Membership of the Advisory Council

CHAIR: Sir Geoffrey Vos

Master of the Rolls

DEPUTY CHAIR: David Rossington CB

Former civil servant; Vice Chair and Treasurer of Stoll; Treasurer of the Oxfordshire Community Foundation; Treasurer of Arts at the Old Fire Station; Trustee of UK Community Foundation

Lady Moira Andrews

Director, Praetor Legal Ltd, ADS Group Ltd and Digi2al Ltd; Visiting Professor, King’s College London; former Government Legal Adviser

Ms Liz Copper

BBC Senior Broadcast Journalist

Dr Nigel Fletcher

Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London; and co-founder of the Centre for Opposition Studies

Dr Helen Forde

Historian and archivist; formerly board member of the Museums and Libraries Association

Dr Helen Forde

Historian and archivist; formerly board member of the Museums and Libraries Association

Dr Peter Gooderham CMG

Former Ambadassor to the UN and WTO in Geneva

Kate Grimley Evans

A solicitor specialising in Data Protection and Freedom of Information and Managing Director of her own company, specialising in information law training and compliance audit

Stephen Hawker

A former senior security and intelligence official; independent member of the Audit Committee of Manchester Metropolitan University

Martin Howard

Retired senior security official specialising in cyber and intelligence security policy and operations. Appointed Companion of the Bath (CB)

Phillip Johnson

Barrister; Professor of Commercial Law at Cardiff University; published numerous books and articles on law and legal political history

Leon Litvack

Deputy Chair of the Forum, Professor of Victorian Studies at the Queen’s University of Belfast; specialist on Charles Dickens; board member of the Charles Dickens Museum; board member of National Museums Northern Ireland; freelance broadcaster for the BBC

Sir David Natzler

Assistant Boundary Commissioner; and retired Clerk of the House of Commons

Helene Pantelli

Solicitor specialising in commercial law; ombudsman at the Financial Ombudsman

Jonathan Scherbel-Ball

Barrister at 5RB; and member of the Attorney General’s ‘B’ Panel of Counsel

Martin Uden CB

Former Ambassador in Seoul; International Partnerships Adviser at Queen Mary University of London; Trustee of a Christian mission charity; Chairman of the British Korean Society; President of the British Korean War Veterans’ Society; published author

Mr John Wood

Solicitor; former Charity Commission for England and Wales Legal Board Member and Board Consultant; formerly Herbert Smith Freehills, Partner, then Consultant

Members of the Advisory Council are required to disclose interests they or close family members have, which might influence their judgment or which could be perceived to do so by a reasonable member of the public. Such interests include employment, directorships, shareholdings, offices held in charitable bodies and political activity. Also included in the register are land and property, and clients for whom services are provided relevant to the Council’s interests.

Further information on the Code of Practise for Members can be found on the Commissioner for Public Appointments website. This register was last updated in 2023.

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Sir Geoffrey Vos

No interests to declare

Mr David Rossington CB

• Trustee of two charities: Vice Chair and Treasurer of Stoll (housing for veterans); Treasurer and Trustee of Arts at the Old Fire Station (Oxford arts charity)
• Provides advice to the Gambling Commission on the competition for the fourth National Lottery licence and is an independent member of the Gambling Commission Committee on this competition
• Occasional independent review work for other public sector bodies, including the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Lady Moira Andrews

• Director: ADS Group Limited
• Non-executive director: Digi2al Limited
• Member of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace for London
• Visiting Professor: King’s College London

Ms Liz Copper

• Employed by the British Broadcasting Corporation on a continuing contract

Dr Helen Forde

• Trustee of Banbury Museum
• Trustee of the Marc Fitch Fund
• Member of the Friends of the Bodleian Library Council

Nigel Fletcher

No interests to declare

Dr Peter Gooderham, CMG

No interests to declare

Kate Grimley Evans

• Solicitor specialising in Data Protection and Freedom of Information and Managing Director of her own company, specialising in information law training and compliance audit
• First Tier Tribunal Panel Member

Mr Stephen Hawker

• Member of the Security Vetting Appeals Panel (Cabinet Office NDPB)
• Independent member of the Project and Programmes Board, Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
• Senior Associate, Cityforum Limited (Public Policy Analysis)
• Trustee, City Learning Trust

Mr Martin Howard

• Member of the Senior Leadership Team for Universal Defence Security Solutions

Professor Phillip Johnson

• Works with REACH plc (a newspaper publisher) on a routine basis

Professor Leon Litvack

• Trustee and Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, National Museums Northern Ireland
• Freelance broadcaster for the British Broadcasting Corporation
• Director of Tobernagee Properties Limited (a private limited company)

Sir David Natzler

• Teaching Fellow at King’s College London
• Co-Founder and Research Director at the Centre for Opposition Studies

Ms Helene Pantelli

• Employee of the Financial Ombudsman Service

Mr Jonathan Scherbel-Ball

• Barrister Member at 5RB
• Barrister Member of the Attorney General’s ‘B’ Panel of Counsel

Mr Martin Uden

Employed by Queen Mary University of London as an International Partnerships Adviser

Mr John Wood

No interests to declare