DIT departmental board members’ register of declared interests 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
Updated 14 July 2023
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This list sets out declared interests of executive and non-executive members who have served on the Department for International Trade’s board in the 2019 to 2020 financial year. Ministers’ interests are published separately by the Cabinet Office.
Departmental board members are asked to declare any personal, business or related party interests that may, or may be perceived by a reasonable member of the public to, influence their judgements in performing their obligations to the department.
The purpose of this list is to meet the requirements of section 5.3.8(e) of the Government Financial Reporting Manual 2019 to 20[footnote 1] and paragraph 4.15 of the Corporate governance in central departments: code of good practice[footnote 2].
The list is categorised into:
- company directorships and other significant interests
- non-financial interests
- related party interests
- miscellaneous
Non-executive board members
Simon Walker (until 15 January 2020)
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Non-Executive Adviser, Greenbook Communications
- Communicor Strategy Ltd
- Adviser, Huntsworth plc (Non-executive chair, Constellation Group)
Non-financial interests:
- Member of Entrepreneurs Advisory Group, Phoenix Equity Partners
- Trustee, Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust
- Ambassador, Money Advisory Trust
- Governor, the Hillary Institute
- Governor, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
- Association member, BUPA
- Council member, European Policy Forum
Miscellaneous:
- Adviser, DLA Piper
- Advisory Boards, Future Boards (Norway)
- Malaysian Association of Corporate Directors
Julie Currie
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee Scotiabank Europe plc
- Non-Executive Director, Social Investment Business
- Non-Executive Director, Social and Sustainable Capital
- Non-Executive Director, Fortem Solutions Ltd
Pippa Malmgren (until 21 May 2019)
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Co-founder, H Robotics
- Founder, DPRM Group
Miscellaneous:
- Member of Advisory Board, Real Vision TV
- Member of Advisory Board, Lewis Media
- Deal for publication of one book
- Senior Fellow, RUSI
Noël Harwerth
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Non-Executive Director, Sirius Metals (left March 2020)
- Non-Executive Director, BHA (left July 2019)
- Non-Executive Director, Charter Court Financial (left October 2019)
- Independent member of RTGS Chaps board, Bank of England
- Board Director, One Savings Bank
- Board member, Scotia Bank Europe
- Chair of UK Export Finance Board
- Regulatory Decisions Committee, FCA
- Non-Executive Director, London Metals Exchange (left December 2019)
Sir Stephen O’Brien (from 23 June 2019)
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Chairman, Motability Operations Group plc
- Vice-Chairman, Savannah Energy plc
- Adviser to Hala Systems, Inc
Non-financial interests:
- Advisory Council, Coalition for Global Prosperity
- Chair, Innovative Vector Control Consortium (Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases);
Executive members
Antonia Romeo
Related party interests:
- Husband, John Romeo, is Managing Partner of Oliver Wyman.
Non-financial interests:
- Trustee at the Donmar Warehouse
- Trustee at John Browne Charitable Trust
Crawford Falconer
No interests declared.
Catherine Vaughan
No interests declared.
John Alty
No interests declared.
Louis Taylor
No interests declared.
John Mahon
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- deferred compensation from Barclays
Mark Slaughter
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- deferred compensation from Citigroup
Darren Tierney (from 8 November 2020)
Non-financial interests:
- Non-Executive Director at Axelos
Special Advisers
There were no Special Advisers (SpAds) in employment on 31 March 2020 who had relevant interests to declare.