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A retired judge of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division.

A senior executive in the NHS with specific responsibility for patient advocacy.

Committees: Health & Wellbeing (Co-Chair), Finance

Previous experience at AXA Investment Managers, Royal Bank of Canada and Hambros Bank. Experienced across all classes of fixed income debt with a wide variety of clients.

Commitees: Finance

His specific areas of medical negligence expertise are claims arising from birth and paediatric injury, anaesthetic and neurosurgical accidents, and he has experience of most types of claims arising from failures to diagnose and treat.
In the 1990s he dealt with many product liability claims arising from the use of contaminated growth hormone which caused Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and represented the families of CJD victims at the BSE inquiry. He has spent a good part of the last decade running a group action against Sanofi on behalf of the injured children of epileptic women who took sodium valproate during pregnancy.

Commitees: Health & Wellbeing

• Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore
• Director of Strategy & External Affairs, RNOH, Stanmore
• Past President, British Orthopaedic Association
• Training Programme Director, RNOH/Royal Free Training Programme
• Member of Council, Royal College of Surgeons
• Chair of Federation of Specialist Hospitals
• Founder Member of Specialist Orthopaedic Alliance
• Chair of National Reference Group for Specialist Orthopaedics

Committees: Research, Health & Wellbeing

Before that in the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester. An experienced researcher into many aspects of policy relating to disability, ageing and care.

Committees: Research (Chair), Health & Wellbeing

Expert in financial services and consumer affairs, a writer and broadcaster, contributor to The Times, and presenter of the BBC’s “You and Yours” programme 1982-1996. Qualified solicitor.

Committees: Finance

Former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners and former member of the Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board. Founder and inaugural Chairman of the Academy of Medical Educators. International work has included support for medical training in Egypt and Libya. International expert on the training and certification of GPs. Author of a large number of medical textbooks and research publications.

Committees: Finance, Research, Health & Wellbeing

Lecturer and broadcaster on financial matters. Member of Lord Hodgson’s 2012 review of the Charities Act 2006.

Committees: Finance

A specialist in pensions risk, dealing with the interaction of investments and pensions. Second degree in e-commerce.

Committees: Finance (Chair)