General

AEJEG Register of Interests

Last updated: 20 January 2026

Dr Allain Bueno

Current Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

University of Worcester (Standard Academic contract) – Jan 2012 to present.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Registered Nutritionist (Association for Nutrition) - UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN)

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Dr Stuart Adams

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Fera (April 2025 till present) conducts work for a number of Government departments or agencies as well as commercial clients. Currently Fera is the NRL for Chemical Hazards and the NRL for Food and Feed Additives. I may be involved in generating, advising on or reviewing data and methodology that commercial customers use in their submission to the FSA for product approval.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Previously employed by Waters Corporation. There were numerous collaborations with industry. These industrial partners may generate scientific data that is included in an application that I may be asked to assess. I may or may not have been directly involved in the collaboration work.

Previously employed by Fera Science Limited from September 2002 (then Central Science Laboratory) till September 2018. Applicants may include scientific data generated when I was an employee of this agency/company and that I would assess in my role on the JEG.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

 

Dr Carol Beevers

Current Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Regulatory Toxicologist at Corteva Agriscience 2022-present

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None

Shareholdings.

ITM Power 2023-present

Nio Inc 2023-present

Blackberry 2023-present

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Health and Environmental Sciences Institute Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (Industry Chair)

OECD (workgroup member)

International Workshop on Genotoxicity Testing (Steering committee member and work group chair)

United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS - member)

Other personal interests.

None

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None

Indirect support.

None

Trusteeships.

None

Land and property.

None

Other public appointments.

Member of UK COM

Other non-personal interests.

None

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Toxicology Consultant at Broughton (a CRO specialising in supporting the electronic nicotine delivery industry 2021-2022

Toxicology Consultant at Exponent (a science and engineering consultancy) 2017-2021

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Provided genotoxicity technical advice to Titanium Dioxide Manufactures Association (UNPAID) 2022-2025

Shareholdings.

None

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None

Other personal interests.

None

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None

Indirect support.

None

Trusteeships.

None

Land and property.

None

Other public appointments.

None

Other non-personal interests.

None

Professor Qasim Chaudhry

Current Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Visiting Professor - University of Chester.

Chair of the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) – Luxembourg.

• Provision of scientific advice to the European Commission on safety assessment of chemicals and nanomaterials in cosmetics and personal-care products; development of Guidance

Member/Chair of the following WGs of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) – Parma, Italy:

• Particle Risk Assessment (Chair)

• Botanicals Compendium (Member)

• Guidance on Read-across (Member)

• New Approach Methods (Member)

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Member, Italian Society of Toxicology (SITOX).

Certified Toxicologist with National Register of Italian Certified Toxicologists (RENTIC), and European Registered Toxicologist (ERT).

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Professor of Food Safety & Innovation; University of Chester (Oct 2015 - Sep 2017).

Principle Scientist/ Advanced Research Fellow, The Food and Environment Research Agency, York (Dec 1990 - Sep 2015).

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Member Committee of the French National Research Agency (ANR) to evaluate research proposals for projects on food packaging and containers and sustainability policies: new food constraints and impacts on nutrition and health – Alimentarité. [Emballages et contenants alimentaires et politiques de durabilité : nouvelles contraintes d’alimentarité et impacts sur la nutrition et la santé – Alimentarité] (01/06/2024 – 30/08/2024).  

Member of the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) Scientific Advisory Group on Chemical Safety (SAG-CS) in Consumer Products. (04/2021 - 07/2023).

Expert evaluator of project proposals submitted to the European Commission under Horizon 2020 Programme, and the Research Executive Agency. Also Project Technical Advisor for the EC to periodically review the progress of selected Horizon 2020 projects for the European Commission’s DG Research & Innovation (01/09/2017 - 15/06/2022).

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Dr Gill Clare

Current Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

None

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Labcorp, cytogenetic consultant (analyst)

Formerly Covance Labs

Shareholdings.

AstraZeneca, Diageo, Marks and Spencers

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Member of British Toxicology Society (BTS), United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS)

Other personal interests.

Shell Research Limited (pension)

AstraZeneca UK (pension)

Aviva (pension)

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None

Indirect support.

