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 John Beringer CBE
Professor Geoffrey Boulton OBE FRS FRSE
Professor Janet Finch CBE DL AcSS
Professor Andrew Gilbert
Professor Wendy Hall CBE FREng
Dr Hermann Hauser FREng CBE CPhys FInstP
Professor Peter Davies
Professor Alan Hughes
Dr Sue Ion OBE FREng
Dr Phil Ruffles
Sir Paul Nurse FRS FMedSci
Sir Keith Peters FRS PMedSci
Dr Raj Rajagopal FREng CEng FIMechE FIE FCMI
Professor Michael Sterling FREng
Professor Kathy Sykes CPhys FInstP
Dr Mark Walport FMedSci

Professor Sir John Beringer CBE

Other public appointments held at present	Chair: Panel D, RAE 2008
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Chair: Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment Member: Advisory Committee on Genetic Manipulation, HSE Council Member: Natural Environment Research Council
Personal and business interests	Member: BBSRC Estates and Equipment Committee Chair: John Innes Centre Governing Council Chair: John Innes Centre Resources Committee Chair: SETsquared Board Director: Symbiotic Consultancy
Political activity	None

Professor Geoffrey Boulton OBE FRS FRSE

Other public appointments held at present	Member: Scottish Science Advisory Committee
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
Personal and business interests	None relevant
Political activity	None

Professor Janet Finch CBE DL AcSS

Other public appointments held at present	Non-Executive Director Identity and Passport Service
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Member: advisory panel on the review of the BBC charter Non-Executive Director Office for National Statistics Board Member: Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Personal and business interests	Member of UK Board, Universities UK National Centre for Social Research; Chair of Trustees
Political activity	None

Professor Andrew Gilbert

Other public appointments held at present	Member: North West Science Council; Universities UK; UK Commission for Employment and Skills; Council for Industry and Higher Education Director; Russell Group
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Director: WUN Foundation Ltd; Higher Education Academy Board Member: UUK Finance & Resources Strategy Group
Personal and business interests	None
Political activity	None

Professor Wendy Hall CBE FREng

Other public appointments held at present	None
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Council Member: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Personal and business interests	Senior Vice-President: Royal Academy of Engineering Member: European Research Council; Non-executive Director: CA Technology Ltd; ECS Partners Ltd; Innos Ltd; Seme4 Ltd; garlik ltd
Political activity	None

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

Dr Peter Davies

Other public appointments held at present	Member: Panel on Monitoring the Economy, Energy and Climate Security Panel ( both BERR) Chair:
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Member:
Personal and business interests	Non-executive Director: Advisory Boards: National Bank of Kuwait; The Parkmead Group
Political activity	None

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

Dr Sue Ion OBE FREng

Other public appointments held at present	None
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Council Member: Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council Chair: Audit Committee, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
Personal and business interests	UK representative: Euratom Science and Technology Committee Non-executive director and UK representative: IAEA SAGNE Board member: University of Manchester
Political activity	None

Dr Phil Ruffles

Other public appointments held at present	Chairman: EPSRC Steering Group for International Review of Materials Member: East Midlands Science and Industry Council
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Chairman: RCUK Review Group 2004 (DTI/OST) and Programme Review Committee (Cambridge/MIT Institute) 2004-06 Member: RAE Review Sub-Group 2002-03, Research Strategy Board 2003-06 (both HEFEC), Council and Audit Committee 1998-2004 (CCLRC) and Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee 2003-07 (Diamond Light Source Ltd) Director; Diamond Light Source
Personal and business interests	Non Executive Director, Domino Printing Sciences plc; Consultant to Rolls Royce
Political activity	None

Sir Paul Nurse FRS FMedSci

Other public appointments held at present	Chair, UK-CMRI (Scientific Planning Committee)
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	None
Personal and business interests	President and Trustee: Rockefeller University Trustee: Gregor Mendel Trust; Kirkhouse Trust; the Charles Darwin Trust; HHMI. Chair: European Molecular Biology Organisation Council Member: International Advisory Board, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA Member: ISREC Scientific Advisory Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland Member: Scientific Council of the Institute Curie, Paris, France Member: Netherlands Cancer Institute Scientific Advisory Board, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Member: EMBL Scientific Advisory Committee and EMBL Council, Heidelberg, Germany Member: Comité Extérieur d'Orientation Scientifique et Stratégique, Institut Pasteur, France
Political activity	Member: Labour Party

Sir Keith Peters FRS PMedSci

Other public appointments held at present	Interim Director, National Institute for Medical Research Council Chair, Cardiff University Trustee, Novartis Foundation Chairman: A* Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research; A* STAR Graduate Academy International Advisory Panel; Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Non-executive member and Consultant Adviser: National Blood Authority Special Adviser: Norfolk, Suffollk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority
Personal and business interests	Advisory: Senior Consultant, GlaxoSmithKline
Political activity	None

Dr Raj Rajagopal FREng CEng FIEE FIMechE FIE FCMI

Other public appointments held at present	Audit Commissioner
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	None
Personal and business interests	Director: Edwards Japan Ltd (aka Nippon Edwards KK); Edwards SA; Japan Air Gases Ltd; Osaka Sanso Kogyo Ltd Non executive director: FSI International Inc Member: Sussex Enterprise Board Chair: IEE Manufacturing Sector Panel Member: CBI Manufacturing Panel
Political activity	None

Professor Michael Sterling FREng

Other public appointments held at present	Member: Board, Advantage West Midlands
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	None
Personal and business interests	Chair: OCEPS Ltd Chair: Russell Group Chair: Royal Academy of Engineering Membership Committee Chair: Institution of Electrical Engineer Research Policy Group Member: Royal Academy of Engineering Council Member: Office of Science and Technology Funders' Forum Member: Council of the British Malaysian Society President: Elmhurst School of Dance
Political activity	None

Professor Kathy Sykes CPhys FInstP

Other public appointments held at present	NESTA; Charity Trustee Sciencewise Panel (DIUS); Chair of Panel and Advisory EPSRC; Member of Societal Issues Panel EPSRC; Member of Strategic Advisory team
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years	Trustee: National Museum of Science and Industry
Personal and business interests	Cheltenham Festival of Science; Famelab - Creative Director
Political activity	None

Dr Mark Walport FMedSci

Other public appointments held at present	Co-Chairing Government Review of Information Sharing Member: Health Innovation Council Member: Independent Member of the Board of the Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Member: Scottish Executive Chief Scientist Committee Member: BERR Funders' Forum
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years
Personal and business interests	Memberships: Foundations’ Forum; Gates Vaccine Enterprise Initiative; Grand Challenges in Global Health - Scientific Board; Hague Club; Heads of International Research Organisations; National Cancer Research Institute - Board and High Level Informatics Steering Committee; Massachusetts General Hospital - General Scientific Advisory Board; UK Clinical Research Collaboration Directorship and Council membership: Association of Medical Research Charities; Foundation for Science and Technology Honorary memberships/fellowships: Academy of Medical Sciences; American Association of Physicians; Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland; Royal College of Pathologists; Royal College of Physicians - College Club; Society of Apothecaries; Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Political activity	None