Registered Interests
Registered Interests for Lord Willetts.
The Register is updated continuously throughout each sitting day and at regular intervals on other days.
Category 1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (a company manufacturing satellites)
Category 1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, The Biotech Growth Trust plc (venture capital fund investing in life sciences)
Category 1: Directorships
Director and sole owner, Marchmount Executive Services Limited
Category 1: Directorships
Member of the Board, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Category 1: Directorships
Chair, Verditek plc (clean energy technologies)
Category 1: Directorships
Director, Thames Holdings Ltd (company promoting education links between UK and China (unremunerated until 1 April 2021)
Category 1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, Tekcapital plc (investment group focused on creating market value from university technology) (member has share options)
Category 1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, SatixFy UK (communications technology company)
Category 1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, Darktrace Ltd (cyber security)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
President (formerly Executive Chair), The Resolution Foundation (think-tank)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Occasional journalism
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Occasional lectures and presentations
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of royalties from writing books
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
The member receives fees from participation in BBC broadcasts which collectively may exceed the registration threshold over the course of a calendar year
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Advisory Board of Open Classrooms (education technology) (member has share options)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Senior Adviser to Skyrora (space technology company; income from this work is paid to Marchmount Executive Services Ltd)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Speaking engagement, 26 July 2021, Cambridge Leadership Development Centre
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Strategic Advisory Council, LifeArc (medical research charity)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
Marchmount Executive Services Limited
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
Davco Limited (non-trading)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
8GT Advisory Limited (non-trading)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Marchmount Executive Services Limited (100 per cent owner: see category 1)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Davco Limited (non-trading)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
8GT Advisory Limited (non-trading)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
Vantix Diagnostics Inc (formerly Vantix Limited) (company developing biosensors)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
Sirius Constellation Limited (see category 10(a))
Category 5: Land and property
A flat in West London
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Member, Raspberry Pi Foundation (registered charity; computer science education)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Sirius Constellation Limited
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Konigswinter Steering Committee
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Board Member, President’s Advisory Committee, Royal Society
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Davco Limited (non-trading)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, 8GT Advisory Limited (non-trading)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Synbiotek Holdings Limited (financial services)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Adviser (advice given on projects which are candidates to invest in), Creator Fund (investing in PhD, academic and student founders building businesses out of university innovation)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Visiting Professor, King’s College, London
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chancellor, University of Leicester
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Co-Chair, Pontignano Conference
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Governor, Pensions Policy Institute
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Man Booker Prize
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chair, Foundation of Science and Technology