DIT departmental board members’ register of declared interests 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
Updated 14 July 2023
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This list sets out declared interests of executive and non-executive members who served on the Department for International Trade’s board in the 2022 to 2023 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 code for central government departments 2017.
The list is categorised into:
- company directorships and other significant interests
- financial interests
- non-financial interests
- related party interests
- miscellaneous
Non-executive board members
Lord Dominic Johnson of Lainston CBE (until 3 October 2022)
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Somerset Capital Management LLP (left October 2022)
Douglas Carswell
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- President and CEO, Mississippi Center for Public Policy
- Advisory Council Member, Institute for Economic Affairs
Baroness Moyo (until 13 March 2023)
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
- Member of International Advisory Group, Linklaters
Non-financial interests:
- Member Bretton Woods Committee
Noël Harwerth
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Board Director, One Savings Bank
- Board member, Scotia Bank Europe
- Chair of UK Export Finance Board
- Regulatory Decisions Committee, FCA
- Board member, Crown Agents Bank Ltd (from 2 January 2023)
Sir Stephen O’Brien
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Non-Executive Chairman, Motability Operations Group PLC
- Non-Executive Vice-Chairman, Savannah Energy PLC
- Mentor Adviser to Hala Systems, Inc
Non-financial interests:
- Advisory Council, Coalition for Global Prosperity
- Non-Executive Chair, Innovative Vector Control Consortium (Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases) (resigned 8 December 2022)
- Non-Executive Director, Friends of The Global Fund Europe
Executive members
Gareth Davies (from 9 January 2023)
Related party interests:
- Wife, Emma Loxton, is a Partner at McKinsey & Company
Non-financial interests:
- Trustee of the Heywood Foundation. Non-remunerated
- Trustee of the Chris Martin Foundation Trust. Non-remunerated
James Bowler (until 14 October 2022)
Non-financial interests:
- Trustee, Police Now. Non-remunerated
- External Member, Public Policy Committee, British Academy. Non-remunerated
Crawford Falconer
No interests declared.
Catherine Vaughan (until 28 October 2022)
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Louis Taylor (until 1 October 2022)
Non-financial interests:
- Trustee, Sightsavers. Non-remunerated
Ceri Smith
Company directorships and other significant interests:
- Trustee and Company Director, MS Society. Non-remunerated (resigned 31 December 2022)
Andrew Mitchell
No interests declared.
Joanna Crellin
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Amanda Brooks
No interests declared.
Tim Reid (from 1 January 2023)
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Bidesh Sarkar (from 31 October 2022)
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Samir Parkash (from 3 October 2022 until 31 December 2022)
All financial interests declared and managed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.