Governors' declared interests

  • Philippa Anderson

    Employment

    • Freelance business writer

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Non-Executive Director, Encams Enterprises Ltd - trading arm of Keep Britain Tidy (co no: 03111004)
    • Non-Executive Director, Keep Britain Tidy - social work ltd by guarantee (co no: 03496361)

    • Executive Director, Five Breams Ltd - private property company (co no: 09250835)

    • Deputy Chair, Keep Britain Tidy (co no: 107137)

    • Trustee, Keep Britain Tidy (co no: 107137)

    • Member, Society of Authors

    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    • Member, People, Finance and Resources Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    • Member, Remuneration Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • Five Breams Ltd - private property company (co no: 09250835) (shareholding of 6.5%)

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Sean Anstee

    Employment

    • Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Non-Executive Director, Fortior Homes Limited (co no: 10452164)
       
    • Member, Conservative and Unionist Party

    • Reservist, Royal Auxiliary Air Force

    • Deputy Chair and Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    • Chair, Remuneration Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University
       
    • Member, People, Finance and Resources Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    • Member, Nominations and Governance Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • Uppingham Estates (Manchester) Limited

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Saeed Atcha

    Employment

    • CEO, Youth Leads UK

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Director, Saeed Atcha Limited
    • Associate, Big Change
    • Board Member, Bolton at Home
    • Trustee, Generation: You Employed, UK and I
    • Trustee, Migrant Leaders
       
    • Trustee, Education & Employers Taskforce
       
    • Advisory Council, Care Tech Foundation
       
    • Advisor, GMCVO Social Enterprise
       
    • Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester
       
    • Fellow, RSA
       
    • Associate Fellow, RCS
       
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • Spouse – employed as a Higher Executive Officer, Department of Education, HM Government

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • David Birch

    Employment

    • Senior Advisor, McKinsey and Company

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Director, David Birch Consulting Ltd
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Chair, Finance and Resources Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Darren Dancey

    Employment

    • Head of School of Computing, Maths and Digital Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Chair, BCS Manchester Branch Committee
    • Member of BCS, Fellow of HEA

    • Governor (Staff), Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Simon Duffy

    Employment

    • None

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Chair, LWT Holdings
       
    • Chair, YouView TV Ltd
       
    • Director, Sybic Limited (dormant)
       
    • Interim Chair, Viaplay Group AB
       
    • Chair, Modern Times Group AB
       
    • Director, Manscaping Limited
       
    • Director, Avianca Group International Ltd
       
    • Director, The Really Useful Group Investments Ltd (Paid)
       
    • Chair, The Hurlingham Club, London
       
    • Governor and Chair of the Board of Governors, Manchester Metropolitan University
       
    • Chair, Nominations and Governance Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University
       
    • Member, Remuneration Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • 50% Shares in Manscaping Limited
    • 100% Shares of Sybic Limited

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Andy Forbes

    Employment

    • Head of Development for the Lifelong Education Commission, hosted by Res Publica think tank
    • UCAS Apprenticeship Champion

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Director of Triversity Ltd (wholly owned company) (co no: 13640889)
    • Trustee of Ambitious About Autism - Charity No. 1063184, (co no: 3375255)

    • Chair of Corporation, Barking and Dagenham College

    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    • Member, People, Finance and Resources Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Carlo Frondaroli

    Employment

    • CFO, Eldor Corporation SpA - Italy 

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Member, People, Finance and Resources Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Kate Green

    Employment

    • Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Director, North West Fire Control Ltd
       
    • Member, The Labour Party
       
    • Trustee, Manchester Camerata

    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    • Member, Remuneration Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • Member, The Labour Party
  • Andrew Heyn

    Employment

    • Retained on a consultancy basis as a strategic adviser to the Vice-Chancellor of Queens University, Belfast (as a resident of Northern Ireland)

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Chair and Trustee, Irrawaddy Literary Festival Charitable Trust
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Member, People, Finance and Resources Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Member, Remuneration Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Hannah Holmes

    Employment

    • Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Trustee, Prospere Learning Trust
       
    • Governor (Staff), Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • North-West Fire Control (Advisor to the Board) (Husband) 
       
    • Wirehouse Employer Services (Husband)
       
    • Non-Executive Director, Warrington Community Living (Husband)

    • Trustee, Culcheth Educational Foundation Trust (Husband)

    • Councillor, Culcheth and Glazebury Parish (Labour) (Husband)

