APPENDIX 1: ECONOMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
The members of the Select Committee which conducted
this inquiry were:
† Lord Elder
Lord Goodhart
Lord Kingsdown
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Lord Lawson of Blaby
Lord Layard
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
† Lord Marsh
* Lord Paul
* Lord Powell of Bayswater
Lord Sheldon
Lord Sheppard of Didgemere
Lord Skidelsky
Lord Vallance of Tummel
Lord Wakeham
† until 11 April 2005
* since 6 June 2005
The Committee records its appreciation to Professor
David Pearce OBE, Emeritus Professor, University College London,
for his work as Specialist Adviser for the inquiry.
Declaration of Interests
Lord Elder
Consultant, First Group plc
Consultant, Forth Ports Plc
Consultant, The Smith Institute
Adviser to Daval International Ltd
Chancellor, Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and
Islamic Studies
Member of the Action Committee for the Scottish National Photography
Centre
Lord Goodhart
Vice President, International Commission of Jurists
Trustee, Fair Trials Abroad
Vice Chair of Council, JUSTICE
Lord Kingsdown
38 acres of woodland in North Kent
President, Canterbury Cathedral Trust
Chairman, Canterbury Cathedral Council
President, Kent County Agricultural Society
Trustee, Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent
Honorary Trustee, Royal Agricultural Society of England
Trustee, East Malling Trust for Horticultural Research
Emeritus Trustee, Royal Academy of Arts
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Consultant, Rotch Property Group
Consultant, Fintrade
Stanley Leisure plc
Chairman, East European Food Fund (Investment
Fund)
Director, Anglo-Arabian Projects Limited
Director, Balli Group plc (steel and commodity trading house)
Director, Compagnie Internationale de Participations Bancaires
et Financieres (Investment Company)
Director, European Growth and Income Trust (Investment Trust)
Director, Jupiter Finance and Income Trust (Investment Trust)
Director, Scottish Annuity and Life Holdings (Reinsurance Company)
Director, RAB Capital plc
Member of the Advisory Board, MerchantBridge & Co
Secretary and office at Balli plc (steel and commodity
trading house) (Secretary primarily business and personal but
some parliamentary work)
Chairman, Le Cercle
Chairman, British Iranian Chamber of Commerce
President, British Romanian Chamber of Commerce
Co-Chairman, Bruges Group
Lord Lawson of Blaby
Chairman, Central Europe Trust Co Ltd (Advisory
and private equity)
Shareholding in Central Europe Trust Company Limited
Member of Governing Body of Westminster School
Lord Layard
Non-executive Director, Firebird New Russia Fund
Ltd
Director, Well-being Programme, Centre for Economic
Performance, London School of Economics
House in Chalk Farm, London NW3 and house in Cornwall
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
Senior Advisor, Macquarie Bank Ltd (which manages
and invests in infrastructure assets across communications, transport
and utility sectors, including renewable energy)
Member, Fabian Society
Lord Marsh
Senior European Consultant, Taisei Corporation,
Tokyo, Japan
Chairman, The Income & Growth Trust (a quoted
split capital investment trust)
Lord Paul
Chairman and Director, Caparo Group Ltd
Board Member, London Development Agency
Visit to Scotland (16-17 June 2004) to view various
power facilities as a delegate with the Parliamentary Group for
Energy Studies
Caparo Group Ltd (Lord Paul, Hon.Ambar Paul, Hon.
