Our board members’ register of interests

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

  • Board Member, Genomics England Limited
  • Shareholdings x4 (3i; Credit Suisse; Legal and General Plc; Standard Chartered)
  • Family interests x 2 (F1 doctor in London; Sessional Consultant, NHS Scotland)
  • Honorary Fellowship – Exeter College Oxford

Sir Andrew Morris, Deputy Chair

  • Family member employed by NHS England 02/2015
  • Spouse Trustee of charity – New College Worcester and Trustee of charity – Building Circles
  • Chair of the Disability Initiative (charity based in Camberley)

Wol Kolade, Deputy Chair

  • Managing Partner, Livingbridge
  • Family member – Consultant Haematologist at Blackpool Victoria Hospital
  • Investment in various companies (Helping Hands; AJM Healthcare; Everlight; Nourish; T-Pro)
  • Donor to Conservative and Unionist Party

Mark Bailie, Non-Executive Director

  • Shareholdings through externally managed investment fund
  • 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:
    • HCA Healthcare
    • Mettler-Toledo
    • Danaher
    • Thermo-Fisher
    • United Health Group
    • CSL

Jane Ellison, Non-Executive Director

  • Trustee, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
  • Trustee, Tobacco Free Portfolios UK
  • Non-executive director, Behavioural Insights Team
  • Member of political party (Conservative)

Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Non-Executive Director

  • Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
  • Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Fellow, Royal Society
  • Hon Fellow, Trinity Hall Cambridge
  • Hon Fellow, University College Oxford
  • Hon Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Hon Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
  • Vice President, Combat Stress
  • Ambassador, Halo Trust
  • Family member is Co-Chair NHS Assembly
  • Family member is Independent Advisor and Chair of Clinical Governance Group, Cygnet Health
  • Family member is Partner of the Hurley Group and related financial interest in Hurley Innovation and EConsult

Mike Coupe, Non-Executive Director

  • Chairman Oak Furniture Ltd
  • Chairman Harding Retail Group
  • Chairman New Look
  • Shareholdings in J Sainsbury PLC

Professor Sir Mark Walport, Non-Executive Director

  • Honorary Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Imperial College London
  • Chair, Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Centre
  • Chair, Imperial College Health Partners
  • Member of Senior Advisory Board, Brennan and Partners
  • 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 is a Junior Doctor
  • Family member is a Pensioner of the Medical Defence Union
  • Member, NHS London Digital Transformation Portfolio Board
  • Fellow of Royal College of Physicians
  • Fellow of Royal College of Pathologists
  • Family Member works for Google DeepMind

Jeremy Townsend, Non-Executive Director

  • Interim Finance Director Marks and Spencer
  • Board Member Ocado Retail Limited
  • Shareholder in various companies
  • Various members of the family work for NHS England
  • Family member Trustee of St Christophers – Charity
  • Family members studying medicine

Professor the 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
  • Shareholdings through Managed Self-Invested Personal Pension

Professor Sir Robert Lechler, Non-Executive Director

  • Board member and minor shareholder, Quell Therapeutics
  • Chair of External Advisory Board for and Board member, Birmingham Health Partners
  • Chair of MiNA Therapeutics
  • Associate Director, Alumni Global
  • Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
  • Honorary Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society
  • Co-Chair SC1

Tanuj Kapilashrami, Associate Non-Executive Director

  • Chief Strategy and Talent Officer and shareholdings, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Member of the Board of Trustees, Asia House
  • Non-Executive Director and shareholdings, J Sainsburys Plc
  • Family member, Deputy Medical Director, Chief of Patient Safety, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon,
  • Joint preservation and replacement and limb reconstruction at Ashford and St Peter’s

Suresh Viswanathan, Associate Non-Executive Director

  • Chief Operating Officer, Nationwide Building Society

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

Duncan Burton, Chief Nursing Officer

  • Member of the Royal College of Nursing
  • Trustee of the Princess Alice Hospice, Esher
  • Volunteer role at Quality and Strategy Committee at Princess Alice Hospice

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, National Medical Director

  • Member, Association of Physicians
  • Member, British Society for Immunology
  • Member, British Transplantation Society
  • Member, European Dialysis and Transplantation Association
  • Member, Medical Defence Union
  • Member, UK Kidney Association
  • Member, British Medical Association
  • Member, Worshipful Company of Cordwainers
  • Member, Royal Society of Medicine
  • Member, Surrey County Cricket Club
  • Hon Member, Faculty of Public Health Medicine
  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
  • Hon Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
  • Hon Fellow, St John’s College Oxford
  • Hon Professor, University College London
  • Trustee, Royal Free London Nurses Midwives Trust (charity no.34902)
  • Trustee, The Cordwainers Educational and Training Charitable Trust Company
    (charity no. 1050213)
  • Trustee, Emily Frances Jackson Bequest (charity no. 220442)
  • Trustee, The Cordwainers Company Common Investment Fund (charity no. 261891)
  • Family member completed the NHS Graduate training scheme and now employed within NHS
  • Family member completed the NHS Graduate training scheme and now employed within NHS
  • Various family member shareholdings:
    • BAE Systems plc
    • Barratt Developments plc
    • BT Group plc
    • Compass Group plc
    • Harbour Oil plc
    • Intercontinental Hotels Group plc
    • ITV plc
    • Lloyds Banking Group plc
    • Mitchells and Butlers plc
    • Marks and Spencer Group plc
    • Murray International Trust plc
    • Shell plc
    • Tesco plc
    • Vodafone Group plc

Dame Emily Lawson, Chief Operating Officer

  • Family member works for Avenade
  • Share portfolio with a Family Trust
  • Share portfolio
  • Dames: Good Society
  • Ambassador: 30percent club

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