January 2024: Register of members' interests: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC)
Updated 6 January 2025
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Members of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) are required to declare any personal, political or business interests that could (or could be seen to) influence their judgement.
0.1鈥疍谤 Lesley Rushton聽
Role: Chair, and independent scientist聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years:聽
- Member, UK Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment聽
- Member, HSE Science, Engineering and Environmental Assurance Committee (SEEAC)听
Personal and business interests: none聽
Political activity: none
0.2鈥疨谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤 Raymond Agius聽
Role: Independent scientist and medical expert聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Member of the Occupational Medicine Committee, British Medical Association聽
- Member of the Council, British Medical Association聽
- Currently involved in medico-legal civil cases related to COVID-19聽
Political activity: none
0.3鈥疨谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤 John Cherrie聽
Role: Independent scientist聽
Other public appointments held at present:聽
- Member, Workplace Health Expert Committee (Health and Safety Executive)听
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Occasional medico-legal work as an expert witness or short-term consultancy work聽
Political activity: none
0.4鈥疞别蝉濒别测 贵谤补苍肠辞颈蝉听
Role: Independent legal expert聽
Other public appointments held at present:聽
- Magistrate, Ministry of Justice聽
- Justice of Peace, Family Panel聽
- Adoption Panel Member, Adopt London West, London Borough of Ealing聽
- Case examiner, Fitness to Practice Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Council聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests: none聽
Political activity: none
0.5鈥疍谤 Sally Hemming聽
Role: Representative of employers聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Member, National Health and Wellbeing at Work Forum聽
- Occasional wellbeing work as an independent practitioner聽
- Involved with academic research at the University of Loughborough and University of Derby.聽
Political activity: none
0.6鈥疨谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤 Max Henderson聽
Role: Independent scientist and medical expert聽
Other public appointments held at present:聽
- Member, Occupational Health and Mental Health Expert Advisory Groups, Joint DH鈥疍epartment for Work and Pensions (DWP)鈥疕ealth and Work Unit聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests: none聽
Political activity: none
0.7鈥疍谤 Richard Heron聽
Role: Independent medical expert聽聽
Other public appointments held at present:聽
- Member, NHSE/NHSI Health and Wellbeing Expert Advisory Group聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years:聽
- Member, NHS England Staff Health Advisory Board聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Co-chair for International Occupational Medicine Society Collaborative聽
- Senior Research Fellow at RAND Europe聽
- Part-time health and work consultancy including:聽
- Expert Advisor (Health and Work) to the World Economic Forum聽
- Advisor at Lloyds Register Foundation聽
Political activity: none
0.8鈥疍谤 Jennifer Hoyle聽
Role: Independent member with expertise in respiratory diseases聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Clinical Lead for the Strategic Clinical Network for Respiratory and Long Covid in Greater Manchester聽
- Occasional expert witness in medico-legal cases on occupational lung disease聽
Political activity: none
0.9鈥疍谤 Ian Lawson聽
Role: Representative of employers聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Chair, Society of Occupational Medicine Special Interest Group on Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome聽
Political activity: none
0.10鈥疨谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤 Damien McElvenny聽
Role: Independent scientist聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Involved in COVID related roles within his employment with the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) and the University of Manchester.聽
- Currently working on the Council鈥檚 commissioned review of respiratory diseases at the IOM where he is employed as its principal scientist.聽
- Assistant Editor, Occupational Medicine Journal.聽
- Received funding and working on a study into mortality in footballers.聽聽
Political activity: none
0.11鈥疭迟别惫别苍 惭颈迟肠丑别濒濒听
Role: Representative of employed earners聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests: none聽
Political activity:聽
- Member, Labour Party
0.12鈥疍补苍颈别濒 厂丑别补谤蝉听
Role: Representative of employed earners聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Chair, Joint HSE/Trade Unions Operational Gas Forum聽
- Vice Chair, Joint Union Asbestos in Schools Campaign聽
- Member, Health and Safety Executive Industry Advisory Committees including鈥� CONIAC and PABIAC聽
- Member, TUC Union Health and Safety Specialists Committee聽
Political activity:聽
- Member, Labour Party
0.13鈥疍谤 Chris Stenton聽
Role: Independent scientist and medical expert聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Currently involved in medico-legal civil cases relating to COVID-19 and pneumoconiosis聽
Political activity: none
0.14鈥疍谤 Sharon Stevelink聽
Role: Independent scientist聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽
- Investigator on a study on occupations and long-covid聽
Political activity: none
0.15鈥疍谤 Gareth Walters聽
Role: Independent member with expertise in respiratory diseases聽
Other public appointments held at present: none聽
Previous public appointments held within the last 5 years: none聽
Personal and business interests:聽聽
- Member of British Thoracic Society specialist advisory group on occupational and environmental lung diseases聽
Political activity: none