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Wider Impacts Beyond Food Safety Risk Assessment (2024)

Annex 2- Declarations of Interest

Last updated: 26 November 2024

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The Wider Impact Working Group members were asked to declare all relevant interests within the past 5 years as a default and also to consider whether there were any other interests dating to before this which could be relevant, and if so, declare these. 

The external experts were selected to participate in this project because of their backgrounds, however Science Council were responsible for managing the project and preparing the report. The interests of the external experts were not considered by Science Council to represent conflicts that would affect the conclusions of this report. 

FSA Science Council 

Prof. John O’Brien (Chair) 

Updated: 13 June 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • The Food Observatory, Founder and Director (2018-present). 

  • Nestlé SA, Head of Food Safety & Integrity Research Programme (until 2018). 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work: 

  • Scientific Advisory Board, Danone Food Safety Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands (2018-present). 

  • Elsevier Ltd, Editor, Trends in Food Science & Technology (2021-present).  

  • Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd - Consultancy on probiotic products (Oct 2024-Oct 2025). 

  • Book Reviewer.  Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA (up to 2019). 

  • ThermoFisher Scientific Inc. USA (2018-2022). 

  • Crème Global, Dublin, Ireland, Consultancy project on food factory risk management (up to 2019). 

  • Arthur D. Little, Consultancy on Food Quality Management (up to 2021). 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Member, External Affairs Advisory Committee, IFST (UK). 

  • Chair, External Advisory Board, Nutrition Innovation Centre for Diet and Health (NICHE), University of Ulster. 

Other personal interests:  

  • Spouse worked for Johnson & Johnson Inc. (up to 2020). 

Non-personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC, Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK), FIFST 

  • Society of Toxicology. 

  • Institute of Food Technologists. 

  • Society for Risk Analysis. 

  • Society of Chemical Industry. 

  • Association of Official Analytical Chemists. 

  • International Association for Food Protection. 

  • Non-Executive Board Member and Deputy Chair, Campden BRI. 

Non-industrial funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships: 

  • Institute of Food Science & Technology, UK (2020-2023). 

Land and property: 

  • None 

Other public appointments 

  • None 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • Strategic Advisory Committee, Need For Nutrition Education/Innovation Programme (NNEDPRO), Cambridge, UK. 

Others: 

  • Work experience (industry and government) prior to 2016 regarding safety aspects of aspartame and other sweeteners and the use of nitrite and nitrate as additives in meat products. 

Prof. Peter Borriello CB 

Updated: 11 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Chief Executive of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (Retired) 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • Chair of the RUMA independent scientific group.  

  • World Organisation on Animal Health (WOAH on AMR). 

  • World Bank on AMR. 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • Trustee of Safe Medicines for Animals (SMArt), but no income from industry.  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Prof. Emily Burton 

Updated: 11 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Nottingham Trent University. 

  • Member, FSA Advisory Committee on Animal Feedstuffs. 

  • Member, FSA Science Committee.  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • PhD examiner for UK universities in the fields of animal nutrition, animal production, animal health and aquaculture. 

  • Reviewer for Polish Governmental Grant funding board in field of animal health. 

Shareholdings:  

  • Shareholdings in Si Active Ltd - Company number 06932163. 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA) European Working Group on Poultry Nutrition: UK representative.  

  • WPSA UK branch member.  

  • Women’s Institute member.  

  • Egg and Poultry Industry Conference committee member. 

Other personal interests:  

  • Husband (Gordon Burton) is chair of governors for Bleasby Primary School. 

  • Director: Egg and Poultry Industry Conference Ltd.  

  • Director: British Poultry Science Ltd.  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • Perry Foundation (Charity) funding of a PhD in poultry production.  

  • BBSRC funding of PhDs in poultry production. 

Indirect support:  

  • Leadership of a research group that, through commissioning of research or other work or through providing advice, receives funding from the following companies: Alltech, AB Vista, AB Agri, ForFarmers, Kemin, Avara, Two Sisters Food Group, Danisco, Deep Branch Biotech, Clonbiotech, Fluidquip Technologies, Green Plains Bioethanol, Entec, Flybox, Premier Nutrition. 

Trusteeships:  

  • Trustee: Gordon Memorial Trust Trustee: British Poultry Science Trust. 

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Others: 

  • Husband (Gordon Burton) sometimes professionally advises UK Sport and / or National Governing Bodies of sports on their strategy or more granular advice on improving athlete performance. 

