Mr Ian Squires BA (Hons)
Ian an independent governor and Chair of the Board of Governors. Ian is also the Chair of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Finance Performance Committee, the People and Culture Committee, and the Remuneration Committee.
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Ian Squires Independent governor
Chair of the Board of Governors (remunerated)
Chair of the Nominations Committee
Freelance broadcast and media consultant
Royal Shakespeare Company 212481 (since 2014)
Birmingham Royal Ballet 1061012 (since 2015)
BRB Production Services Ltd. 09170372 (since 2016)
Leicester Theatre Trust Ltd. 230708 (since 2016)
Curve Productions Ltd. 09288490 (since 2017)
None declared None declared All shareholdings and financial interests are held through a general investment account, over which Mr Squires has no direct influence. That function is carried out by a financial advisor.
Board member, Birmingham City University (2005-2009)
Council member, University of Birmingham (2008-2009)
None declared
28 September 2020
Ms Dianne Buchanan MA (Hons) ACA Dianne is an independent governor, and a member of the Finance and Performance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
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Dianne Buchanan
Independent governor
Chief Financial Officer, Tusker Direct Ltd.
Buchanan Financial Consulting Ltd. (since 2019)
Member, ICAEW
None declared WPP plc <1% Tusker Direct Ltd < 3%
None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Lisa Capper BA (Hons) MBA Lisa is an independent governor and a member of the Audit Committee.
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Lisa Capper Independent governor
Principal and Director of Education and Skills, Nacro
None declared None declared None declared None declared Previous employee of North Warwickshire and Hinckley FE College
None declared
28 September 2020
Mrs Catherine Clarke Catherine is an independent governor and a member of the Finance and Performance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
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Catherine Clarke
Independent governor
None declared None declared None declared None declared Holdings of less than 1% each in 3i Group, BT Group, Ceva, Royal Mail plc, Vodafone Group, BGF Investments LP, and BGF Ventures LP
None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Mr Phil Clarke BA (Hons) Phil is an independent governor, and a member of the Finance and Performance Committee and the Nominations Committee.
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Phil Clarke Independent governor
Non-executive Director, Riverford Organic Farmers Ltd
Riverford Organic Farmers Ltd. 03731570 (since April 2018) Waters Reach (Staverton) Ltd. 06395335 (since 2011) Woodslea Ltd. 07112709 (since 2009)
None declared None declared Any shares held are part of tracker funds and not selected by Mr Clarke.
None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Professor Andy Collop BEng PhD DSc CEng FIHT Andy is the Interim Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive and an ex-officio member of the Board of Governors. Andy is an ex-officio member of the Ethics Committee, the Finance and Performance Committee, the Nominations Committee, the People and Culture Committee, and he is the Chair of the Executive Board.
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Andy Collop Ex-officio governor
Interim Vice-Chancellor, DMU
De Montfort Expertise Ltd. 02360101 (since 2011)
Member of Advisory Board, The Urban Equestrian Academy (since 2019) Honorary Editor, Road Materials and Pavement Design (since 2019)
One relative studying at DMU
None declared Honorary Professor, University of Science and Technology, Beijing (since 2015)
None declared
28 September 2020
Professor Fiona Cownie FAcSS FRSA PFHEA Fiona is an independent governor and Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors. Fiona is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
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Fiona Cownie Independent governor
None declared None declared None declared None declared Lloyds Bank 1% The shares are held in a portfolio managed on Fiona’s behalf by an investment company.
Previously employed at Keele University, the University of Leicester, and the University of Hull Alumna of the University of Leicester, the London School of Economics, and the University of Bristol Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London University External examiner at Birkbeck, University of London
None declared
28 September 2020
Undertook consultancy work for Sheffield Hallam University (June – July 2018) Professor Emerita, Keele University
28 September 2020
Dr Rob Hull MA PhD Rob is an independent member of the Board of Governors and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations Committee.
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Rob Hull Independent governor
None declared New City College Group (since 2019) Cripplegate Foundation (since 2008)
Chair of the Board, Islington Giving (since 2017)
None declared Yes None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Ms Mehrunnisa Lalani MA Mehrunnisa is an independent governor and a member of the People and Culture Committee and the Nominations Committee.
