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Register of director interests – 2023/24

Date: February 2024

NAME POSITION HELD FIRST APPOINTED DESCRIPTION OF INTERESTS (INCLUDING DECLARED/CATEGORIES) RELEVANT DATES DECLARATION COMMENTARY
FROM TO
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
ARUNA MEHTA Non-Executive Director 01 November 2021
(1st Term)
Director, Dr A Mehta Limited (1) 01/04/2012 Present Personal company – no conflict
Associate, The Value Circle 01/04/2020 Present Consultancy work for organisations outside of London- no conflict
Closed Interests
Non-Executive Director, Clarion Housing (1) 01/11/2013 19/11/2022 No conflict
Member, Kemnal Academy Trust 01/01/2020 01/12/2021 No conflict
Non-Executive Director, Epsom St Helier NHS Trust  (1) 01/02/2016 31/01/2024 No perceived conflict as its an acute trust in a different area
Governor, University of Greenwich (4) 01/09/2020 31/08/2023 No conflict
CLAIRE JOHNSTON Non-Executive Director 01 November 2022
(1st Term)
Registrant Council Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council 01/09/2018 Present
Chair, Our Time (3) 01/05/2018 Present Charity supporting families with serious mental illness
Member IFR panel NCL Intergrated Care Board (3) 05/04/2020 Present
Spouse is a journalist specialising in health and social care
Nurse member, Liverpool Community health Independent Investigation, NHSE 08/05/2024 Present
DAVID LEVENSON Senior Independent Director and Non-Executive Director 01 September 2019
(2nd Term)
Non-Executive Director, Industrial Dwelling Society (1) 01/01/2022 Present Registered social housing provider – no conflict
Director, The Executive Service Limited t/a Coaching Futures (1) 01/04/2016 Present Personal Service Company – provides coaching and training services – no conflict
Academy member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales 01/10/2020 Present Design and teach ICAEW Academy’s courses on Corporate Governance, paid consultancy – no conflict
Closed Interests
Non-Executive Director, Qualitas Housing CBS (1) 01/01/2022 06/12/2023 Housing provider for people with long term disabilities – no conflict
DEBORAH COLSON Non-Executive Director and Vice Chair 01 October 2017
(2nd Term)
Member of the HRA SE Thames Research Ethics Committee (REC) (unpaid) 01/11/2018 22/03/2023 Resigned from being a member HRA SE Thames Research Ethics Committee (REC) on 22/03/23.
No conflict
JANUSZ JANKOWSKI Non-Executive Director 01 November 2022
(1st Term)
Non-Executive Director RDASH NHS Doncaster (1) 01/11/2022 Present No conflict
Consultant Advisor and Provost, Dubai Medical University, United Arab Emirates 13/12/2023 Present No conflict
Hon Professor University College of London 01/02/2020 Present No conflict
Chair EU Translational Cancer Panel (3) 01/08/2022 Present No conflict
Consultant Industry ad hoc 01/08/2021 Present No conflict
Magistrate HMCTS (3) 01/11/2019 Present No conflict
Healthnix (HealthTec Start up London) 01/12/2023 Present No conflict
Closed Interests
Clinical Consultant Placement Agency ad hoc (3) 01/10/2021 01/01/2024 No conflict
JOHN LAWLOR, OBE Chair 06 June 2022
(2nd Term)
Trustee of the national charity, Think Ahead, under contract to DHSC to provide postgraduate education in mental health social work. (3) 01/09/2019 Present No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from any business in relation to Tavistock and Portman discussed by Think Ahead and vice versa
Wife is an Associate Director at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) (1) 07/04/2019 Present No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from relevant business in relation to CNTW discussed by the Tavistock and Portman
Wife is a Trustee of Carers’ Resource serving parts of West and North Yorkshire 01/07/2023 Present No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from relevant business in relation to Carers’ Resource discussed by the Tavistock and Portman
Providing advice and guidance to the Humber and North Yorkshire ICB and its associated Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism service providers to develop their Provider Collaborative 12/02/2024 Present No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from relevant business in relation to the Humber and North Yorkshire ICB and its associated Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism service discussed by the Tavistock and Portman
SABRINA PHILLIPS Associate Non-Executive Director 01 November 2022
(1st Term)
Employed by the Lambeth Living Well Network Alliance as Service Director (The alliance is a partnership of 5 organisations SLaM, SEL ICS (Lambeth),Lambeth ASC,Certitude, Thamesreach) – I am seconded out to the Alliance from SLaM (4)
Interim Deputy Chief Operating Officer at SLaM
01/01/2020

20/09/2023

Present

30/11/2023

Full time employment – No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from any business in relation to Tavistock and Portman discussed by the Alliance.
SAL JARVIS Non-Executive Director 01 November 2022
(1st Term)
Deputy Vice Chancellor Education, University of Westminster 06/01/2020 23/02/2023 Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with University of Westminster
Governor, Londale PNI School, Brittan Way, Stevenage 18/09/2018 Present No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from business decisions in relation to the school as discussed by The Tavistock and Portman
SHALINI SEQUEIRA Non-Executive Director 01 November 2021
(1st Term)
Director, Sonnet Consulting Services Limited (1) 10/07/2018 Present Personal company for consulting work – no conflict
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
ELISA REYES-SIMPSON Interim Chief Education and Training Officer and Dean of Postgraduate Studies 16 June 2022 Company Secretary Simpson Practice Ltd (1) 19/11/2004 Present No perceived conflict – Small psychotherapy private practice.  As there are no direct referrals from the NHS and no link to Tavistock & Portman clinical services.
GEM DAVIES Chief People Officer 1 February 2022 ‘Silent associate’ of Careerships, a privately run company that specialises in career coaching. 01/10/2020 Present No perceived conflict – This is unpaid.
MICHAEL HOLLAND Chief Executive Officer 14 November 2022 Senior Fellow at London School of Economics. Lead and teach module on Quality Management in Healthcare on MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management. Also occasionally undertake consulting work with LSE Enterprise as part of role. 01/07/2010 Present No conflict – This is a paid post at £10,375 per year.
Executive Fellow at King’s Business School. Occasional lectures and speaking engagements. Collaborate with KBS faculty to co-create research projects. 01/04/2020 Present No conflict – This is unpaid
SALLY HODGES Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Clinical Operating Officer 12 November 2016 NIL RETURN
PETER O’NEILL Interim Chief Financial Officer 15 May 2023 NIL RETURN
CLARE SCOTT Chief Nursing Officer 27 July 2023 NIL RETURN
CHRIS ABBOTT Chief Medical Officer 21 August 2023 NIL RETURN
ADEWALE KADIRI Director of Corporate Governance 7 August 2023 Partner is an NHS GP in Ipswich, Suffolk 01/10/2023 Present No conflict – no connection to the Trust
ROD BOOTH Director of Strategy, Transformation & Business Development 26 June 2023 NIL RETURN
JANE MEGGITT Director of Communications & Engagement 24 April 2023 NIL RETURN