None.

Date of declaration: 30 January 2024