Register of director interests – 2024/25
Date: March 2025
| 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 (2nd Term) | Director, Dr A Mehta Limited (1) | 01/04/2012 | Present | Personal company – no conflict |
| Chair Surrey and Borders Partnership FT | 01/04/2024 | Present | No perceived conflict as its an acute trust in a different area | |||
| Associate, The Value Circle | 01/04/2020 | Present | Consultancy work for organisations outside of London- no conflict | |||
| CLAIRE JOHNSTON | Non-Executive Director | 01 November 2022 (1st Term) |
Registrant Council Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council | 01/09/2018 | Present | |
| 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 | ||||
| Closed Interests | ||||||
| Chair, Our Time (3) | 01/05/2018 | 01/05/2024 | Charity supporting families with serious mental illness | |||
| DAVID LEVENSON | Senior Independent Director and Non-Executive Director | 01 September 2019 (2nd Term) |
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, Industrial Dwelling Society (1) | 01/01/2022 | 31/05/2024 | Registered social housing provider – 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 | |||
| Healthnix (HealthTec Start up London) | 01/12/2023 | Present | No conflict | |||
| Closed Interests | ||||||
| Magistrate HMCTS (3) | 01/11/2019 | 01/04/2024 | 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 any business in relation to CNTW discussed by the Tavistock and Portman | |||
| Employed in the Humber and North Yorkshire ICS and its associated Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism service providers to develop their Provider Collaborative/JV working up to one day per week. | 11/02/2024 | Present | No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from any business in relation to the Humber and North Yorkshire ICS and its associated Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism providers discussed by the Tavistock and Portman and vice versa. | |||
| SABRINA PHILLIPS | Associate Non-Executive Director | 01 November 2022 (1st Term) |
Employed as a Managing Director, adult mental health and learning disability services at Central and North West London NHS FT | 04/03/2024 | Present | Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with CNWL |
| SAL JARVIS | Non-Executive Director | 01 November 2022 (1st Term) |
Deputy Vice Chancellor Education, University of Westminster | 06/01/2020 | 31/07/2025 | 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 | |||
| Trustee Laurel Trust (Charity working in partnership with schools) | 09/12/2024 | Present | No perceived conflict | |||
| SHALINI SEQUEIRA | Non-Executive Director | 01 November 2021 (2nd Term) | Director, Sonnet Consulting Services Limited (1) | 10/07/2018 | Present | Personal company for consulting work – no conflict |
| KEN BATTY | Non-Executive Director | 01 April 2024 (1st Term) | Council member QMUL, which included Barts and the London Medical School | 01/01/2022 | Present | No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with QMUL, Barts and London Medical School |
| Chair, Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons Trust based in Camden (3) | 01/09/2019 | Present | No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with MOSAIC LGBT+ Young Persons Trust | |||
| Vice Chair, Inner Circle Educational Trust (provides support for Looked After Children in Canden) | 01/10/2020 | Present | No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with Inner Circle Educational Trust | |||
| Independent Chair, Nominations Committee Royal College of Emergency Medicine which is a professional body. (3) | 01/02/2021 | Present | No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with Royal College of Emergency Medicine | |||
| Independent member Appointments Board Nursing & Midwifery Council | 01/08/2024 | Present | No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with Nursing & Midwifery Council | |||
| Independent Panel Member for Mayoral Appointments at the GLA | 31/10/2024 | Present | No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with GLA | |||
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS | ||||||
| MARK FREESTONE | Chief Education and Training Officer and Dean of Postgraduate Studies | 10 June 2024 | Honorary position as Professor of Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London | 05/06/2024 | 04/06/2027 | Will withdraw from any business decisions relating to QMUL. |
| Director, North Thames NIHR ARC (Applied Research Collaboration) | 01/04/2021 | 31/08/2025 | No conflict to declare as T&P is a member of the ARC | |||
| Director, Mark Freestone Consulting | 08/11/2012 | Present | Forensic Mental Health Research Consultancy (Sole trader). No direct conflict of interest. | |||
| Honorary Senior Researcher, East London NHS Foundation Trust | 01/07/2013 | 31/07/2026 | Will withdraw from any business decisions relating to ELFT | |||
| Staff Trustee of the Tavistock and Portman Charity | 18/11/2024 | 17/11/2027 | No perceived conflict. To note the Charity’s stated purpose is to support the Trust. | |||
| GEM DAVIES | Chief People Officer | 1 February 2023 | ‘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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| ROD BOOTH | Director of Strategy, Transformation & Business Development | 26 June 2023 | NIL RETURN | |||
| JANE MEGGITT | Director of Communications & Engagement | 24 April 2023 | NIL RETURN | |||
| DOROTHY OTITE | Director of Corporate Governance (Interim) | 3 February 2025 | NIL RETURN | |||
| LEAVERS (LEFT THE TRUST DURING 2024/25) | ||||||
| SALLY HODGES | Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Clinical Operating Officer | 12/11/2016 – 31/08/2024 | NIL RETURN | Sally left the Trust in August 2024 | ||
| ADEWALE KADIRI | Director of Corporate Governance | 07/08/2023 – 31/01/2025 | Partner is an NHS GP in Ipswich, Suffolk | 01/10/2023 | 31/01/2025 | Ade left the Trust in February 2025 |