January 2022: Register of members’ interests: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC)
Updated 2 February 2024
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Members of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) are required to declare any personal, political or business interests that could (or could be seen to) influence their judgement.
0.1 Dr Lesley Rushton
Role: Chair, and Independent scientist
Other public appointments held at present:
- Member, UK Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years:
- Member, HSE Science, Engineering and Environmental Assurance Committee (SEEAC)
- Member, European Commission Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity: none
0.2 Professor Kim Burton
Role: Independent scientific and occupational healthcare expert
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests:
- Expert Advisor to the Work and Health Unit
- occasional academic consultancy
Political activity: none
0.3 Professor John Cherrie
Role: Independent scientist
Other public appointments held at present:
- Member, Workplace Health Expert Committee (Health and Safety Executive)
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years:
- Member, Committee on Fibre Measurement (Health and Safety Executive)
Personal and business interests:
- occasional medico-legal work as an expert witness or short-term consultancy work
- August 2018 – Instructed to consult for an airline and its insurers on civil litigation on so-called ‘aerotoxic syndrome’
Political activity: none
0.4 Dr Max Henderson
Role: Independent scientist and medical expert
Other public appointments held at present:
- Member, Occupational Health and Mental Health Expert Advisory Groups, Joint DH DWP Health and Work Unit
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity: none
0.5 Dr Chris Stenton
Role: Independent scientist and medical expert
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests:
- Currently involved in medico-legal case relating to COVID-19
Political activity: none
0.6 Professor Raymond Agius
Role: Independent scientist and medical expert
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years:
- Member, Scientific Council, National Network for Vigilance and Prevention of Occupational Pathology (RNV3P), The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
Personal and business interests:
- Deputy Chair of the Occupational Medicine Committee, British Medical Association
- Member of the Council, British Medical Association
- Acting Chair, British Medical Association Occupational Medicine Committee (OMC). The OMC represents specialists and non-specialists working within relatively small and generalist specialties both inside and outside the NHS.
Political activity: none
0.7 Dr Jennifer Hoyle
Role: Independent member with expertise in respiratory diseases
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity: none
0.8 Professor Damien McElvenny
Role: Independent scientist
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests:
- Involved in COVID related roles within his employment with the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) and the University of Manchester.
- Currently working on the Council’s commissioned review of respiratory diseases at the IOM Political activity: none
0.9 Dr Gareth Walters
Role: Independent member with expertise in respiratory diseases
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity: none
0.10 Lesley Francois
Role: Independent legal expert
Other public appointments held at present:
- Magistrate, Ministry of Justice
- Justice of Peace, Family Panel
- Adoption Panel Member, Adopt London West, London Borough of Ealing
- Case examiner, Fitness to Practice Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Council
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity: none
0.11 Keith Corkan
Role: Independent legal expert
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity: none
0.12 Karen Mitchell
Role: Representative of employed earners
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity:
- Member, Labour party
0.13 Douglas Russell
Role: Representative of employed earners
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests:
- Company Secretary, Greater Manchester Hazards Centre
Political activity:
- Member, Labour Party
0.14 Daniel Shears
Role: Representative of employed earners
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests:
- Chair, Joint HSE/Trade unions Operational Gas Forum
- Vice Chair, Joint Union Asbestos in Schools Campaign
- Member, Health and Safety Executive Industry Advisory Committees including CONIAC and PABIAC
- Member, TUC Union Health and Safety Specialists Committee
Political activity:
- Member, Labour Party
0.15 Dr Andrew White
Role: Representative of employers
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity: none
0.16 Dr Ian Lawson
Role: Representative of employers
Other public appointments held at present: none
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none
Personal and business interests: none
Political activity: none