Register of director interests – 2025/26
Date: November 2025
| REGISTER OF DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS – 2025/26 (LAST UPDATED 03/11/2025) | ||||||
| NAME | POSITION HELD | FIRST APPOINTED | DESCRIPTION OF INTERESTS (INCLUDING DECLARED/CATEGORIES) | RELEVANT DATES | DECLARATION COMMENTARY | |
| FROM | TO | |||||
| NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS | ||||||
| ARUNA MEHTA | Chair | 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 it’s a mental health 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 (2nd Term) |
Registrant Council Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council | 01/09/2018 | Present | No perceived conflict |
| Member IFR panel NCL Intergrated Care Board (3) | 05/04/2020 | Present | No perceived conflict | |||
| Spouse is a journalist specialising in health and social care | No perceived conflict | |||||
| Nurse member, Liverpool Community health Independent Investigation, NHSE | 08/05/2024 | Present | No perceived conflict | |||
| JANUSZ JANKOWSKI | Non-Executive Director | 01 November 2022 (2nd 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 | |||
| SABRINA PHILLIPS | Non-Executive Director | 01 September 2025 (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 (2nd Term) |
Professor Emeritus, University of Westminster | 01/08/2025 | Present | None remunerated position. 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 | |||
| Spouse elected Leader of Hertfordshire County Council | 20/05/2025 | Present | Potential conflict of interests as the Trust have contracts with HCC. As Leader, he is very unlikely to get involved in the detail of any contracts. Will withdraw from any business in relation to HCC discussed by the Tavistock and Portman. | |||
| Closed interest: | ||||||
| Deputy Vice Chancellor Education, University of Westminster | 06/01/2020 | 31/07/2025 | Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with University of Westminster | |||
| 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 Camden) | 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. | |||
| 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 | |||
| JONATHAN BELL | Interim Chief Finance Officer | 12 May 2025 | Trustee, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland | 09/10/2017 | Present | No perceived conflict – This is unpaid. |
| Spouse is a Finance Manager at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) | 03/07/2023 | Present | No perceived conflict – Will withdraw from business decisions in competition with UCLH | |||
| CLARE SCOTT | Chief Nursing Officer | 27 July 2023 | NIL RETURN | |||
| ROD BOOTH | Director of Strategy, Transformation & Business Development | 26 June 2023 | NIL RETURN | |||
| DOROTHY OTITE | Director of Corporate Governance (Interim) | 3 February 2025 | NIL RETURN | |||
| LIZ SEARLE | Interim Joint Chief Medical Officer | 3 November 2025 | Private clinical work as a Child Psychiatrist | 2013 | Present | No perceived conflict – This is outside of Trust contracted hours and does not affect NHS work or current role as interim CMO |
| SHEVA HABEL | Interim Joint Chief Medical Officer | 3 November 2025 | NIL RETURN | |||
| LEAVERS (LEFT THE TRUST DURING 2025/26) | ||||||
| DAVID LEVENSON | Senior Independent Director and Non-Executive Director | 01/09/19 – 31/08/25 | Director, The Executive Service Limited t/a Coaching Futures (1) | 01/04/2016 | N/A | |
| Academy member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales | 01/10/2020 | N/A | ||||
| GEM DAVIES | Chief People Officer | 01/02/23 – 30/09/25 | ‘Silent associate’ of Careerships, a privately run company that specialises in career coaching. | 01/10/2020 | N/A | |
| CHRIS ABBOTT | Chief Medical Officer | 21/08/2023 – 31/10/25 | NIL RETURN | |||
| JOHN LAWLOR, OBE | Chair | 06/06/22 – 31/10/25 | Chair, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | 01/08/2025 | N/A | |