Trustees Register of interests
Ms Alison Johns
Employment
CEO, AdvanceHE
Professional bodies
Honorary Fellow of the Association of Higher Education Professionals (Previously AUA, the Association of University Administrators)
Member CIPD
Offices held
St Andrews University:
Deputy Chair of Court (The governing body); elected September 2024
Chancellor’s Assessor (representative of and for the Chancellor of the University)
Convenor (Chair) of the Governance and Nominations Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Lay Member of the Court
ACU – The Association of Commonwealth Universities:
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Member of NAOA- The Ukraine Higher Education International Quality Advisory Board
British Council – Member of Going Global: The advisory board for the British Council’s flagship higher education global conference
Uzbekistan – Member of the TNE (Trans-national Education Network) for Uzbekistan
Arab Universities Association: Member of the ARELEN Board for Leadership of and in Arab Universities
Honorary Fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University
Consultancies directorships
Please see above as a number of these roles cross over from formal memberships of HE bodies to advisory roles and NED roles.
Patient groups
N/A
Shares over £10,000
N/A
Hospitality over £500 in last 12 months
N/A
Eligible
Yes
Dr Jeanette Dickson
Employment
Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East and North Herts NHS Trust
Professional bodies
Member of clinical forum and Council member – United Kingdom Lung Cancer Coalition (UKLCC) since March 2020
Fellow, the Royal College of Radiologists, 1997 – present
Fellow, the Royal College of Physicians in London, 2022 – present
Member, British Thoracic Oncology Group, 2005 – present
Offices held
Trustee — Mount Vernon Hospital Postgraduate Charity — since 2002
Associate — Hospice of St Francis Charity since 2015 (Clinical trustee 2013-2015)
Consultancies directorships
Clinical expert, West London Total Lung Health Check (TLHC) tender programme, 2023
UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board, ex-officio member April 2024 — present
The Board has been set up to be independent (but funded by DHSC).
Chair, GRAIL Clinical Advisory Board, December 2024 — present
GRAIL is a biotech company looking at early cancer detection using DNA.
Member, Oversight Group, Review of National School of Healthcare Science- November
2024 — present
Member, Leng Review Professional Stakeholder Group – December 2024 — present
Patient groups
N/A
Shares over £10,000
N/A
Hospitality over £500 in last 12 months
Astellas – payment for lecture delivered November 2022
(two lectures delivered in 2022 for Total Radiology but both were paid to the
Royal College of Radiologists)
Eligible
Yes
Mr Graham Smith
Employment
N/A
Professional bodies
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales
Offices held
N/A
Consultancies directorships
Trustee of Trelya
Patient groups
N/A
Shares over £10,000
N/A
Hospitality over £500 in last 12 months
N/A
Eligible
Yes
Mr David Stout
Employment
N/A
Professional bodies
N/A
Offices held
N/A
Consultancies directorships
Director, David Stout Associates Ltd.
Trustee, New River Trust
Trustee, National Fire Chiefs Council
Member of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel
Non-Executive Director — West London NHS Trust
Patient groups
N/A
Shares over £10,000
N/A
Hospitality over £500 in last 12 months
N/A
Eligible
Yes
Mr Richard Bernstein
Employment
Head of Compliance, JM Finn & Co Ltd, 25 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7AH
Member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Professional bodies
Trustee at the Printing Charity and vice-chair of the Investment Committee (Will be
Chairperson from November 2024)
Member of CISI Ethics & Integrity Committee and Compliance Forum
Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association (PIMFA) – Chair of
Regulatory Committee.
Roding Valley High School – Governor
Offices held
Chair of Audit Committee, Oriel College, University of Oxford
Trustee, The Barrows Charitable Trust (1008930)
Member, the North Cotswold Schools Academy Trust
Consultancies directorships
N/A
Patient groups
N/A
Shares over £10,000
40 shares in JM Finn & Co Ltd (private unlisted)
Also, >£10,000 in the below exchange-traded funds and Investment Trusts which are
listed entities.
- HSBC ETFs PLC
- iShares II PLC
- Vanguard Funds PLC
- Wisdom Tree PLC
- Blackrock World Mining Trust PLC
- Law Debenture Corporation PLC
- Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC
Hospitality over £500 in last 12 months
N/A
Eligible
Yes
Dr Daniele Bryden
Employment
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Professional bodies
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Offices held
Dean, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Council member, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Council member, Royal College of Physicians
Member, Finance and Resource Board, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Consultancies directorships
Professional Adviser, Parliamentary Health Services Ombudsman
Professional Adviser, Parliamentary Health Services Ombudsman of Wales
(Both roles are ad hoc provision of paid professional advice).
General Medical Council Associate, Registration and Certification Appeals
Patient groups
N/A
Shares over £10,000
Shares held in externally managed funds
Hospitality over £500 in last 12 months
N/A
Eligible
Yes
Professor Kamila Hawthorne
Employment
GP at Glan Cynon Surgery, Mountain Ash in Wales
Chair of RCGP Council, seconded from Swansea University
Professional bodies
Fellow of the Royal College of GPs
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators
Bevan Commissioner
Trustee Board member of the Kings Fund
Trustee Board member of Moondance Cancer Wales
Member of Society for Academic Primary Care
Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
Offices held
Chair of Royal College of GPs
Consultancies directorships
N/A
Patient groups
N/A
Shares over £10,000
N/A
Hospitality over £500 in last 12 months
N/A
Eligible
Yes
Professor Bernie Chang
Employment
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultant and Partner at Newmedica, North Lincolnshire and Goole
Visiting Chair in Ophthalmology, UNIMAS, Malaysia
Professional bodies
Fellow of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK
Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Founding Member of The British Oculoplastics Surgery Society
Member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Member of HCSA
Offices held
Advisory role at HBS UK
Member of Devices Advisory Team, MHRA
Senior International Examiner, RCOphth
Member of Medical Advisory Team, BOPSS
Consultancies directorships
Provide medicolegal reports and expert witness expertise on an ad hoc basis.
Advisory role for HBS UK Ltd, looking at pathways and insourcing work in the health sector. Main
work is with AXA PMI. This will be a paid role (though on an ad hoc basis).
Expert advisor on Devices for MHRA – ad hoc consultancy.
Clinical and principal investigator to Santen and Roche for Clinical trials at LTHT.
Patient groups
N/A
Shares over £10,000
Newmedica, NLAG. value in excess of £10,000
Palantir, value in excess of £10,000.
Hospitality over £500 in last 12 months
Nov 2022 – travel and accommodation expenses for guest speaking at Ophthalmology
Meeting in Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan (£4000 approx value).
Dec 2022 – travel and accommodation as named lecturer at Panhellenic ophthalmology
society annual congress (£1000 approx value).
Flights and accommodation for the examiner role at RCOphth to Islamabad at approx £3500
Flight, stipend and hotel sponsored by Santen for meeting in Japan worth £3500
Flight and hotel for meeting in Spain worth £1000 sponsored by Roche
Eligible
Yes