  • Husband (Gordon Burton) is a lay member of the FSA Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT).  

  • Regularly invited to speak at conferences and meetings by the NFU and other industry and charitable agri-sector organisations.  

  • Applied (unsuccessfully) for EU funding bids in collaboration with Celtic Sea Minerals. 

Prof. Peter Gregory 

Updated: 19 January 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • None 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • Chair, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Recommended List Board. 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:   

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • Honorary Fellow National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB). 

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • Partner Alreside Meadow LLP. 

Other public appointments:  

  • None 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Jaqueline Healing 

Updated: 12 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • None  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • Working as a freelance consultant in Food Safety and Quality. 

Shareholdings:  

  • Shareholder in J Sainsbury. 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Board member of the Society of Food Hygiene and technology. 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Others: 

  • I am a volunteer at the Citizens Advice Bureau on the Isle of Wight. 

Claire Nicholson 

Updated: 11 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • From 2013-2020 Lay member of the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes. 

  • From 2014-2020 Independent Director of consumer Interests at Red Tractor Assured Farm Standards. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • My husband, Robert Toms is partner at Smedvig Ventures a small private equity company with direct investments in early-stage tech companies primarily in Northern Europe, and indirect investments via buy-out funds globally. Smedvig Ventures has a portfolio of direct investments mainly in technology/software businesses. The full list can be viewed at https://smedvig.vc/portfolio/. Robert currently leads on 8 of the portfolio companies.  None of the companies where my husband takes the lead have any food related activities.  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • I am a trustee of Reading Foundation, a small educational charity associated with Reading School.  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • I have recently been appointed to be the lay member for the British Pharmacopoeia Commission. 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Others: 

  • My son Kieran Toms is a Medical Doctor, (formerly at Barts NHS healthcare trust) currently undertaking a PhD at Institut Pasteur in Paris. His research is about the host and bacterial factors involved in Listeria monocytogenes invasion of the central nervous system. 

Prof. Tom Oliver 

Updated: 5 December 2023 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • University of Reading (Research Dean for Environment).  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None.  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:   

  • Research Funding from UKRI (recent grants): UKRI – INCAF- Integrating Nature-Climate Scenarios & Analytics for Financial Decision-Making (Jan 2023-Apr 2026). 

  • NERC International - EMPOWER- Empowering citizen and community adaptation to systemic risks from climate change (2021).  

  • NERC- Drivers of UK Insect Declines. UKRI SysRisk - Systemic environmental risk analysis for threats to UK recovery from COVID-19.   

  • Green Finance Institute funding- Nature-Climate Risks to Finance (Apr 2023-Dec 2023). 

  • VKRF foundation- Catalyst for biocentric governance and awareness (Oct 2024-Oct 2026). 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • Trustee for Wild about Wallingford charity. 

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Others: 

  • Defra secondment:  2019-2021 Defra Senior Fellowship —Defra Systems Research Programme ‘design authority’. 

  • Go-Science secondment: Mar 2022-Oct 2023 – Specialist methods advisor   

  • Office for Environmental Protection (OEP): 25 YEP monitoring report draft (26.11.21- 03.12.21)- Peer Review Dr. Dave Hughes, I interacted with Dr. Hughes during his role at Defra.  

  • Author of popular science book with publisher W&N, “The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of Our Connection to Each Other and the Natural World” (Jan 2023). 

Prof. Simon Pearson 

Updated: 29 February 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Director Lincoln Institute of Agri Food Technology, The University of Lincoln.  

  • Member FSA Science Council.  

  • Director Freiston Associates Ltd.  

  • Director Fruitcast.AI Ltd.  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • Advisor to Xihelm Ltd (non-fee paying). 

Shareholdings:  

  • Fruitcast.AI. 

  • Frieston Associates Ltd. 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • Honorary Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE). 

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB). 

  • Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (FIAgrE).  

Non-industry funding:  

  • BBSRC, EPSRC, IUK, Research England, NERC, STFC, H2020. 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • Trustee Douglas Bomford Trust.  

Land and property:  

  • House in Lincolnshire. 

Other public appointments:  

  • Member BBSRC SAF SAP (to April 2024).  

  • Chair IUK-Bridge AI Advisory Group.  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Others: 

  • My wife is Director of CERES Agri-Tech at the University of Cambridge, Board Member of Horticulture Crop Protection Ltd and Freiston Associates Ltd.   

