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Register of members' interests

Members of the Council are expected to declare any personal, political or business interest that may, or may be perceived to, influence their judgement. 

   

Professor Sir Keith Burnett

  • Other public appointments held at present - Director – Yorkshire Universities; Director – Worldwide Universities Network; Director – National Science Learning Centres; Director – MyScience.co.uk; Director – N8 Ltd; Director – Creative Sheffield; Director – Higher Education Careers Services Unit; Director – Graduate Prospects; Director – UK Atomic Energy Authority;
    Director – Russell Group of Universities; Director – Centre for Low Carbon Futures; Chair  – HEated; Chair – White Rose Executive; Member – Advisory Council of Infrastructure UK; Member – Technician Council; Fellow – Royal Society; Fellow – Institute of Physics 
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Chairman – Higher Education Careers Services Unit; Chairman – Graduate Prospects; Chairman – N8 Ltd; Chairman – Universities and Colleges Employers Association
  • Personal and business interests - Vice-Chancellor – The University of Sheffield; Director – Sheffield University Enterprises Ltd
  • Political activity - None

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Professor Steven Cowley

  • Other public appointments held at present - CEO, UK Atomic Energy Authority
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - None
  • Personal and business interests - Advocate for fusion energy
  • Political activity - None

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Professor Dame Sandra Dawson

  • Other public appointments held at present - NED, Financial services authority
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Member UKIndia Round Table
  • Personal and business interests - Professor, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Sidney Sussex College; NED, DRS plc; NED & Trustee, Oxfam GB; NED & Trustee, Institute for Government
  • Political activity - None

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Rowan Douglas

  • Other public appointments held at present - Member, Natural Environment Research Council
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Member, Audit Committee, Natural Environmental Research Council – 2011-2012
  • Personal and business interests - CEO Global Analytics, Willis Group; Chairman, Willis Research Network, Willis Group; Member, Governing Board, Global Earthquake Model Foundation; Member, Private Sector Advisory Group, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
  • Political activity - None

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Dr Paul Golby

  • Other public appointments held at present - Chairman, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Chairman AEA Technology Group; Chairman Engineering UK; Pro Chancellor and Chair of Council, Aston University; Non Executive Director of National Grid; Chair Smith School Partnership Board, University of Oxford; Council Member Royal Academy of Engineering; Council Member Green Building Council
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - CEO Chairman EON UK
  • Personal and business interests - None
  • Political activity - None

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Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow

  • Other public appointments held at present - Member Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - None
  • Personal and business interests - Paid employment: Vice-Chancellor University of Kent; Unpaid positions: Chair British Science Association; Trustee Daphne Jackson Trust; Trustee East Malling Trust; Trustee Universities UK
  • Political activity - None

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Dr Hermann Hauser FREng CBE CPhys FInstP

  • Other public appointments held at present - None
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - None
  • Personal and business interests - Director: Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd; Amadeus General Partners Ltd; Amadeus Partners Ltd; Amadeus Property Services Ltd; Amadeus Capital Partners (Nominee) Ltd; Artimi Ltd; Cambridge Network Ltd; Cambridge Broadband Ltd; Plastic Logic Ltd; Icera Inc; Liquavista Ltd; XMOS Ltd.
  • Political activity - None

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Professor Alan Hughes

  • Other public appointments held at present - None
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - None
  • Personal and business interests - Member: various academic and professional bodies / No commercial or private sector interests
  • Political activity - Member: Labour Party

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Michael Lynch

  • Other public appointments held at present - BBC: 2007-present, Non-executive Director; Royal Academy of Engineering: 2009-present, Council Member; Foundation for Science and Technology, 2009-present, Trustee and council member; Cambridge Enterprise (technology transfer for University of Cambridge): 2010-present, Non-executive Director; British Library: 2011-present, Non-executive Director; Prime Minister’s scientific advisory panel (CST): 2011-present, Panel member; Tech City Investment Committee, 2012-present, Member of the Advisory Board
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Nesta (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts): 2010-2012, Trustee and Chair of Nesta’s Investment Committee
  • Personal and business interests - Blinkx plc, video search company: 2007-present, Non-executive Director; Featurespace: 2008-present, Non-executive director; Apax: 2005 - present, Technology Advisory Board Member; Invoke: 2012 - present, Director; Family farming business
  • Political activity - Donations to Conservatives

