Committee members

This is the current list of APC members, detailing their occupations and connections to related organisations, and any relevant share-holdings.

Members and register of interests

There are currently 14 members of the committee (including the chair).

Ms Sara Nathan OBE
APC chairman

  • occupation: freelance journalist, with a portfolio of public positions
  • declaration of interests:
    BBC - journalist and editor 1980 to 1995
    ITN - Journalist and Editor 1995 to 1997
    Association for TV on Demand (ATVOD) - member, 2010 -
    BBC Trust - compliance consultancy, 2008 -
    Brighton and Sussex Medical School/Bristol Medical School - GMC lay visitor,  2006-2009
    Financial Times - freelance journalist
    Judicial Appointments Commission - member 2006-
    Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority - member,  1998 to 2005, and  August 2006 - December 2006.
    PhonepayPlus - member, 2002-2008
    Independent commission on youth crime and antisocial behaviour - member and chair of custody subgroup, 2008-2010
    Solicitors Regulation Authority - member, 2010 -
    shareholder: GlaxoSmithKline

Professor Hannah Buchanan-Smith BSc PhD

  • occupation: professor behaviour and evolution research group, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling
  • declaration of interestss:
    Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour - member
    Blair Drummond Safari Park Ethics - member
    European Marmoset Research Group - member
    International Primatological Society - member
    IUCN Species Survival Commission, primate specialist group, neotropical section - member
    Linnaean Society - fellow
    Primate Society of Great Britain - council member and captive care working party member
    Universities Federation of Animal Welfare - member
    Scottish Primate Welfare Group - member
    consultant: primate housing husbandry, positive reinforcement training and welfare for pharmaceutical companies and CROs, research collaboration with Covance Laboratories

Mr Mike Dennis BSc (Hon) Microbiology, Professional Certificate of Management

  • occupation: research scientist, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • declaration of interests:
    Health Protection Agency - scientific leader, project licence holder, Home Office liaison ethics committee - member
    Laboratory Animals Science Association - editorial Board from 2006
    Laboratory Animals Science Association - member

Dr John Doe PhD, DipRCPath, CIBiol, MIBiol

  • occupation: partner, Parker Doe Partnership LLP
  • declaration of interests:
    Laboratory Animal Science Association - council member
    European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) - member of scientific committee
    International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) - member of steering group
    Health and Environmental Sciences Institute's  agricultural chemicals safety assessment technical committee - member of steering group
    British Toxicology Society - member
    shareholder: AstraZeneca, ICI, Syngenta, Lloyds TSB, HBOS (self and spouse)

Dr Simon Glendinning BA BPhil DPhil

  • occupation: Fellow in European Philosophy in the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science
  • declaration of interests: none 

Dr Penny Hawkins BSc PhD

  • occupation: deputy head, research animals department, science group, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • declaration of interests:
    Council of Europe Working Party for the Revision of Convention 123 - convenor and member
    RSPCA - member
    Cancer Research UK - member of local ethical review process
    Novartis - member of local ethical review process
    University of Sussex - member of local ethical review process
    Society for Experimental Biology - member

Dr Peter Hunt MPhil PhD MIBiol FIAT

  • occupation: biological standards officer, Cardiff University
  • declaration of interests:
    Institute of Biology - member
    Institute of Animal Technology - fellow
    Laboratory Animals Science Association - member
    Universities training group, quality assurance group - member

Ms Hilary Newiss BA

  • occupation: solicitor (non-practising); intellectual property lawyer and consultant; trustee and non-executive director with a portfolio of interests and appointments
  • declaration of interests:
    Advisory Panel for Public Sector Information – member
    Bioindustry Association – former member
    Denton Hall – former partner and head of intellectual property
    Development Board of Somerville College, Oxford University – deputy chair
    Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Appeals Committee – deputy chair
    National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care – member
    Roslin Foundation, Edinburgh – trustee and non-executive director
    Roslin Institute, Edinburgh – former trustee and non-executive director
    Shares in GSK and Astra Zeneca