  • I am former interim CEO of Agaricus Robotics Ltd.   

  • Ongoing Innovate UK projects with Dogtooth Robotics, Wootsano, Xihelm, Agaricus Robotics, Muddy Machines, Moy Park, Nissan UK, British Aerospace, Meggitt, Leonardo, Househams, ARWAC, Oxdrive, Berry Gardens, Eyre Trailers, APS Produce. 

  • Former CoChair Defra Robotics and Automation Review with SoS.  

  • Former food manufacturing lead for Made Smarter Review. 

Prof. Richard Smith 

Updated: 28 February 2024. 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Professor of Public Health Economics and Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Exeter. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • No consultancies for industry – only for FSA itself and organizations such as the World Bank.  Other than FSA no consultancy would be related to food. 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • Non-Executive Director, South West Academic Health Science Network – current. 

  • Non-Executive Director, Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Truro, Jan 2019-May 2022.  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Prof. Michael Tildesley 

Updated: 29 February 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Professor in the Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research at the University of Warwick.  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • Consultancy for the Animal and Plant Health Agency on spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza work (2022-23).  

  • Expert Witness work regarding COVID-19 transmission (2022-23). 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modelling Operational Group during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:   

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Prof. Jonathan Wastling 

Updated: 13 June 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Brunel University (2023-), London, Keele University (2015 - 2023). 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • UKRI (Selection panel work) (Ongoing); Cambridge University - Press editor of Parasitology (Ongoing). 

Shareholdings:  

  • BP (<£1000). 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Governor - Oswestry School, Shropshire. 

Other personal interests:  

  • Spouse is an employee of Liverpool University. 

  • Parents-in-law run a farming business in Cheshire. 

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  •  Songbird Survival Trust. 

Land and property:  

  • Family farms: 400 acres mixed arable/livestock in Cheshire and Shropshire. 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

External Experts 

 

Kate Burns 

Updated: 11 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:   

  • CEO Islander Rathlin Kelp  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • Major shareholder in Islander Kelp Ltd. 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Director Causeway Coast Maritime Heritage Ltd. 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • Trustee and Chairperson, the Leslie Foundation. 

  • Trustee Belfast Met Charitable Trust.  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • Board member the Marine Institute (Ireland). 

  • Board member the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority. 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Dr Alison Cave 

Updated: 13 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Chief Safety Officer, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Dr Eliza Capuzzo

Updated: 14 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Senior Marine Ecosystem Scientist, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS).  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Prof. Julian Cooper 

Updated: 5 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • 1980 – 2015 British Sugar/AB Sugar. Retired (2015), Pension: Associated British Foods.  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • (2015 – Present) 342 Consulting Ltd – Owner/Director, Consultancy to the food industry: Client projects on reformulation, sugar chemistry, food science and technology.  

  • Sugar Workshops for World Sugar Research Organisation, Sugar Workshops for ABF Companies.  

  • Review of projects for beet seed companies – KWS and Sesvanderhave. 

Shareholdings:  

  • Shares in BP, Shell & Aviva. 

  • Landlord for 3 properties (shareholding in management companies). 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Fellow Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST), Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry, Chartered Chemist, Chartered Scientist.  

  • Council member of British Society of Sugar Technologists, Friend of Campden. 

Other personal interests:  

  • Visiting Professor University of Reading. 

  • Visiting Lecturer University of Surrey.  

  • Research Board member Supplant, Cambridge.  

  • Assessor for Innovate UK.  

  • Member of Expert Panel EU.  

  • Licence Reviewer Science Council.  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None 

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Sue Davies 

Updated: 12 April 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Which? (salary).  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • Member of Food and Drink Sector Council.  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Suzanne Eckford 

Updated: 2 April 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Head of International Office at UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD).  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Dr Stephen French 

Updated: 11 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Scientific Policy Director, Institute of Food Science and Technology.  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • My wife and I are directors in my company, Scientific Intelligence Ltd., and consult for Food and Health businesses on various science and nutrition topics. 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Visiting Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, UK.  

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, USA. 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

Others: 

  • Governor, The Nottingham High School. 

 

Prof. Joanne Harrold 

Updated: 14 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Dean of Psychology, University of Liverpool. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • Co-ordinator on a grant from the European Commission (paid to the University of Liverpool) for the Horizon 2020 project SWEET (Sweeteners and sweetness enhancers: impact on health, diet, safety and sustainability). 

