DIT departmental board members’ register of declared interests 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
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 2020 to 2021 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 6.4.3(e) of the Government Financial Reporting Manual 2021 to 2022 and paragraph 4.15 of the Corporate governance in central departments: code of good practice.
The list is categorised into:
- company directorships and other significant interests
- non-financial interests
- related party interests
- miscellaneous
Non-executive board members
Dominic Johnson
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- CEO, Somerset Capital Management LLP
Douglas Carswell
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- President and CEO, Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Dr Dambisa Moyo
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Non-Executive Board Member Chevron
- Non-Executive Board Member 3M
- Non-Executive Board Member Conde Nast
- Non-Executive Board Member, Imagine Entertainment
- Co-Principal, Versaca Investments
- Member of Investment Committee, Oxford University Endowment Management
Non-financial interests:
- Member Bretton Woods Committee.
Noël Harwerth
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Non-Executive Director, Sirius Metals (left March 2020)
- 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
Sir Stephen O’Brien
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)
- Non-Executive Director, Friends of The Global Fund Europe
Julie Currie (until 31 October 2020)
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee Scotiabank Europe plc
- Board Member, Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee, Tesco Bank
Andrew Hood (from 25 November 2020 to 15 March 2021)
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Of Counsel, Pemberton Asset Management, from March 2020 to March 2021
- Director (unremunerated), ORA Group Limited, from 23 January 2020 to 1 April 2021
Executive members
Antonia Romeo (until 17 January 2021)
Related party interests:
- Husband, John Romeo, is Managing Partner of Oliver Wyman
Non-financial interests:
- Trustee and Director at the Donmar Warehouse. Non-remunerated
- Trustee at John Browne Charitable Trust. Non-remunerated
Crawford Falconer
No interests declared.
Catherine Vaughan
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
John Alty
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Non-financial interests:
- Governor, St John of Jerusalem Primary School, Hackney
Louis Taylor
No interests declared.
John Mahon (until 31 July 2020)
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Mark Slaughter (until 31 December 2020)
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Darren Tierney (until 21 March 2021)
Non-financial interests:
- Non-Executive Director at Axelos (resigned role April 2021)
Andrew Mitchell
No interests declared.
Chris Barton (until 31 May 2021)
No interests declared.
Joanna Crellin
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Amanda Brooks
No interests declared.
Special Advisers
There were no Special Advisers (SpAds) in employment on 31 March 2021 who had relevant interests to declare.