Corporate report

Register of ESFA board members’ interests for the financial year 2023 to 2024

Published 29 July 2024

Applies to England

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Introduction

The Corporate governace in central government departments: code of good practice states that all relevant interests of individual board members should be published. This document sets out the declarations of interests for the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA) executive and non-executive members during the financial year 2023 to 2024.

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

Where a board member has left the department, their interests have been reported as at their most recent declaration.

The list covers:

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

Executive members

Gemma Peck

Public sector or charity positions of influence:

  • Twyford Church of England Academies Trust - director

Lindsey Henning

Public sector or charity positions of influence:

  • Lea and Wessington Framework Federation - Chair of Governors

Owen Jenkins

Public sector or charity positions of influence:

  • Broad Horizons Education Trust - trustee (successor trust to Yare)
  • Dussindale Primary School - Chair of Governors
  • Yare Education Trust - trustee

Warwick Sharp

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests:

  • London Southeast Education Group - board member

No interests declared

Andrew Thomas (from 3 January 2023)

David Withey (from 15 August 2022)

Non-executive members

Martin Spencer

Public sector or charity positions of influence:

  • Achieving for Children - non-executive and Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC)
  • Civil Service Commissioner
  • Companies House - non-executive director
  • Criminal Cases Review Commission - non-executive director
  • Hampshire and the IoW Integrated Care Board - non-executive director
  • London Fire Brigade - audit committee member
  • NHS Counter Fraud Authority - non-executive director
  • Ofsted - non-executive and Chair of ARAC
  • Submarine Delivery Agency - non-executive director

Harjit Sandhu

Remunerated directorships:

  • Response Organisation - Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary (resigned 10 April 2023)

Significant shareholdings or interests in public or private companies:

  • Soha Housing Limited

Hunada Nouss OBE

Remunerated directorships:

  • Market Operator Services Limited - non-executive director

Other remunerated employment, office, profession and other activity:

  • The Meteorological Office (Met Office) - non-executive board member
  • Parliamentary Works & Sponsor Body - ARAC member until 28 February 2023)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests:

  • City University of London - Honorary Rector
  • Department for Science, Innovation & Technology - Audit and Risk Committee member (from 1 September 2023)
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) - governance committee member (until 7 June 2022)
  • Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University - member of Remuneration Committee (from 1 October 2023)
  • Royal Society - ARAC member

John Lakin

Public sector or charity positions of influence:

  • School Teachers Review Body - member
  • St John’s Foundation - trustee (until 30 September 2023)

Peter Kane

Public sector or charity positions of influence:

  • Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust - Chair of Audit Committee, Board Member -
  • Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) - board member
  • St Georges NHS Foundation Trust - Chair of Audit Committee, board member

Paul Woodgates

Public sector or charity positions of influence:

  • Advance HE - trustee
  • The British Council - trustee (from 11 September 2023)
  • De Montfort University - Independent Governor and Chair of Finance & Performance Committee

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests:

  • Advance HE - non-executive director

Significant shareholdings or interests in public or private companies:

  • Paul Woodgates Limited
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