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 & 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
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
- Member of political party (Conservative)
Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Non-Executive Director
- Family Member is President of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- 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
- Chair, Imperial College Health Partners
- Member of Senior Advisory Board, Brennan and Partners
- Trustee at Health Data Research UK
- 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 at Royal College of Physicians
- Fellow at Royal College of Pathologists
Jeremy Townsend, Non-Executive Director
- Trustee Parkrun Global
- Interim Finance Director Marks and Spencer
- Board Member Ocado Retail Limited
- Shareholder in various companies
- Various members of the family work for NHSE
- 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
Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, Non-Executive Director
- Founding Chair, Dames Commander Society
- Patron, Kendall and Wall Charitable Trust
- Fellow and Member, Royal College of General Practitioners
- Member, BMA
- Fellow, Learned Society of Wales
- Member, Society for Academic Primary Care
- Honorary Fellowships – various
- Chair, Independent Clinical Oversight Group
- 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
- Member, Methodist Church
- 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)
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
Professor Sir Stephen Powis, National Medical Director
- Member, Association of Physicians
- Member, British Society for Immunology
- Member, British Transplantation Society
- Member, European Dialysis & 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 or 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}
- 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 & Butlers plc
- Marks & 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
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