None

Trusteeships.

None relevant

Land and property.

 

 

None

Other public appointments.

HSE; UK REACH Independent Scientific Expert (RISEP), FSA; Food Contact Materials Joint Expert Group (FCMJEG), FSA; Smoke Flavourings Working Group of Joint Expert Group on Additives, Enzymes and other Regulated Products (AEJEG), OPSS; Scientific Advisory Group on Chemical Safety of non-food and non-medicinal products,

Other non-personal interests.

NIHR; Academy selection committee member for Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement, University of Surrey; guest lecturer (food safety). DHSC; occasionally act as Independent Panel member for SACs (not in area of involvement, past or present)

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Covance Ltd (more than 15y ago)

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Covance Ltd cytogenetic consultant (analyst)

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None

Indirect support.

None

Trusteeships.

None

Land and property.

None

Other public appointments.

UKHSA; Committee on Carcinogenicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment (COC) until spring 2024

Other non-personal interests.

None

Dr Andrew Collins

Current Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Vice-chair of the International Comet Assay Working Group (no links with industry). Member of Garden Organic (Society promoting organic gardening)

Other personal interests.

Scientific director (unpaid) of small Norwegian company NorGenotech, which uses the comet assay (a common genotoxicity test). No links with food additives etc.

 

Member of International Comet Assay Working Group.

Joint leader of an OECD project working towards creation of an OECD Test Guideline for the in vitro comet assay.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

Fellow of the UK Environmental Mutagen Society.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

University of Oslo, Department of Nutrition until 2016; currently emeritus professor.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

In 2022 Advised Tate and Lyle on experimental design for testing a sugar substitute.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

 Vice-chair of International Comet Assay Working Group: 2022 (approx.) to 2025; currently a member.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

 Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

Until May 2023 was a trustee (and latterly chair) of the charity Garden Organic.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Dr Claude Lambré

Current Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Chair of the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Material (2024-2029).

Member of the French ANSES Committee on Air safety.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Dr David Lovell PhD BSc (Hons) FSS FRSB CStat CBiol

Current

Personal Interests

Direct employment.

Emeritus Reader in Medical Statistics at City St George’s, University of London. Since 2019

Pension - Pfizer

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

National Grid plc,

AstraZeneca (Spouse Shareholder),

National Grid plc (Spouse Shareholder).

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Biometrics Society

British Toxicological Society(BTS)

Genetics Society

Royal Society of Biology (RSB)

Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA) 

Royal Statistical Society (RSS)

Statistitians in the pharmaceutical industry (PSI)

United Kingdom Environment Mutagen Society (UKEMS)

Member of the UK Committee on Toxicity in Chemicals in Food Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) and sub-groups

Member of BEIS SAG-CS

Member of the joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) 92

Member of HESI/GTCC (Genetic Toxicology Genetic Committee)

MRC EMINENT Scientific Review Board

RISEP Challenge Panel Member

Member of OECD Expert Groups

ILSI Europe (Combined Toxicity Expert Group)

British Trust of Ornithologists (BTO)

English Heritage

Liberty

Campaign of the Protection of Rural England (CPRE)

Kew Gardens

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust (SBBOT)

Chelsea Physic Garden

National Trust

Other personal interests.

None. 

Non Personal

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Historic interests

Personal Interests

Direct employment.

Employed by the Postgraduate Medical School (PGMS), University of Surrey from 2004 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2019 at St George’s, University of London when I retired and took on Emeritus status up to the present. Recently, St George’s merged with City University and is now called City St George’s University of London.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

EFSA Scientific Committee

COM

COC

Member of UK National Centre of Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) Board (until Dec 2022)

MHRA ISAC

ILSI Europe (TTC Expert group)

OECD (Workgroup Member)

IWGT (Workgroup Member).

Other personal interests.

None. 

Non Personal

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Dr William Peveler

Personal Interests

Current

Direct employment

Employed by the University of Glasgow since 2018 to present

Consultancies and other fee-paid work

None.

