Brian Walker Register of Interests

The Register of Interests provides information of any financial interest or other material benefit that a Board or Committee member receives which might reasonably be thought by others to influence his or her actions.

1. Remuneration

Retired and self-employed as a consultant:

• Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Wellcome Discovery Research Platform/MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Cambridge Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Actinogen Medical Ltd (a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Sydney, Australia)
• Member, Health Sciences sub-panel, Hong Kong Research Assessment Exercise 2026, organised by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong
• Chair, International Scientific Advisory Board, UK Dementia Research Institute
• Member, External Advisory Group, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Southampton
• Chair, External Advisory Group, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle

2. Other roles

None.

3. Contracts

None.

4. Houses, Land and Buildings

None.

5. Interest in shares and securities

None.

6. Gifts and Hospitality

None.

7. Non-financial interests

Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University

 

Trustee, British Heart Foundation, a medical research charity headquartered in London

 

Member, Strategic Advisory Board for LifeArc Translational Centres in Rare Disease; LifeArc is a charity promoting commercialisation in the medical and life sciences sector, headquartered in London.

 

Member, Independent Advisory Board, Population Research UK, a national research programme funded by the Medical Research Council and hosted by the University of Bristol

 

Chair, UK Rare Disease Research Landscape Steering Group, Office for Life Sciences/Department of Health and Social Care, UK Government

 

Member, Fellowship Divisional Panel D, Royal Society of Edinburgh

 

Member, Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee, Scottish Funding Council

8. Close family members

None.