BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD REGISTER OF INTERESTS OF BOARD MEMBERS. British Library Board Secretariat

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1 BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD REGISTER OF INTERESTS OF BOARD MEMBERS British Library Board Secretariat 1

2 REGISTER OF INTERESTS OF BOARD MEMBERS PURPOSE OF THE REGISTER The purpose of the Register of Interests of Members of the British Library Board is to list direct or indirect pecuniary interests or other material benefits appropriate to the body s activities that a Member receives which members of the public might reasonably think could lead to a conflict of interest arising in his or her participation in the decisions of the British Library Board, or action taken in his or her capacity as a Member of the British Library Board. In line with Cabinet Office guidance, Board members should also register the interests of close family members and persons living in the same household as the Board member. Close family members include personal partners, parents, children (adult and minor), brothers, sisters, and the personal partners of these. Members are required to keep that overall purpose in mind when registering their interests. It is left to individual Members to give the required information; each Member is ultimately responsible for his or her own entry. Registration of interests is an additional safeguard against the inadvertent omission of Members declaration of any relevant interest at the time when they contribute to the discussions, considerations and decisions of the Board or when they communicate with other Members or with Library Management or staff. THE CATEGORIES OF REGISTERABLE INTERESTS British Library Board Members register their interests under six categories, which are represented by the following headings. The Acceptance of Gifts and Hospitality is covered elsewhere in the Code of Practice. When considering what interests to register, members should consider their own position under each of the categories and that of relevant family members and persons living in the same household as the member. 1. Remunerated Directorships, Partnerships and Trusteeships Members are required to register remunerated directorships, partnerships or trusteeships which they may hold in public or private companies, partnerships or trusts with which the Library is currently contractually involved or where there is some reasonable likelihood of a future contractual involvement. This also applies to directorships which may themselves be unremunerated but where the companies in question are associated with or subsidiaries of a company in which the Member holds a remunerated directorship., office, profession etc. Members are required to register outside employment, professions and sources of remuneration not covered elsewhere. However, this would apply only to connections with public or private companies with which the Library is currently contractually involved or where there is some reasonable likelihood of a future contractual involvement. 2

3 Members are required to register the name of any public or private company or other body in which, to their knowledge, they have a beneficial interest in a shareholding having a nominal value greater than 1% of the issued share capital of the company or body. This requirement applies only to public or private companies with which the Library is currently contractually involved or where there is some reasonable likelihood of a future contractual involvement. The requirement does not apply to shareholdings controlled on a discretionary basis by investment managers and which are outside the Member s day to day control. Members are required to register the details of any land or property in which the Member has a direct interest. This requirement applies only in circumstances where the Library is contractually involved or where there is some reasonable likelihood of a future contractual involvement in relation to that land or property. This is for use by Members wishing to register interests, including unremunerated interests, which do not clearly fall within any of the specific categories above but which they consider to be relevant to the definition of the Register s purpose. 6. Other interests Members register their other interests under this section. Members are not required to disclose the amount of any remuneration or benefit they receive in respect of their registerable interests. ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AND INSPECTION The Secretary writes to all Board Members to ask them to submit an up-to-date list of all their interests. He maintains and updates the Register during the year. It is the responsibility of Members to notify changes in their registerable interests to the Secretary of the Board whenever they arise. The Register is reviewed at least annually by the Secretary, who writes to Board Members asking them to confirm its accuracy or notify the Secretary of any other changes. The Board Audit Committee formally considers the resulting Register of Interests on a regular basis. 3

4 Baroness Blackstone (CHAIRMAN) 1. Remunerated Directorships etc Chairman, British Library Board Chair, British Lung Foundation Chair, Orbit Housing Group Chair, Franco-British Council Member, House of Lords (01/07/17) 4

5 David Barclay (DEPUTY CHAIRMAN) Senior Independent Director, Wates Group Limited Non-Executive Director, Wessex Water Limited, Wessex Water Services Limited and YTL Land & Property (UK) Limited 5

6 Dr Robert Black CBE Non-Executive Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Chair, Audit Committee of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Honorary Vice President, Shelter (Scotland) Member of Court, University of Edinburgh Chair of the Board of Fiscal Affairs Scotland (Charity) 6

7 Jonathan Callaway Part time author and writer of journal articles Director and Trustee, Battersea Arts Centre Deputy Chairman, Putney Society (registered charity) Director, International Bank Note Society 7

8 Tracy Chevalier Author President, Royal Literary Fund Board Member, Danenberg Oberlin in London Program Member of Advisory Council, Society of Authors Ambassador, Woodland Trust Patron, John Soane Museum Patron, Lyme Regis Museum Patron, Dorchester Literary Festival Husband is Trustee of The Internet Watch Foundation Husband is Member of the UK Government Taskforce: Growing Up Digital Social friendship with a director of Stanhope PLC Recipient of Public Lending Right author payments 8

9 Martin Dickson 9

10 Lord (Robin) Janvrin (from 1 January 2017) Senior Advisor, HSBC Private Bank (UK) Prime Minister s Trade Envoy to Turkey Chairman of the Entente Cordiale Scholarship Scheme Trustee of the Normandy Memorial Trust Independent crossbench member of the House of Lords Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre for Corporate Reputation Honorary Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford 10

11 Roly Keating Chief Executive, British Library Board Non-Executive Director, Channel 4 Chairman, Knowledge Quarter London Ltd Trustee, Turner Contemporary, Margate Trustee, The British Library Trust Trustee, The Gilson Trust Trustee, The Busby Trust Trustee, American Trust for the British Library Trustee, Friends of the National Libraries Trustee, Clore Leadership Foundation 11

12 Stephen Page Non-Executive Director, BSI Group (The British Standards Institution) Non-Executive Director, TSB Banking Group plc and TSB Bank plc Independent Non-Executive Director, Nominet UK Senior advisor to PwC providing advice on growth strategy for a new business area Association Member, BUPA (02/11/17) 12

13 Patrick Plant Honorary Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Humanities at University of Manchester Trustee, The Royal London Society for Blind People Council Member of the Royal College of Art 13

14 Sir John Ritblat Delancey Real Estate Asset Management Limited Member of Delancey Real Estate Asset Management Ltd s investment committee. Chairman, Alpha Plus Group Ltd Honorary President, The British Land Company PLC President, British Ski and Snowboard Chairman, The Wallace Collection Foundation Vice President, Royal Institution Member, Tate International Council Son, Sir James Ritblat, is Chairman and CEO of Delancey Real Estate Asset Management Ltd 14

15 Simon Thurley Partner in Kingstaithe Director and shareholder, Architrave Historical Services Consultancy business conducted as part of Kingstaithe Partnership and Architrave Historical Services Chief Executive and Chief Curator of Treasure Houses of England Asia Ltd Visiting Professor of the Built Environment at Gresham College Author with contracts signed through agent David Higham Associates Trustee, Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Trustee and committee member of the Society for Court Studies Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research London Parochial Church Council member for All Saints South Lynn (20/03/16) 15

16 Professor Dame Helen Wallace Occasional modest part-time fees for lecturing and royalties for publications Chair of Trustees, Bruges-Natolin UK European Scholarships Fund Board member, Policy Network Trustee, Higher Education Policy Institute Member, Beckfoot Trust [runs a group of schools in and around Bradford] 16