NHS England is committed to openness and transparency in its work and decision making. As part of that commitment, we maintain and publish this Register of Interests which draws together Declarations of Interest made by members of the Board of Directors. In addition, at the commencement of each Board meeting, members of the Board are required to declare any interests.
Richard Meddings, Chair
| Honorary fellowship | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Board Member | Genomics England Limited |
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Shareholdings |
3i |
| Family member | F1 doctor in London |
| Family member |
Sessional Consultant, NHS Scotland |
Wol Kolade, Deputy Chair
| Managing partner |
Livingbridge is a Private Equity House who invest and will continue to invest in Health and Social Care business |
| Family member |
Consultant Haematologist at Blackpool Victoria Hospital |
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Investment | |
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Investment |
AJM Healthcare (AJM), leading provider of NHS wheelchair services in England |
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Investment |
Everlight Radiology, provision of tele-radiology services |
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Investment |
Investment: Nourish Care Systems, a leading provider of digital care planning software to the UK social care sector |
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Investment |
Minority investment in T-Pro, a leading provider of AI- powered speech technology and clinical documentation solutions to the healthcare sector |
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Donor |
Conservative and Unionist Party |
Sir Andrew Morris, Deputy Chair
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Chair |
Disability Imitative (charity based in Camberley) |
| Family member |
Employed by NHS England |
| Family member |
Trustee of charity – New College Worcester Trustee of charity – Building Circles |
Mike Coupe, Non-Executive Director
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Chairman |
Oak Furniture Ltd |
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Chairman |
Harding Retail Group |
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Chairman |
New Look |
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Shareholding |
J Sainsburys Plc |
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Shareholding |
J Sainsburys Plc (options) |
Jeremy Townsend, Non-Executive Director
| Non-executive director |
PZ Cussons plc |
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Trustee |
Parkrun Global |
| Interim finance director |
Marks and Spencer |
| Board member |
Ocado Retail Limited |
| Shareholdings
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| Family members |
Doctor practising at Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, and Doctor practising at Stevenage Hospital |
| Family member |
Studying medicine at St Andrew’s University and Edinburgh University |
| Family member |
Trustee of St Christophers – Charity |
| Family member |
Doctor practising at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital |
Sir David Behan, Non-Executive Director
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Chair |
The Advisory Board, CERA Care Ltd |
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Chair |
Programme Advisory Group, ESRC and Health Foundation UK Centre for Evidence Implementation in Adult Social Care |
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Chair |
Advisory group for a research programme in innovation in adult social care, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics |
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Ambassador |
Health Foundation to the Sciana International Leadership Development Programme for 2020, 2021 and 2022 |
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Advisor |
HC-One Ltd |
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Advisor |
Lambeth Palace on safeguarding |
| Advisory group member |
NIHR funded, LSE delivered research programme into the Models of Support for Moderate Needs in Older People (MSMOP) |
| Project group member |
LSE Recovery and Resilience Project |
| Board member |
Catholic Safeguarding Standards Board |
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Member |
Cabinet Office Health Honours Committee |
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Member |
Severe Asthma Index Steering Committee for the Copenhagen Futures Institute – non remunerated |
| Lead reviewer | Public Bodies Review of the Office for Students on behalf of the Department for Education |
| Family member |
Director for Positive Behavioural Support UK |
Professor Simon Wessely, Non-Executive Director
| Fellowship | The Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| Fellowship | The Royal College of Physicians |
| Fellowship | The Academy of Medical Sciences |
| Fellowship | The Royal Society |
| Honorary Fellow | Trinity Hall Cambridge |
| Honorary Fellow | University College Oxford |
| Honorary Fellow | The Royal College of General Practitioners |
| Honorary Fellow | The Royal Society of Medicine |
| Vice President | Combat Stress |
| Ambassador | Halo Trust |
| Family member |
Co-Chair NHS Assembly |
| Family member |
Independent Advisor and Chair of Clinical Governance Group, Cygnet Health |
| Family member |
Partner of the Hurley Group and related financial interest in Hurley Innovation and EConsult |
Professor Sir Mark Walport, Non-Executive Director
| Honorary distinguished professor of medicine |
Imperial College, London |
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Chair |
Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Centre Partnership Board |
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Chair |
Imperial College Health Partners |
| Member | NHS London Digital Transformation Portfolio Board |
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Member |
Senior Advisory Board, Brennan and Partners (occasional consultancy fees) |
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Trustee |
Health Data Research UK (HDR-UK) |
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Fellow |
Royal College of Physicians |
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Fellow |
Royal College of Pathologists |
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Fellow |
Academy of Medical Sciences |
| Foreign secretary and vice president |
Royal Society |
| Honorary fellow |
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
| Honorary fellow |
Royal Society of Medicine |
| Honorary fellow |
Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| Family member |
Junior Doctor |
