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Current APC Members and Register of Interests


There are currently 14 members of the Committee (including the Chairman).

Members are required to observe the Seven Principles of Public Life endorsed by the Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life and to comply with this Code, and to declare any personal or business interest which may, or may be perceived (by a reasonable member of the public), to influence their judgment. This includes, as a minimum, personal direct and indirect pecuniary interests, and will normally also include such interests of close family members and of people living in the same household.

Name Occupation Organisation Nature of Interest
Ms Sara Nathan
(APC Chairman)
Freelance journalist, with a portfolio of public positions
BBC Journalist and Editor 1980 to 1995
ITN Journalist and Editor 1995 to 1997
Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority        Member 1998 to 2005
Member August 2006 - December 2006.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel Member 2000 - March 2006
BBC Trust Compliance consultancy
Brighton and Sussex Medical School GMC lay visitor
Financial Times Freelance journalist
Judicial Appointments Commission Member from 2006
Phone payPlus Member from 2002
GlaxoSmithKline Shareholder
Judicial Appointments Commission  Member from 2006
Dr John Doe PhD, DipRCPath, CIBiol, MIBiol, Head of Health Assessment, Syngenta A.G
Laboratory Animal Science Association Council member
European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) Member of Scientific Committee
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Member of Steering Group
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute, Agricultural Chemicals Safety Assessment Technical Committee Member of Steering group
British Toxicology Society Member
  Member and Spouse Shareholder for AstraZeneca, ICI, Syngenta, Lloyds TSB, HBOS.
Dr Michael Festing MSc PhD DSc FIBiol Cstat 

 

 

Retired/ freelance consultant

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRAME Trustee and Chairman of "Reduction" Committee
Cambridge University Module 5 Lecturer
Bioscientific Events Module 5 Lecturer
Royal Veterinary College Module 5 Lecturer
Harlan UK Consultant geneticist
University of Leicester Consultant Statistician to the ERP
NC3Rs Member of Board of Management
Institute of Laboratory Animals Research USA Council Member
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Member
American College of Laboratory Animal Science Honorary Member
Laboratory Animal Science Association Member
Research for Health Dr Simon Festing (son) is Director
 

Member and/or spouse is a Shareholder to AstraZeneca, GSK, Alizyme, Akambis, Cambridge Antibody, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Celltech.

Dr Simon Glendinning BA BPhil DPhil Fellow in European Philosophy in the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science None

Dr Penny Hawkins BSc PhD

Deputy Head, Research Animals Department. Science Group,

Royal Society for the Protection of Animals
Council of Europe Working Party for the Revision of Convention 123 Convenor and member
RSPCA Member
Member of local ethical review process Cancer Research UK
Member of local ethical review process Novartis
Member of local ethical review process University of Sussex
Society for Experimental Biology Member
Dr Robert Hubrecht BSc PhD  CBiol FiBiol Deputy Director, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
UFAW 3R's liaison group Chair
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Member and Deputy Director
Laboratory Animal Science Association Member and Covenor of Alternatives Section
International Society for Applied Ethology Member
Primate Society of Great Britain Observer for ISAE
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Member
International Primate Society Member and UFAW representative
European Marmoset Research Group Member
American Association of Laboratory Animal Scientists Member
European Marmoset Research Group Member
Research Defence Society Member
Boyd Group Member
IAMS Animal Welfare Advisory Board European Chair
Centre for Macaques ERP Member
Open University ERP Member
Dr Peter Hunt MPhil PhD MIBiol FIAT Biological Standards Officer, Cardiff University
Institute of Biology Member
Institute of Animal Technology Fellow
Laboratory Animals Science Association Member
Universities Training Group Member Quality Assurance Group
Mr Robert Kemp Retired animal technician
AstraZeneca Shareholder
Institute of Animal Technology Chairman of Council
Universities Accreditation Group Member
B & K/HLS Lectuter on NACWO course
Institute of Biology Fellow
Huntingdon Life Sciences Shareholder
ICI Shareholder
Professor Keith Kendrick BA, PhD, CBiol, FIBiol Head of Cognitive and Behavourial Neuroscience, The Babraham Institute and Gresham College Professor of Physic London
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Member
BBSRC Research Grants, PPL and PIL
British Neuroscience Association Member
Gresham Society Member
Institute of Biology Fellow
Physiological Society Member
Society for Neuroscience Member
Professor Timothy Morris BVM PhD MRCVS  

Director of Equine Science and Welfare
British Horseracing Authority

American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Member 
Association fot the Assessment & Accreditation of Lab Animal Care International Member of European Council on Accreditation
British Horse Racing Authority
(2008-) Executive
Employer 
BEVA  Member 
British Veterinary Association Member
ECLAM and ESLAV Foundation Secretary
European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Diplomate
GlaxoSmithKline Employee & Shareholder
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Member of canine research ethics committee
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Member Laboratory Animal Science Board
Institute of Animal Technology Hon Vice President
Institute of Biology Fellow
Laboratory Animals Ltd Chairman
Ministry of Defence Animal Welfare Advisory Committee Member
Royal Society of Medicine Fellow
University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Science Special Professor of Laboratory Animal Welfare and Science
Professor Dawn Oliver Professor of Constitutional Law, University of London 
GlaxoSmithKline Husband has shares
Professor John Pickard BA MA MB BChir FRCS MChir FRCS F Med Sci

Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge.

Chairman and Clinical Director Wolson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge

Director of Studies for Medical Sciences, St Catherines College, Cambridge

Medicam and Technicam Founder Trustee: Chairman of Research Committee

 

Society of British Neurological Surgeons President-Elect

 

Academy of Medical Sciences Fellow and Chairman Sectional Committee 5

Royal Society of Medicine Clinical Neurosciences Section Member of Council

Medtronic International Advisory Board: Member
Codman, Medtronic, Braun, Merck Department of Neurosurgery project funding
Pharmaceutical Industry

Occasional advice GSK, Merck etc
MRC College of Experts Member; Programme Grant Holder
Brit. J Neurosurgery Editor
Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery Editor
Editorial Boards - Various Member
NICE Interventional Procedures Specialist advisor
Royal College of Anaesthetists Working party on Brainstem death – member. Brain Guarantor
Research Defence Society Member
Dr Mark Prescott BSc PhD Programme Manager, National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Member
Council of Europe Working Party for revision of ETS 123 Member, Observer for World Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals
European Commission Ethical Review Panel Member
European Federation for Primatology Member
European Marmoset Research Group Member
International Primatology Society
Member, Member of Captive Care Committee
Laboratory Animal Science Association Member
Primate Society of Great Britain Member, Convenor of Captive Care Working Party
Scottish Primate Research Group Honorary Fellow
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Member
Centre for Macaques Member of Ethical Review Process
Dr Kenneth Simpson BMSc(Hons)
MBChB (Hons)MSc MD FRCP (Edin)
Scottish Liver Transplantation Unit
Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh
Bristol Myers Squibb

Member of medical advisory board

Novartis

Member of medical advisory board

Roche

Member of medical advisory board

Astellas Sponsorship to attend international scientific meetings
Roche Sponsorship to attend international scientific meetings

The register of members' interests is updated whenever we are notified of any changes and is published in the APC's Annual Report.


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