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Sir Paul Nurse FRS FMedSci

  • Other public appointments held at present - President The Royal Society; Director The Francis Crick Institute; Board Member Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Trustee Kirkhouse Trust; Council Member Oxford University Council
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - None
  • Personal and business interests - None
  • Political activity - None

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Sir John Parker

  • Other public appointments held at present - Chair, Economy Honours Committe; Member, Main Honours Committee
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Prime Ministers Business Council (2007 – 2010)
  • Personal and business interests - Chairman, Anglo American; Chairman, Ombu Ltd; Deputy Chairman, DPWorld; Non Executive Director, Carnival and EADS; President, Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Political activity - None

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Sir Edward Adam Roberts

  • Other public appointments held at present - President, The British Academy
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - None
  • Personal and business interests - None
  • Political activity - None

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Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell

  • Other public appointments held at present - Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester; Member, Science & Technology Honours Committee
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Member, BBSRC Council (2005-2008)
  • Personal and business interests - Non-Executive Director, AstraZeneca; President, Society of Biology; Member, Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership; Member, Manchester International Festival Board
  • Political activity - None

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Colin Peter Smith

  • Other public appointments held at present - None
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - None
  • Personal and business interests - School Governor at Parkside School in Ashbourne
  • Political activity - None

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Professor Sir Chris Snowden

  • Other public appointments held at present - Technology Strategy Board (board member); Advisory Board for Foresight; Defence Scientific Advisory Council
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - EU Commission Joint Research Centre (UK Representative); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Council member); Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Council of Governors)
  • Personal and business interests - Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Surrey; DMD Ltd (Consultant); ERA Foundation (Non-Executive Director); Royal Academy of Engineering (Vice President); Universities UK (Vice President England & Northern Ireland); Royal Society (Council Member); 1994 Group (Chairman Advisory Group)
  • Political activity - None

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Dr Graham Spittle CBE

  • Other public appointments held at present - Joint Chair of Higher Education Commission; Chair of UK Technician Council
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Chair of UK Technology Strategy Board 2004-201
  • Personal and business interests - IBM Vice President
  • Political activity - None

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Professor Sir Mike Sterling

  • Other public appointments held at present - Chairman, Science & Technology Facilities Council; Member Lead Expert Group on Manufacturing
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Member DECC Science Review Group; Member Advantage West Midlands RDA
  • Personal and business interests - Chairman OCEPS Ltd; Fellow IET; Fellow InstMC; Fellow RAEng; Fellow Czech Academy of Eng.; Fellow RSA; Fellow CMI
  • Political activity - None

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Professor Sir John Tooke

  • Other public appointments held at present - Non-executive Director, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust; Chair of the Quality and Safety Committee, 2010-present; President, Academy of Medical Sciences, 2011-present; Member, National Institute for Health Research Advisory Board, 2007-present; Board Member, GMEC (Global Medical Excellence Cluster), 2012-present; Board Member, International Advisory Board, Qatar Academic Health Science Centre, 2011-present; Academic Director, UCL Partners, 2010-present; Member, Medical Schools Council Executive, 2007-present; Member, Associate Parliamentary Health Group, 2010-present
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Chair, UK Health Education Advisory Committee, 2005-2011; Chair, Medical Schools Council, 2006-2009
  • Personal and business interests - Non-executive Director, Bupa; Chair of the Medical Advisory Panel, 2009-2015
  • Political activity - None

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Sir Mark Walport

  • Other public appointments held at present - Member, Information Governance Review Panel of Experts (Department of Health); Member, Research Base Funders’ Forum (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills); Co-chair, Prime Minister’s “Challenge on Dementia” challenge group; Member, Advisory Council of Infrastructure UK; Member, Clinical Practice Research Datalink Expert Advisory Group (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency); Member, UK Clinical Research Collaboration; Member, UK India CEO Forum Board Member, UK India Business Council; Member, UK-India Round Table; Member, UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (Department for International Development); Independent Board Member, Office of Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research (Department of Health) Member, Royal Society Nominations Committee; Member, Gairdner Foundation Global Health Advisory Committee; Member International Advisory Committee of National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand; Member, Gairdner Foundation Global Health Advisory Committee; Member, Sorbonne University Strategy Committee
  • Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years - Independent review for the UK Government on the use and sharing of personal information in the public and private sectors: ‘Data Sharing Review’ (2009); Independent review for the UK Government on secondary education: ‘Science and Mathematics: Secondary Education for the 21st Century’ (2010).
  • Personal and business interests - None
  • Political activity - None

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