Corporate report

List of board members’ interests: March 2024

Published 29 July 2024

Applies to England

This list covers executive and non-executive members of the Department for Education’s Board as of March 2024. The Cabinet Office publishes ministers’ interests.

Entries reflect members’ current positions and are based on a member’s discretionary judgement of what might form a potential conflict of interest, based on the guidance from the code of conduct for board members of public bodies.

The list covers:

• remunerated directorships
• other remunerated employment, office, profession, and other activity
• significant shareholdings or interests in public or private companies
• miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
• disclosure of family members’ interests

Executive members

Susan Acland-Hood

Remunerated private sector directorships

• None declared

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• None declared

Significant shareholdings or Interests in listed or private companies

• Landowner in Somerset
• Share ownership in diverse portfolio, managed remotely with standing instructions to avoid investing in areas that could give rise to conflict or perceived conflict

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• Fairfield Charitable Trust (Trustee)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy (Policy Leader Fellow)
• Royal Academy of Engineers (Member of Advisory Board, Policy Fellow Programme)
• Somerset County Cricket Club (Board Member - provisional appointment)

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• Brother works in the Department for Education

Justin Russell

Remunerated private sector directorships

• None declared

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• None declared

Significant shareholdings or Interests in listed or private companies

• None declared

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• University of York, School for Business and Society Advisory Board (joined prior to Director General post with the Department for Education)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• None declared

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• Ex-Spouse, Hanover Primary School Islington (Headteacher)

Juliet Chua

Remunerated private sector directorships

• None declared

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• None declared

Significant shareholdings or Interests in listed or private companies

• None declared

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• Whitehall and Industry Group (Trustee)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• None declared

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• None declared

Jane Cunliffe

No interests declared

Tony Foot

Remunerated private sector directorships

• None declared

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• Phoenix Group (Director of Phoenix Insights)

Significant shareholdings or interests in listed or private companies

• None declared

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• None declared

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• None declared

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• None declared

John Edwards

No interests declared

Julia Kinniburgh

Remunerated private sector directorships

• None declared

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• None declared

Significant shareholdings or interests in listed or private companies

• None declared

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• St Bede’s School Redhill (Governor)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• None declared

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• None declared

Non-executive members

Richard Pennycook

Remunerated private sector directorships

• Boparan Holdings Limited
• On the Beach Group plc
• Westmoreland Ltd
• Wolf & Badger Ltd
• Amber Foods Ltd
• 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• None declared

Significant shareholdings or interests in listed or private companies

• None declared

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• Retail Sector Council (Co-Chair)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• Member of the Co-op

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• None declared

Stuart McMinnies

Remunerated private sector directorships

• Duke Street LLP (Managing Partner)
• Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd (Non-Executive Director)

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• None declared

Significant shareholdings or interests in listed or private companies

• APEM Ltd (Investor)
• Delfield Group Holdings Ltd (Investor and Non-Executive Director)
• Unilever plc (Investor)
• Tryzens Ltd (Investor)
• Alpine Fire Engineers Ltd (Investor)
• Vistry plc (Investor)
• Eque2 Ltd (Investor)
• Herondale Investment Holdings Ltd (Owner)
• Smart Capital Technology Ltd (Investor)
• Techex Ltd (Investor)
• Channel 3 Consulting Ltd (Investor)
• Aptus Group Ltd (Investor)

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• None declared

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• None declared

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• Spouse, Herondale Investment Holdings Ltd (Owners)

Jack Boyer

Remunerated private sector directorships

• Ricardo plc (Non-Executive Director)
• TT Electronics plc (Senior Independent Director)
• Bela Holdings AG (Non-Executive Director)

Other remunerated employment, office, profession etc

• Royce Hydrogen Accelerator (Chair of Trustees)

Significant shareholdings or interests in listed or private companies

• None declared

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• University of Bristol (Chair of Trustees)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• None declared

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• Spouse, SafeLives (Chair)

Toby Peyton-Jones

Remunerated private sector directorships

• None declared

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• Conference speaker
• Springpod CIC (Consultant Advisor)
• Cabinet Office’s GCO Remuneration Committee (Chair)

Significant shareholdings or interests in listed or private companies

• Siemens plc (shares)

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (Fellow)
• IES (Honorary Fellow)
• Chartered Management Institute (Companion)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• Siemens plc (Industry Ambassador or Advisor)
• Ad hoc Advisor to various educational organisations

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• Brother, Simon Peyton-Jones: Chair of Computing at Schools; and Chair of the National Centre for Computing Education

Sir Peter Bazalgette

Remunerated private sector directorships

• Saga plc (Non-Executive Director)
• LoveCrafts (Non-Executive Director)
• Acamar Films (Non-Executive Director)

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity

• CMi Mentoring

Significant shareholdings or interests in listed or private companies

• None declared

Public sector or charity positions of influence

• Royal College of Art (Chair of Council)
• Creative Industries Council (Co-Chair)
• Creative UK Board (Non-Executive Director)
• Business Council Chair, Care Leavers Covenant
• Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction (Chair)
• DCMS Media and Arts Honours Committee

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

• None declared

Disclosure of family members’ interests

• Spouse, Catapult Cell and Gene Therapy (Non-Executive Director)
• Spouse, Intellectual Property Office (Non-Executive Director)
• Spouse, British Science Association (Chair)
• Spouse, English National Opera (Non-Executive Director)