Declarations of interest

Interests of Governors and co-opted committee members

CategoryNameInterest DeclaredOther charitable interestsComments
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Alistair Fitt

Governor, Oxford Brookes University

Director, OIA (The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education)

(04823842) (1/9/2016 - present)

Director and Chair, Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership Ltd.

(09519056) (31/3/2015 - present) NB: Chair since March 2023

Chair, Finance & Audit Committee, Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (09519056)

Director and Chair, Oxford Brookes (Services) Ltd. (03208864) (1/2/2015 - present)

Director and Trustee, The Oxford Trust (01898691) (19/9/2014 - present)

Director and Chair, Oxford Brookes Enterprises Ltd. (02299189) (12/6/2014 - present)

Director, Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd. (05874405) (1/5/2012 - present)

Director, University Alliance (08137679) (01/09/2019 – present)

Director, Supercluster Board (15865463) (30/07/2024 – present)

Member, Employers’ Pension Forum (August 2018 - present)



Wife, Professor Anne Trefethen is PVC at Oxford University

Wife, Professor Anne Trefethen is Trustee of Oxford University and a member of Oxford University Council

Wife, Professor Anne Trefethen is Director of Glasgow School of Art (SC002271) (26/7/2021- present)

Students’ RepresentativeKofi Owusu-Aidoo (from 10.06.24)President of the Students’ UnionNil return 
Students’ Representative

Jacob Callicott (until 11.06.24)

President of the Students’ UnionNil return 
Independent GovernorJohn Zealley

Trustee, Chartered Management Institute

Chair, Chartered Management Consulting Oversight Board

Warden, Worshipful Company of Marketors

Chair, Paddington Waterways & Maida Vale Society

Chair, Little Venice Garden Amenity Ltd

Managing Director, Waterside Associates Ltd – Business Advisory Firm

Direct Shareholdings:

Accenture, Unilever, Astra Zeneca, Blackrock, IMI, Jardine Matheson

Sue Whalley, Spouse
  • Senior Executive, Associated British Foods
  • Non Executive Director, Centrica plc
Independent GovernorSimon JonesMember of Audit Committee, Jisc (supplier)Owner of a property adjacent to Marston Road CampusWife
  • Director of Harberton Heights Management Company 
  • Committee member of John Garne Way Allotments Association
Independent GovernorLyn WilliamsTrustee - Uniac Pension Fund (for Unilever)Trustee at the following charities:
  • New Life Nyambene
  • Oxford Community Work Agency
  • Aylesbury Festival Choir
 
Independent GovernorSimon MumfordNil returnConsultant for Pinsent Masons LLP and Cabinet Office/Infrastructure Projects Authority
 
Independent GovernorAnkush NandraNon-Executive Director and Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee for Bankers Investment Trust plc
Senior Vice President – Head of Group Planning and Finance Business Partnering at AstraZeneca Plc 
Independent GovernorKaren Hayzen-SmithChief Financial Officer – James Fisher and Sons plc and its subsidiaries
  
Independent GovernorAnup Mysoor Headington Rye Oxford School: Independent Governor

Oxfam: Independent Member, Pensions and Investment Sub-Committee (Pensions and Investment is a sub-committee of the Audit and Risk Committee of Oxfam GB’s Board)


 
Independent GovernorOsama RahmanFull-time salaried employee of the Office for National StatisticsMember of the Advisory Board of Discover Economics 
Independent GovernorSarah StevensDirector of Policy, Russell Group  
Independent GovernorPaul Feldman


Board member HEANet (Republic of Ireland)

 
Independent GovernorJulia Harrington 

Trustee of CIO Neuroscience for Teachers

BrainCanDo

Member of Council Chartered College of Teaching

 
Independent Governor
Jill Duffy
Group Managing Director, UK Education, Cambridge University Press & Assessment. This role includes being Chief Executive of OCR exam board.

Independent Governor
Jonathan Norburn
Full-time employment with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Homeowner / resident in Central Headington

Independent Governor
Rex Knight

Associate of Advance HE, principally participating in reviews of university governance.

Independent consultant offering services in higher education

USS pensioner

External member Finance and Audit Committee, Science Media Centre


Co-opted member of the Board (Students’ Representative)Alieda Gomez de Caso VillarNil return


 
Co-opted member of Finance & Resources CommitteeWilliam DongerThomas White Oxford - CEO  
Co-opted member of the Audit and Risk CommitteeMike McEnaney

Non-executive director South Central Ambulance Service FT

Non-executive director Royal Berkshire Hospital FT

  
Staff Governor (Teaching)Mariama Sheriff

Online English teaching for MTS Global UK

Teaching at the University of Oxford

  
Staff Governor (Non-Teaching)Maritza Miranda-PachonNil ReturnOBU - Deputy Director ASA – Strategic Change and Planning