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Mehrunnisa Lalani
Independent governor
None declared Sara (Leicester) Ltd (since 2016)
Non-executive director, United Hospitals of Birmingham BUS Foundation Trust (since 2018) Member, Leicester City Independent Remuneration Panel (since 2019) Independent member, Leicester Police and Crime Commissioner’s Panel (since 2017) Lay adjudicator/ panel member, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (since 2015)
None declared Santander plc <1%
None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Mr Jon Lees BA (Hons) PgCert MBA Jon is the elected professional services staff representative to the Board of Governors.
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Jon Lees Staff governor Deputy Director, Student and Academic Services, DMU
Dorothy Goodman School 8071851 (since 2012)
None declared None declared None declared None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Mr Paul McNicoll MA ACMI Paul is the Academic Board-nominated staff representative to the Board of Governors and a member of the Nominations Committee.
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Paul McNicoll Staff governor Associate Professor Student Experience (ADH), DMU
None declared None declared One relative employed at DMU
None declared Dean of Design and Technology, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London (previous role)
None declared
28 September 2020
Ms Sara Pierson BA (Hons) MBA Sara is an independent governor and a member of the Ethics Committee and the People and Culture Committee.
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Sara Pierson Independent governor
Director of Examinations, British Council
BC Education Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd. (since 2015) IELTS Inc. (since 2015) IELTS UK Services Ltd 11664808 (since 2019)
None declared None declared None declared None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Miss Diya Rattanpal LLB (Hons) Diya is the student representative on the Board of Governors and a member of the Ethics Committee and the Nominations Committee.
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Diya Rattanpal Student governor
None declared De Montfort Students’ Union (since 2019)
Executive Officer, De Montfort Students’ Union (since 2019)
Partner studying at DMU
None declared None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Ms Jasvinder Sanghera CBE BA (Hons) Jasvinder is an independent governor, the Chair of the Ethics Committee, and a member of the People and Culture Committee.
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Jasvinder Sanghera
Independent governor Chair of the Ethics Committee
None declared JJ Associates (Yorkshire) Ltd. 10570259 (since 2017)
Independent Safeguarding Chair, Leeds City Safeguarding Partnership (since 2019) Acting Interim Chair, Karma Nirvana (since 2019)
None declared None declared None declared Jasvinder is the Board of Governors’ representative for DSU, which is a charity and therefore she acts in the role of an external trustee.
28 September 2020
Ms Bev Shears PgDip MA FRSA Chartered CCIPD FIoD Bev is an independent governor, Chair of the People and Culture Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
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Bev Shears Independent governor Chair of the People and Culture Committee
None declared Blue Amaranth Consulting Ltd 08376747 (since 2013)
Member public appointment, British Transport Police Authority (since 2017) Non-executive director, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (since 2018) Associate hospital manager, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (since 2017) Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (since 1986)
None declared None declared None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Member, Institute of Directors/RSA (since 2001, 2009)
28 September 2020
Dr Richard Snape MA (Cantab) MEng PhD Richard is the elected academic staff representative to the Board of Governors.
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Richard Snape Staff governor Senior Lecturer in Engineering Science and Mathematics, DMU
None declared Vice-Chair (DMU Branch), University and College Union (since 2018)
One relative studying at DMU.
None declared None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Mr Peter Tansley BA (Hons) CGMA CIMA CMIIA Peter is an independent governor and the Chair of the Audit Committee.
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Peter Tansley Independent governor Chair of the Audit Committee (remunerated)
Director of Internal Audit, BBC
None declared Vice Chair of Governing Body, St. Bartholemew’s Academy, Coventry (since 2014) Qualified Member, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (since 2000) Qualified Member, Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (since 2004)
None declared None declared None declared None declared
28 September 2020
Mr Dan Toner BA (Hons) Dan is an independent governor. Dan is the Chair of the Finance and Performance Committee, and a member of the Ethics Committee.
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employment Directorships/ trusteeships
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Dan Toner Independent governor Chair of the Finance and Performance Committee (remunerated)
General Counsel, NHS Track and Trace Programme, Department of Health and Social Care
GC Advisory Ltd 12842648 (since 2020)
General Counsel, NHS Test and Trace (since 2020)
None declared Spire Healthcare Group plc <1% 2Pedalz Limited 30% GC Advisory Ltd 100% Various shares in UK quoted companies held in a SIPP, changing over time but none being a material shareholding (all less than 0.001% of market capital)
None declared None declared
28 September 2020