Register of Interests

COT Register of Interests F - J

Last updated: 26 January 2026

Professor Susan Fairweather-Tait

Current

Personal Interests

Direct employment.

University of East Anglia.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

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. None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

EFSA (Working Group on Upper Levels).

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

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. 

Professor Gary Hutchison

Current

Personal Interests

Direct employment.

Professor of Toxicology and Assistant Principal Edinburgh Napier University since 2025.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Member of British Toxicology Society since 2020.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non Personal

Fellowships.

Fellow of Royal Society of Biology, since 2022

Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

Trustee of Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS). Since 2025

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

Office for Product Safety & Standards Register of Specialists, Since 2020

Member of FSA Register of Specialists, since 2019

Office for Product Safety & Standards,  Scientific Advisory Group on Chemical Safety of Non-Food & Non-Medicinal Products, since 2025.

Other non-personal interests.

Chair of Board of Governance, Scottish Institute of Policing Research, since 2018

Member of Governing Council of Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), since 2022

Chair the Scottish Healthcare Built Environment Network, since 2026

Member of the Scottish Government Chemicals Policy Network, since 2020

Member of the Exchange Initiative, since 2022

Historic interests

Personal Interests

Direct employment.

Dean of Applied Sciences (2015 - 2025),

Head of School of Life Sciences (2012-2015),

Associate Professor & Lecturer (2007 – 2012) at Edinburgh Napier University.  

Career Development Fellow,  Medical Research Council (2004-2007).

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non Personal

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

Member of Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee, Defra, (2012-2021),

Member of Defra’s College of Scientific Experts (2017 – 2021).

Other non-personal interests.

Chair of the Exchange Initiative, 2022-2025

Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Social Sciences grant review sub-committee, 2021-2023

Professor Þórhallur Ingi Halldórsson - HI

Current

Personal Interests

Direct employment.

Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland (2009 – ongoing).

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

European Food Safety Authority -  Scientific committee and various working groups (2015 – ongoing).

Icelandic Risk Assessment Committee for Food, Feed, Fertilizers and Seeds (IRAC) – occasional expert work (2021 – ongoing),

 The Icelandic Research Found (RANNIS) – occasional member of different expert panels (2011 – ongoing),

I am a member of an expert group established by the Danish Ministry of Environment tasked to assess nitrate in drinking water and the need to revising the current drinking water limit (2024 - ongoing). The final assessment is expected in 2025.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

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.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Nordic Council of Ministers - revision of the 2022 Nordic Nutrition Recommendation). 2017 – 2023),

The Nutricia Research Foundation – review of applications  once a year. Involvement ended in (2017 2022)

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

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.