Membership

Find out about the members of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group.

Membership

There are currently 16 members of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group, and a Chair.

Members are agreed as public appointments (usually for a term of 3 years), in accordance with guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

Chair

Professor Mark Watson-Gandy, OBE – Barrister Three Stone Chambers

Current Members

  • Professor Anne-Maree Farrell – Chair of Medical Jurisprudence, Edinburgh Law School
  • Professor Richard Guest – Professor of Biometric Technologies, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
  • Giles Herdale – Director, Herdale Digital Consulting Ltd
  • Matt James – Associate Professor Bioethics and Medical Law
  • David Lewis – former Deputy Chief Constable of Dorset and Devon & Cornwall Police, and previous National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for ethics and national lead for forensics performance and standards - now undertaking a portfolio of roles in governance, regulation, ethics and leadership development
  • Professor Penney Lewis – Criminal Law Commissioner
  • Elisabeth Mackay – Digital Trust and Cybersecurity Consultant
  • Professor Sarah Morris – Deputy Head of ECS (Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise), University of Southampton
  • Dr Nóra Ni Loideain – Director and Senior Lecturer in Law of the Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
  • Professor Niamh Nic Daeid – Professor of Forensic Science and Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee
  • Dr Malcolm Oswald – Director, Citizens Juries c.i.c
  • Professor Marion Oswald, MBE – Professor in Law, Northumbria University and Senior Research Associate, the Alan Turing Institute
  • Professor Emeritus Charles Raab – Professor Emeritus School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
  • Professor Tom Sorell – Professor of Politics and Philosophy at University of Warwick
  • Professor Denise Syndercombe Court – Professor of Forensic Genetics, Kings College London
  • Dr Peter Waggett – Director of Research IBM UK Ltd, Director LBM Ltd

Full biographies

The register of interests for members of the BFEG lists their occupations, the organisations they work for and the nature of any interests they might have.