Akash Paul and Hon. Angad Paul are jointly interested in the whole
of the issued share capital of the Company through shareholdings
registered in the name of Caparo International Corporation, a
Company registered in the British Virgin Islands)
Caparo Group, through its subsidiary Caparo plc, has a 35.5% interest
in Core Growth Capital LLP, which manages two venture capital
trusts, Core VCTI and Core VCTII plc
Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton
Member of the DTI Industrial Development Advisory Board
Member of the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences
Advisory Board Member, Foreign Policy Centre
Member of the Board of London 2012
Non-executive Director, London 2012 Ethics Advisory Group
Director, Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit Limit
Vice President, Engineering Employers' Federation
Co-Chairman, Associated Parliamentary Manufacturing Industry Group
Chairman of the Board of PiggyBankKids (a children's charity)
and its trading subsidiary PiggyBankKids Projects Limited
Trustee, Ambika Paul Foundation
President, Family Service Units
Patron, Plan International
Patron, UK Youth
Lord Powell of Bayswater
Adviser to Eastern Star Publications
Adviser to the Chairman of BAe Systems
Chairman, LVMH (Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton) UK
Chairman, Sagitta Asset Management Limited
Director, British Mediterranean Airways
Director, Caterpillar Inc
Director, Financière Agache
Director, LVMH (Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton)
Director, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Director, Matheson & Co
Director, Textron Corporation
Director, Yell Group Limited
Director, Schindler Holdings, Switzerland
Director, Northern Trust Global Services
Member, Barrick Gold International Advisory Board
Member, Diligence Advisory Board
Chairman, GEMS Private Equity Fund Advisory Board
Member, Rolls-Royce European Strategy Board
Member, Textron International Advisory Council
Member, Wingate Capital International Advisory Board
Member, International Advisory Board of Magna Corporation
Member, the Advisory Board of the European Advisory Group GMBH
Member, Advisory Board of Thales UK (15 September 2004)
Member, Advisory Board of Alfa Capital (15 September 2004)
Chairman, Trustees of the Said Business School
Foundation, Oxford University
Trustee, Aspen Institute (USA)
Trustee, British Museum
Chairman, Atlantic Partnership
Director, Singapore Millennium Foundation
Director, UK-China Forum
President, China-Britain Business Council
Trustee, Karim Rida Said Foundation
Lord Sheldon
Tonrose Ltd (textile distribution)
Trustee, Sheldon Group Pension Fund
Lord Sheppard of Didgemere
Didgemere Consultants Ltd
Non-executive Chairman, McBride plc (household
and personal care products)
Non-executive Chairman, Unipart Group (automotive, rail, telecommunication,
logistics etc)
Non-executive Chairman, One-Click HR plc (HR software etc)
Non-executive Director, Nyne Ltd (investor group) (currently not
directly remunerated)
Non-executive Chairman, Global Tote Ltd (Satellite transmission
services to Russia and Eastern Europe)
Non-executive Chairman, Namibian Resources Ltd (Diamond Mining)
Didgemere Consultants Ltd (business Advisory service)
Didgemere Farms Ltd (farming)
McBride plc (household and personal care products)
(shareholding with a nominal value of over £50,000)
One-ClickHR plc (human resources management systems) (shareholding
of more than 5% of issued share capital of the company)
DeltaDot Limited (an unquoted biotechnology) (shareholding of
more than 5% of issued share capital of the company)
Namibian Resources Ltd
Farmland in Essex
Chancellor, Middlesex University
Hon. Fellow, Governor, London School of Economics
President, London First
Director, East London Business Alliance
Director, Central London Partnership
Director, London Business Board (London First/London Chamber/London
CBI)
Vice President, Beer and Pub Association (formerly Brewers Society)
Member of the Various Professional Bodies (accountants etc)
Hon. Doctorate/Hon Fellow of various universities
Member, Protection of Roydon and Area (PORA) Committee
Vice President (formerly Appeal Chairman for 'Sheppard
House') of Blue Cross (animal/peoples charity for pets of those
unable - for reasons of health, etc - to pay vet fees)
Vice President United Response (charity for people with learning
difficulties)
Fellow, Animal Health Trust
Member, UK Cancer Research Charity
Vice President, (past Chairman) Business in the Community
Past Chairman, The Prince's Trust (and Prince's Youth Business
Trust) (now only infrequently involved)
Chairman of Trustees, Civilians Remembered Trust (Trust developing
memorial park, etc for 60,000-plus civilians killed by bombing
in 1939-45 war)
Patron of Trees for Cities
Lord Skidelsky
Non-executive Director, Janus Capital Group
Director, Transnational Insights
Non-executive Director, Greater Europe Fund
Professor of Political Economy, Warwick University,
Department of Economics
Transnational Insights Ltd (100% of stock)
Governing Body, Brighton College
Member, Advisory Council, Wilton Park
Chairman, The Centre for Global Studies
Director, Moscow School of Political Studies
Lord Vallance of Tummel
Vice Chairman, Royal Bank of Scotland Group (served
on the board in the early stages of the inquiry)
Member, Supervisory Board Siemens AG (engineering and services)
Director (Chairman), Nations Healthcare Ltd
International Advisory Board, Allianz AG (insurance)
European Advisory Council, Rothschild et cie (investment banking
Advisor, Amsphere Ltd (computing services)
Advisor, Postmasternet Ltd (retail services for postmasters)
425,000 shares in De Facto 479 Ltd (family owned
investment company)
Wife is a member of the Committee on Standards
in Public Life
Honorary Governor, Glasgow Academy
Honorary Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford
Honorary Fellow, London Business School
Chairman, European Services Forum
Vice President, Princess Royal Trust for Carers
Lord Wakeham
Advisory Board, LEK Consultancy
Chairman, Genner Holdings plc
Genner Holdings Ltd (Investment Company)
Genner Farms Ltd (small family company)
Chairman of Governors, Cothill House
Chairman, Alexandra Rose Day
Chancellor, Brunel University
Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire
Governor, Sutton's Hospital, Charterhouse
Justice of the Peace, Inner London Commission (Non-active)
Member of Council, St. Swithun's School
President, Brendoncare Foundation
Trustee, H.M.S. Warrior 1860
Trustee, Carlton Club
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