Register of interests

These are the declared interests for financial year 2025 to 2026 for members of the Acas:

  • Executive Board
  • Council
  • Audit Committee

The declared interests are personal or business interests which may influence their judgement and conflict with their management responsibilities.

Board members' declared interests

Niall Mackenzie (appointed in May 2025)    

None

Anne Boyd (left October 2025)    

None

Dan Ellis (resigned in year)   

None

Angela Gowthorpe (appointed March 2026)    

None

Sian Kimber    

None

Rob Mackintosh    

None

Hazel Rounthwaite    

None

Kevin Rowan

None

James Vincent    

None

Kirsty Watt    

Advisory role to The Good Business Charter

Council members' declared interests

Clare Chapman

  • Purposeful Company
  • M+G

Neil Carberry (resigned in year)

  • Recruitment & Employment Confederation

Mike Clancy

  • Labour party member
  • General Secretary, Prospect
  • Non-Executive Director, Department of Business and Trade

Jayne Haines

  • Member, King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership
  • Member, Recreational Game Committee of the England Cricket Board
  • Chair, Berkshire Cricket

Simon Lewis

  • Duties as Barrister at Exchange Chambers and fee-paid judge
  • Non-Executive Director, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
  • Panel chair or member of various regulatory bodies: the General Optical Council (paid); the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (paid); the Phone-Paid Services  Authority (paid); England Boxing (unpaid); British Cycling (unpaid); the Football Association (paid); the Premier League Independent Oversight Panel (paid); World Athletics (paid); the England and Wales Cricket Board (paid)
  • Council Member, University of Bradford
  • Board member, Social Work England

Christina McAnea

  • General Secretary, UNISON
  • None

Martin McTague

  • Managing Director, Politics NE Ltd
  • National Chair, Federation of Small Businesses
  • Ecotech
  • Savitec

Danny Mortimer

  • Chief Executive, NHS Employers
  • Related party – Simon Smith, CPO Aston Martin

Ijeoma Omambala

  • Member of Employment Law Bar Association
  • Fee-paid employment tribunal judge
  • Fee-paid mental health tribunal judge
  • Independent panel member, Capture Redress Schemes since 30 October 2025

Dave Penman

None

Matthew Percival

  • Future of Work Director, CBI
  • Chair of UK Anti Doping (UKAD)
  • Non-Executive Board Member, Chartered Insurance Institute
  • Independent statutory reviewer of Access and Participation Plans

Roy Rickhuss

  • Community Trade Union
  • Member, Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
  • Trade Union Congress

Nicola Smith 

None

Ben Summerskill

None

Others' declared interests

Martin Veale

  • In receipt of a civil service pension
  • Non-Executive Director at Sport Wales (funded by Welsh Government/Lottery) – ended 30 September 2025
  • Treasurer of Pen y Cymoedd Windfarm Community Interest Company – ended 30 June 2025
  • Member of Audit & Risk Committee for Health & Social Service at Welsh Government – ended 30 November 2025
  • Lay member of Governance & Audit Committee at Blaenau Gwent CBC
  • Chair of Governance & Audit Committee, and lay member of Standards Committee, at Merthyr Tydfil CBC
  • Lay member and Chair of Standards Committee at Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
  • Lay member of Standards Committee at Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue Authority
  • Member of Joint Audit Committee for South Wales Police & South Wales Police & Crime Commissioner
  • Member of Audit & Risk Committee for Hafod Housing (Hafod receives grant funding from Welsh Government)
  • Member of Audit Committee at Public Health Wales – from 1 October 2025
  • Member of Finance, Risk and Audit Committee at Architect's Registration Board – from 1 November 2025
  • Magistrate sitting on Mid Wales Bench (appointed by the Lord Chancellor)
  • Member (fellow) of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA)
     
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