Dr Ian S Peers PhD Med BSc

  • occupation: director statistics, Astra Zeneca
  • declaration of interests:
    Royal Statistical Society - fellow
    University of Manchester Board of Studies Msc biostatistics - member
    Astra Zeneca ethical review process - member
    AstraZeneca non-human primate expert group - member
    shareholder: AstraZeneca (self and spouse)

Professor John Pickard BA MA MB BChir FRCS MChir FRCS F Med Sci

  • occupation: professor of neurosurgery, University of Cambridge; chairman and clinical director Wolson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge; director of studies for medical sciences, St Catherines College, Cambridge
  • declaration of interests:
    Medicam and Technicam - founder trustee; chairman of research committee
    Society of British Neurological Surgeons - president-elect
    Academy of Medical Sciences - fellow and chairman sectional committee 5
    Royal Society of Medicine, clinical neurosciences section - member of council
    Medtronic International Advisory Board - member
    Codman, Medtronic, Braun, Merck - department of neurosurgery project funding
    Pharmaceutical industry - occasional advice GSK, Merck etc
    MRC College of Experts - member; programme grant holder
    British Journal of Neurosurgery - editor
    Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery - editor
    Editorial boards (various) - member
    NICE Interventional Procedures - specialist advisor
    Royal College of Anaesthetists, working party on brain-stem death - member; brain guarantor
    Research Defence Society - member

Dr Mark Prescott BSc PhD

  • occupation: programme manager, National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
  • declaration of interests:
    Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour - member
    Council of Europe Working Party for revision of ETS 123 - member
    World Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals - observer
    European Commission Ethical Review Panel - member
    European Federation for Primatology - member
    European Marmoset Research Group - member
    International Primatology Society - member; member of captive care committee
    Laboratory Animal Science Association - member
    Primate Society of Great Britain - member; convenor of captive care working party
    Scottish Primate Research Group - honorary fellow
    Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - member
    Centre for Macaques - member of ethical review process

Dr Kenneth Simpson BMSc(Hons) MBChB (Hons)MSc MD FRCP (Edin)

  • occupation: Scottish liver transplantation unit, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
  • declaration of interests:
    Bristol Myers Squibb - member of medical advisory board
    Novartis - member of medical advisory board
    Roche - member of medical advisory board
    Astellas - sponsorship to attend international scientific meetings
    Roche - sponsorship to attend international scientific meetings

Dr David Smith MPhil CBiol MSB PhD Reg. Tox (IOB) EUROTOX FBTS

  • occupation: senior director AstraZeneca
  • declaration of interests:
    Laboratory Animal Science Association - president
    Federation of European Animal Science Associations - board member
    European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations - member of research and animal welfare committee
    Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry - member of Research and Animal Welfare ad hoc group
    MRC Centre for Macaques - chair of local ethical review process
    British Toxicology Society - fellow; NC3Rs board member 2004-2008
    shareholder: AstraZeneca

Mrs Sarah Wolfensohn BSc MA VetMB Cert LAS FSB Dip ECLAM MRCVS

  • occupation: independent veterinary consultant
  • declaration of interests:
    American Association of Laboratory Animal Science - member
    Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care – ad hoc consultant
    Biotech Industry - welfare advisor
    British Veterinary Association - member
    European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians - member
    European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine - diplomate
    International Primatological Society - member
    Institute of Biology - fellow
    Laboratory Animals Ltd - member
    Laboratory Animal Veterinary Association - member
    Laboratory Animal Science Association - member
    Primate Society of Great Britain - member
    Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons - member; Recognised specialist in laboratory animal science
    RSPCA – consultant
    University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Science - special lecturer in laboratory animal welfare and science
    University of London Institute of Zoology - lecturer in wild animal health
    Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - member

Members are required to:

  • observe the principles endorsed by the Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life and comply with this code
  • declare any personal or business interest which may, or may be perceived (by a reasonable member of the public), to influence their judgement

The APC's code of conduct can be found in the annex to the annual report. Please check in the current annual report in Publications.

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