Lord Willetts

Lord Willetts's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Willetts. His name is David Lindsay Willetts, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Registered Interests

Registered Interests for Lord Willetts.

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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.

  • Non-executive Director, The Biotech Growth Trust plc (venture capital fund investing in life sciences) (interest ceased 17 July 2025)
  • President, The Resolution Foundation (think-tank)
  • Visiting Professor, King’s College, London
  • Director and sole owner, Marchmount Executive Services Limited
  • Occasional journalism
  • Occasional lectures and presentations
  • In receipt of royalties from writing books
  • Member, Advisory Board of Open Classrooms (education technology) (member has share options) (interest ceased 17 May 2025)
  • Director, Thames Holdings Ltd (promoting education and life sciences links with China)
  • Non-executive Director, Tekcapital plc (investment group focused on creating market value from technologies) (member has share options)
  • Non-executive Director, SatixFy UK (communications technology company) (interest ceased 3 July 2025)
  • Non-executive Director, Darktrace Limited (cyber security) (interest ceased 1 October 2024)
  • Chair, UK Space Agency Board
  • Strategic Adviser, HighTide (pharmaceutical company) (remunerated via contract with Thames Holdings Ltd)
  • Non-executive Director, SatixFy Communications Ltd (parent company of SatixFy UK; communications technology company) (interest ceased 3 July 2025)
  • Chair, Gen IP (company assessing value of new technologies)
  • Chair, Regulatory Innovation Office, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)

  • Marchmount Executive Services Limited (100 per cent owner: see category 1)

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)

  • Vantix Diagnostics Inc (formerly Vantix Limited) (company developing biosensors)
  • Sirius Constellation Limited
  • Darktrace Ltd (cyber security) (interest ceased 1 October 2024)
  • SynBioVen Limited

Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality

  • Visit to California, 5-8 May 2025, to attend the SynBioBeta conference; flights and accommodation costs paid by SynBiCITE, a Synthetic Biology centre at Imperial College, London.
  • Attended Ecole Polytechnique Ball, 16 May 2025, Paris (guest of OHB)