| Family member |
Pensioner of the Medical Defence Union |
Baroness Mary Watkins, Non-Executive Director
| Company director and chair | Look Ahead Care and Support Limited |
| Member of quality committee | Outcomes First Group (formerly National Fostering Agency) |
| Visiting professor of nursing | King’s College London |
| Emeritus professor of healthcare leadership | Plymouth University |
| Member and honorary fellow | Royal College of Nursing |
| Vice president | War Widows’ Association of Great Britain |
| Patron | Hamoaze House |
| Enquiry team member | House of Lords |
| Shareholdings through managed self-invested personal pension | Lloyds Banking Group |
Mark Bailie, Non-Executive Director
| Chief Executive | BGL Group Ltd |
| Shareholding | BGL Group Ltd |
| Shareholding | NatWest Group |
| Holding of index linked bonds | NS&I |
| Shareholdings through externally managed investment fund | Various |
Professor Sir Robert Lechler, Non-Executive Director
| Board member and minor shareholder | Quell Therapeutics |
| Chair | MiNA Therapeutics |
| Associate Director | Alumni Global |
| Co-Chair | SC1 |
| Chair of External Advisory Board for and Board member | Birmingham Health Partners |
Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, Non-Executive Director
| Partner | The Westgate Practice, Lichfield |
| Professor of General Practice Education | University of Birmingham |
| Founding Chair | National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) |
| Trustee | Macmillan Cancer Support charity |
| Founding Chair | Dames Commander Society |
| Patron | Kendall and Wall Charitable Trust |
| Fellow and member | Royal College of General Practitioners |
| Member | British Medical Association |
| Fellow | Learned Society of Wales |
| Member | Methodist Church |
| Member | Society for Academic Primary Care |
| Honorary Fellowship | Faculty of Public Health |
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Honorary Fellowship | Royal College of Anaesthetists |
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Honorary Fellowship | Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare |
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Honorary Fellowship | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow |
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Honorary Fellowship | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
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Honorary Fellowship | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
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Honorary Fellowship | Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| Honorary Fellowship (to be conferred Spring/Summer 2024) | The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
| Chair | Independent Clinical Oversight Group for the GRAIL/Galleri study on early cancer detection |
| Member of External Advisory Group | National AI Safety Institute (formerly the AI Frontier Taskforce) |
| Member of the Independent Advisory Group | ADD project (Our Future Health Program) |
Jane Ellison, Non-Executive Director
| Trustee | Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) |
| Member of the Global Advisory Council | Tobacco Free Portfolios |
| Non-executive director | Behavioural Insights Team (BIT, formerly The Nudge Unit) |
| Member of political party | Conservative Party |
| Member | Tory Reform Group |
| Family member | Partner at Clyde and Co |
Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive Officer
| Honorary fellowship | St. Anne’s College Oxford |
| Honorary doctorate | University of Exeter |
| Board member | National Theatre |
Julian Kelly, Chief Financial Officer
| Family member |
Consultant Paediatrician |
| Family members |
Oxford Vaccine Research Group |
Dame Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer
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Member |
Royal College of Nursing |
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Member |
Florence Nightingale Foundation Global Committee |
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Fellow |
Queen’s Nursing Institute |
| Family member |
Chairman at Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust |
| Honorary Doctorate | Anglia Ruskin University |
| Honorary Doctorate | University Campus Suffolk |
| Honorary Doctorate | Birmingham City University |
| Family member |
Pharmacist |
| Family member | Medical Student |
Professor Sir Stephen Powis, National Medical Director
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Member |
Association of Physicians |
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Member |
British Society for Immunology |
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Member |
British Transplantation Society |
| Member | European Dialysis and Transplantation Association |
| Member | Medical Defence Union |
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Member |
UK Kidney Association |
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Member |
British Medical Association |
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Member |
Worshipful Company of Cordwainers |
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Member |
Royal Society of Medicine |
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Member |
Surrey County Cricket Club |
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Honorary member |
Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
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Fellow |
Royal College of Physicians of London |
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Fellow |
Royal Society of Medicine |
| Honorary fellow | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| Honorary fellow | St John’s College Oxford |
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Honorary professor |
University College London |
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Trustee |
Royal Free London Nurses and Midwives Trust (charity no. 34902) |
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Family member |
Completed NHS Graduate training scheme and now employed within NHS |
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Family member |
Completed NHS Graduate training scheme and now employed within NHS |
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Family member shareholdings |
BAE Systems plc |
Emily Lawson, Interim Chief Operating Officer
| Family member | Avenade |
| Share portfolio | Family Trust |
| Shareholdings | Share portfolio |
| Dames | Good Society |
| Ambassador | 30percent club |
Further information:
- Members of House of Lord’s registered interests can be found on the UK Parliament website.
- Donations to political parties can be found on the Electoral Commission website.