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Register of interests for the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee in 2024/25

Published 14 October 2024

Background

Non-executive directors of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology are required to declare any private financial or non-financial interests of their own, or of close family members, which may, or may be perceived to, conflict with their public duties.

These declarations are made in line with the following government policies and guidance:

Outside interests have been categorised into one of the following categories to be consistent with the minimum data collection fields set out for senior civil servants in the guidance for departments on the declaration and management of outside interests in the Civil Service.

  • Personal interests

  • Financial interests

  • Private shareholdings

  • Outside occupations

  • Voluntary roles

  • Previous employment, appointment or other outside roles

  • Business interests

  • Procurements

  • Any other relevant interests

Note that category headings under each appointee have been removed where they have confirmed that they have no interests to declare under that category, or where an interest is already recorded under another category.


Bryan Ingleby

Last updated 7 October 2024
Appointment category Unregulated appointment
Role Non-executive director

Outside occupations

Chair, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Formerly a non-executive director of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Senior Independent Director, Alliance for Better Care Community Interest Company

Executive Director and Deputy Chair, Origin Housing Limited (resigned April 2024)

Non-Executive Director, Raven Housing Trust

Business interests

Director of Bryan Ingleby Consulting Limited (currently dormant)


Gillian Leng

Last updated 29 March 2024
Appointment category Unregulated appointment
Role Non-executive director

Personal interests

Gillian has a family member who is a Civil Servant

Private shareholdings

BP Plc

Radar Healthcare

Outside occupations

Adviser to Brevia Health

Occasional consultancy for Atheneum and IQVIA

Voluntary roles

Trustee of the Cochrane Collaboration

Support to NHS Innovation

Support to the Life Science Commissioner

Member of the Cambridge Life Science Group

Formerly Dean of Education, Royal Society of Medicine

Business interests

Director of Radar Healthcare


Mark Poulton

Last updated 28 March 2024
Appointment category Unregulated appointment
Role Non-executive director

Personal interests

Mark’s spouse is a non-executive board member of S4C, a trustee of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Voluntary roles

Member of the Industrial Development Advisory Board

Independent Member of Council of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine


Vikas Shah

Last updated 1 July 2024
Appointment category Direct ministerial appointment
Role Non-executive director

Personal interests

Member of the Worshipful Company of Launderers

Private shareholdings

We Are GSI Ltd

MEDIKA Health

Outside occupations

Non-Executive Board member of the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Non-Executive Board Member of Shoosmiths LLP

Consultant to the University of Manchester’s Incubation Facility

Member of the Advisory Board of the Alliance Manchester Business School

Board Member of RDentify Ltd

Non-Executive Board Member of Enspec Power

Chair of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Voluntary roles

Trustee of the We Are Family Foundation

Trustee of the North of England Zoological Society (trading as Chester Zoo)

Deputy Lieutenant for Greater Manchester

Business interests

Director of We Are GSI Ltd