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Bridget Lea

    Employment

    • General Manager UK, Snap Inc

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Non-Executive Director, Marstons PLC (co no: 00031461)
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Jill McCormack

    Employment

    • Deals Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (US firm)

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Family Services of Montgomery County
       
    • Professional Membership – ICAEW, AICPA
       
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    • Member, Audit and Risk Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • Director of Project Management, PM Group (Philadelphia Office)

  • Malcolm Press CBE

    Employment

    • Vice-Chancellor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Trustee, UCAS
    • Trustee, British Council
    • Board Member, Universities UK
    • Board Member, Manchester Science Partnerships
    • Chair, Oxford Road Corridor Manchester
    • Non-Executive Member, Board for the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Paid)
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Member, People, Finance and Resources Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Member, Nominations and Governance Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Sandesh Punhani

    Employment

    • Education Officer, The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Trustee, The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Governor (Student), Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Nick Read

    Employment

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit and Risk Committee & Cybersecurity Sub-Committee, Booking Holding Inc 
       
    • Chairman and Interim CEO, EXA Infrastructure
       
    • Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, Radius Global Infrastructure Inc
       
    • Senior Advisor, Global Infrastructure Partnerships 
       
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Ethan Romer

    Employment

    • President, The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Trustee, The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Governor (Student), Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Miles Rothbury

    Employment

    • Group Treasurer, Boohoo.com

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Board Member, Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Chair, Audit and Risk Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Member, Nominations and Governance Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Simon Rutter

    Employment

    • Consultant and Board member, Emergent Entertainment plc - Advisory work for a video games developer
       
    • Consultant, Mi Hiepa Scout Ltd - Advisory work for video game and digital services group. 
       
    • Consultant, Cudo Ventures Ltd - Advisory work for distributed computer network and blockchain network

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Independent Non-Executive Director, Emergent Entertainment plc (co no: 13127623)
    • Director, Adaptive Strategies (co no: 14044910)
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Member, Audit and Risk Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Julie Scott Jones

    Employment

    • Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Governor (Staff), Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Ian Smyth

    Employment

    • CEO of Electricity North West Limited (A Distribution Network Operator, licensed to distribute electricity in the UK)

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Non Executive Director, Electricity North West Limited 02366949
       
    • Non Executive Director, ENW Finance PLC 06845434
       
    • Non Executive Director, North West Electricity Networks (UK Limited 06428372
       
    • Non Executive Director, NWEN Finance PLC 08374655
       
    • Non Executive Director, North West Electricity Networks (Finance) Limited 06428374
       
    • Non Executive Director, North West Electricity Networks (Holdings) Limited 06428534
       
    • Non Executive Director, North West Electricity Networks PLC 06428375
       
    • Non Executive Director, NWEN Group Limited 06872880
       
    • Non Executive Director, ENW Capital Finance PLC 06873051
       
    • Non Executive Director, Electricity North West Services Limited 10445236
       
    • Non Executive Director, Electricity North West Property Limited 10929718
       
    • Non Executive Director, CLASS Electricity Limited 12619404
       
    • Non Executive Director, Electricity North West (Construction and Maintenance) Limited 07382637
       
    • Non Executive Director, Electricity North East (Construction and Maintenance) Limited 13464314
       
    • Non Executive Director, Electricity North West Number 1 Company Limited 06027314
       
    • Non Executive Director, Energy Networks Association Limited 04832301
       
    • Governor, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • British Psychological Society
       
    • Freeman city of London
  • Karen Varty

    Employment

    • Director of Recruitment and Admissions, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Governor (Staff), Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Member, Nominations and Governance Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None
  • Catherine Ward (co-opted to Remuneration Committee)

    Employment

    • None

    Directorships / External Board / Trusteeships / Committee Appointments / Political Interests / Professional Bodies

    • Managing Director, People Perception Ltd (own company delivering consultancy and coaching. Sole trader) (co no: 11133342)
       
    • Trustee, London Contemporary Dance Trust (Charity no: 250216)
       
    • Independent member of Remuneration Committee, RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects)
       
    • Non Executive Director, House of Commons HR Policy and Strategic Support Group
       
    • Associate Certified Coach, International Coach Federation
       
    • Co-opted Member of the Remuneration Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Shareholdings (5% or greater)

    • None

    Interests of close relatives

    • None

    Any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests

    • None