Register of board members' interests
Updated 2 April 2026
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1. Jeff Halliwell
Appointed from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2024. Reappointed to 31 March 2027 and then 31 March 2030.
1.1 Current interests
- chair of BPHA social housing association, Bedford, from May 2024
- deputy chair of the Sea Fish Industry Authority, from May 2021
- director of Colborough Ltd (personal service company), from December 2012
- liveryman of Worshipful Company of Marketors (city livery company)
- freeman of the City of London
1.2 Previous interests
- non-executive director of Symbols Worldwide Ltd (trading as Widgit), from January 2021 to December 2024
- chair of independent review into NATS technical issue, from October 2023 to November 2024
- director and chair of Copptech UK Ltd, from September 2022 to 21 May 2024
- chair of Electricity North West Customer Engagement Group, from January 2019 to April 2023
- chair of Transport Focus, from February 2021 to March 2022
- director of Transport Focus Wales Ltd, from February 2019 to December 2021
- director of Transport Focus Scotland Ltd, from February 2019 to December 2021
- board member of Consumer Council for Water, from June 2021 to November 2021
- governor of University of Northampton, from December 2016 to July 2021
2. Jayne Scott
Appointed from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2022. Reappointed to 31 March 2025 and then 31 March 2028.
2.1 Current interests
- non-executive director of the National Energy System Operator, from 1 February 2025
- non-executive director of Nuclear Restoration Services Limited, from 1 October 2024
- chair of joint audit panel for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Metropolitan Police Service, from May 2023
- chair of Private Healthcare Information Network, from February 2022
- external member of the audit committee for the Information Commissioner’s Office, from September 2021
- non-executive director of the Scottish Government, from January 2021
- member of Electricity North West Limited’s consumer engagement group, from May 2019
- partner in Scott Ross Partnership, a consultancy business undertaking various assignments for public sector organisations, from August 1999
2.2 Previous interests
- chair of Electricity North West Limited’s independent oversight group, from September 2023 to January 2025
- trustee of Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust, to September 2024
- board member and chair of Audit and Risk Committee NHS Counter Fraud Authority, from October 2018 to October 2023
- chair of SGN stakeholder advisory panel, from December 2018 to February 2022
- Scottish Canals audit and risk committee member, from November 2020 to January 2022
- deputy chair and chair of audit committee of the Private Healthcare Information Network, from May 2015 to January 2022
3. Kate Denham
Appointed from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027. Reappointed to 31 March 2032.
3.1 Current interests
- non-executive advisor of Evelina London Women’s and Children’s Hospital (clinical group of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust), from September 2024
- trustee of Coeliac UK, from 2023
- member of consumer expert panel at Office of Rail and Road, from 2021
- non-executive director and chair of ARAC, Transport Focus, from 2018
- director of the Public Good Company (consultancy), from January 2017
3.2 Previous interests
- trustee of Babyzone UK, from April 2021 to April 2022
4. David Brooks
Appointed from 1 February 2022 to 31 March 2025. Reappointed to 31 March 2028.
4.1 Current interests
- board member of Rural Payments Agency, from March 2026
4.2 Previous interests
- board member and chair of audit and risk committee for North Hampshire Urgent Care (NHUC), from May 2018 to March 2026
- board member and chair of audit and risk committee for Seafish, from April 2021 to March 2026
- board member of Camgrain Ltd, from July 2024 to February 2026
- board member of Camgrain Stores Ltd, from July 2024 to February 2026
- board member of Navara Out Milling Ltd, from July 2025 to February 2026
- non-executive director of Realtime Holdings Ltd, from June 2023 to July 2025
- non-executive director of Ebuyer UK Ltd, from June 2023 to July 2025
- board advisor for Jardox Ltd, from January 2021 to August 2024
- non-executive director of Futures Housing Group, from July 2017 to July 2024
5. Bev Smith
Appointed from 1 February 2023 to 31 March 2026. Reappointed to 31 March 2029.
5.1 Current interests
- chair of the Local Government Boundary Commission England, from January 2026
- independent adjudicator to local government in Wales, from May 2024
5.2 Previous interests
- non-executive director of Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales, from June 2022 to November 2025
- chair of Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru, from February 2022 to November 2025
- trustee of Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, until November 2022
- chair of Active Together sports partnership, until September 2022
- director of Bev Smith Consultancy Ltd from April 2022 (dormant company)
- chief executive North West Leicestershire District Council, from 2017 to April 2022
6. Lisa Pinney MBE, BSc (Hons), MA, MSc, CIWM, CEnv
Appointed from 1 June 2018 to 31 March 2020. Reappointed to 31 March 2023 and then 31 March 2026. Confirmed to 30 June 2026.
6.1 Current interests
- fellow of the Windsor Castle Leadership Society, from 23 November 2021
6.2 Previous interests
- advisory non-executive board member at Ausurus Group Ltd (parent body of European Metal Recycling Ltd Group), from 3 October 2022 to 1 April 2026
- trustee of the council of the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust, from 21 July 2020 to 31 March 2026. Appointed chair from 16 January 2021 to 31 March 2026
- board member of the Association of Chief Executives (ACE), from November 2021 to November 2025
- member of HMP Stafford external advice and scrutiny panel for equality, diversity and faith, from November 2019 to March 2025
7. Paul Frammingham, BA (Hons), ACMA
Appointed from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2014. Reappointed to 31 March 2017, then 31 March 2020, then 31 March 2023, then 31 March 2026 and then 31 March 2029.
7.1 Current interests
- none
7.2 Previous interests
- none
8. Carl Banton
Appointed from 22 March 2021 to 31 March 2023. Reappointed to 31 March 2026 and then 31 March 2029.
8.1 Current interests
- none
8.2 Previous interests
- vice-chair of governors at High Oakham Primary School, Mansfield
- chair of governors at High Oakham Primary School, Mansfield