Indirect support:  

  • PI on funding (paid to the University of Liverpool) from the American Beverage Association for the SWITCH study examining Effects of non-nutritive sweetened beverages on appetite during active weight loss. 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Prof. Anthony Heyes 

Updated: 28 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Birmingham. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Julie Hill 

Updated: 13 June 2024 

Personal: 

Direct employment:  

  • Non-Executive Board Member, Office for Environmental Protection.  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None regular. 

Shareholdings:  

  • Husband has managed portfolio of shares. 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Belong to a number of gardening, heritage and arts organisations. 

Other personal interests:  

  • Fellow and Chair of Institution of Environmental Sciences.  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • Private rented income. 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Dr Greg Jones 

Updated: 6 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Microbiologist, Campden BRI. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Alec Kyriakides 

Updated: 29 February 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Independent Food Safety Consultant, Director – Campden BRI. 

  • Former Head of Technical Operations – Sainsbury’s.  

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • Chair – BRCGS International Advisory Board. 

  • Chair / Member – Safe to Trade Technical Standards Committee / Independent Governance Board. 

  • Food safety consultant to various food manufacturers and retailers in the UK, Europe and globally. 

Shareholdings:  

  • J Sainsbury plc. 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Member of the International Association of Food Protection. 

  • Honorary Fellow of the Society of Food Hygiene. 

Other personal interests:  

  • Honorary Lecturer – Queen’s University Belfast  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST).  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • Trustee – Institute of Food Science and Technology.  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • Member – Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food.  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Prof. John Mathers 

Updated: 3 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Professor of Human Nutrition, Newcastle University. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • Editor-in-Chief, British Journal of Nutrition. 

  • Member of Scientific Advisory Board for Migros (Estavayer Lait S.A., Switzerland). Ended in August 2019. 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • Member of The Nutrition Society. 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

 Non-Personal Interests   

Fellowships:  

  • None 

Non-industry funding:  

  • Research grant from the World Cancer Research Fund. 

Indirect support:  

  • None  

Trusteeships:  

  • Trustee of the Rank Prize. 

  • Trustee of the British Nutrition Foundation. 

Land and property:  

  • None  

Other public appointments:  

  • Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Healthy Diet, Healthy Life.  

  • Chair, World Cancer Research Fund International Grants Panel.  

  • Member, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Panel.  

  • Member, Strategic Advisory Board for NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal. 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None  

 

Dr Emeir McSorley 

Updated: 14 May 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:

  • Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition, Ulster University. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • Research grants received to investigate the health benefits of seaweeds and extracts from seaweed. 

  • Nutrition Society, UK (Jan 2018, £2500, study ”The effect of a dietary fibre (DF) extract from seaweed on post-prandial glucose absorption and satiety”). 

  • Dept. of Agriculture and Food FIRM, Ireland (Dec 2013, £191602, study “Seaweed as a source of non-digestible complex polysaccharide components for the development of novel prebiotic ingredients for the functional food industry (PI)”). 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Dr Kelly Parsons 

Updated: 9 July 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • None 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • None 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None  

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

Dr Nicola Randall 

Updated: 8 March 2024 

Personal Interests: 

Direct employment:  

  • Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Agriculture, Harper-Adams. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work:  

  • 2023/24- Paid consultant on a project entitled: “Review of foresight methods: Future risks and opportunities to the EU.” Novel foods are not a key part of this project but may be included (Funder- European Commission Joint Research Centre). 

  • 2021/2022. Principle Investigator on a funded project entitled: “Food and Feed Safety Vulnerabilities in Circular Economy – A Critical Review”. My employer was paid for my time spent on this project. As part of the project, we investigated potential risks associated with novel food and feed products. (Funder: European Food Safety Authority). 

Shareholdings:  

  • None 

Clubs and other organisations:  

  • None 

Other personal interests:  

  • None  

Non-Personal Interests: 

Fellowships:  

  • None  

Non-industry funding:  

  • 2023/2024- Advisor on a project that includes risk scenarios. Novel foods are not a key part but may be included. My employer has received funding for my time on this project entitled: “Science and Innovation Scenarios for the Natural Environment 2042.” (Funder Natural England). 

Indirect support:  

  • None 

Trusteeships:  

  • None  

Land and property:  

  • None 

Other public appointments:  

  • None 

Other non-personal interests:  

  • None 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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