Shareholdings

Shares in Antibody Design Ltd 2023 to present

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2015-present

Member of the American Chemical Society 2015-present

Other personal interests

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships

A Future Leaders Fellow supported by the UKRI, 2024-2028

Indirect support

ACETUM S.p.A. Società benefit (Italy, part of Associated British Foods) – 2024-present – inkind support to develop novel food quality assays

Spraying Systems Co. (USA) – 2020-present – inkind support to develop novel food quality assays

Scotch Whisky Research Institute –2026-present – co-supporting a research grant to support to developing novel drink quality assays

Dugdale Nutrition – 2026-present – supporting a PhD studentship in animal nutrition

Trusteeships

None.

Land and property

None.

Other public appointments

None.

Other non-personal interests

None.

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work

Persedo Spirits 2023 – personal consultancy to test drink product

Shareholdings

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups

None.

Other personal interests

None.

Non-personal interests  

Fellowships

None.

Indirect support

None.

Trusteeships

None.

Land and property

None.

Other public appointments

None.

Other non-personal interests

None.

 

 

Dr Claire Stephenson

Current Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

ADAMA Agricultural Solutions.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Member of CropLife Europe (CLE) Residues Expert Group, Chair of CLE Cumulative Risk Assessment Sub Group and Member of further Sub Groups for Residue Definitions, Drinking Water Treatment and Dietary Risk Models.

Historic Interests

Personal interests

None.

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Member of the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP).

Represented the UK as a technical expert at a range of EC and EFSA meetings.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Dr Michael Walker 

Current Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Michael Walker Consulting Ltd, 2006 to date. Consultancy and expert witness services in scientific areas unrelated to my public appointments.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Occasional minor consultancy for FSA Register of Specialists and see above and other public appointments below.

Shareholdings.

None other than a private pension portfolio managed by a financial advisory company.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC since 1993. Fellow Institute of Food Science & Technology, IFST, since 2006, appointed Honorary Fellow in 2017, Member, IFST Scientific Committee 2008–2025 & External Affairs Committee 2019-2025. Appointed Independent Assessor to the IFST Board of Trustees 2025.  Director, (unpaid) Community for Analytical Measurement Science Ltd since 2019. Honorary professor, Institute for Global Food Security, IGFS, the Queen’s University, Belfast, QUB. Personal appointment (unpaid) to the European Network of Food Allergen Laboratories expert group of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission since 2018.

Other personal interests.

See https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4350-5549 for full list of current and historical employment, organisations and public appointments, and publications.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

T&S (£300) to attend conference, ILSI-Europe, 2019, T&S (@~£500 - £650 per annum) to attend annual meetings, European Commission European Network of Food Allergen Detection Laboratories, 2018 – date.. T&S (~£250) to attend Mondelez meeting on food allergens, 2024.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

Office of Product Safety and Standards Scientific Advisory Group Consumer Safety (SAG-CS), since 2021

Member, FSA/DH Committee on Toxicity (COT) Joint Expert Group, Food Contact Materials since 2019.

Co-Chair ILSI-Europe Expert Group on methods needed to deploy allergen quantitative risk assessment since 2019.

Chair ILSI Europe Expert Group on Precautionary Allergen labelling, since 2025.

Member ILSI Europe Expert Group on Harmonisation of Allergen Analytics since 2025.

Chair BSI AW/34/46 Food Authenticity, since 2022

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Historic Interests

Personal interests

 

Direct employment.

Resident Public Analyst to the (then) 26 NI Local Authorities and Partner in firm of Consulting Chemists, 1986 – 2004.

Forensic Science Northern Ireland, (FSNI) Chief Executive 2004 – 2006.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

See above and Head: Office of the Government Chemist, LGC, 2018 – 2021

Referee Analyst, Laboratory of the Government Chemist 2006 to 2021

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Former member Association of Public Analysts 1985 to 2025 and see https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4350-5549 for full list of current and historical employment, organisations and public

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

 

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

Food Standards Agency, (FSA) Board member for Northern Ireland and Chair of the FSA’s Northern Ireland Advisory Committee, 2000 – 2004.See https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4350-5549 for full list of current and historical employment, organisations and public appointments

Other non-personal interests.

None.