Register of Interests - Members of the House of Lords
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Lord Udny-Lister
Conservative
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Chairman and Non-executive Director, Eco World London Development Company Ltd (property developer)
- Director, Edward Lister Consultants Ltd (property development, general business and strategic advice); clients are Delancey (see category 2), HSBC Holdings plc and Metdist Enterprises Ltd (general investor and metals trader)
- Non-executive Director, Eco World Management and Advisory Services (UK) Ltd (property developer)
- Non-executive Director, Stanhope Holdings Ltd (office developer)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Adviser, Delancey (property investors and asset managers)
- Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Gulf (interest ceased 23 April 2021)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- Edward Lister Consultants Ltd
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- Edward Lister Consultants Ltd
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
- Johnson Controls (engineering)
- Stanhope Holdings Ltd (commercial office developers)
- YouGov plc (polling)
Category 5: Land and property
- Share of property in London SW15 from which rental income is received
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Joint Chair, UAE-UK Business Council
- Trustee, Putney Conservative offices, Disraeli Road SW15
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
- Trustee, Dorneywood Trust
Viscount Ullswater
Conservative
Excepted Hereditary
Category 1: Directorships
- Chairman, Lonsdale Settled Estates Ltd (management of landholdings etc in Cumbria)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
- Peartree Radio Realisation Ltd (interest ceased 13 April 2021)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Director, Lowther Trustees Limited (see category 1 for related company)
Baroness Vadera
Non-affiliated
Leave of Absence - 8 December 2011
Nil
- On leave of absence; exempt from registration
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Conservative
Life peer
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Adviser, Authors Licensing and Collecting Society; member attends four meetings per year to advise on strategy
- Adviser, Common Sense Media (not for profit education charity); member supports charitable aims of providing digital curriculum for children and content ratings for parents educating children
- Adviser, Osiris Ventures (agri-tech); member provides general strategic advice
- Adviser, Perlego (online textbook company); member supports fund-raising and commercial opportunities
- Adviser, ScaleUp Capital (scale-up investors)
- Advisor, Cultivate (human resources company)
- Ambassador, Digitalis (online reputation company)
- Chairman, Advisory Board, Access Partnership (strategic communications)
- Chairman, Advisory Board, Digital Futures Ltd (company providing digital skills for students)
- Chairman, Advisory Board, Digital Theatre.com Ltd (online theatre education) (interest ceased 29 October 2021)
- Consultant, LionTree LLC (telecommunications, media and technology); member advises on potential business opportunities
- Consultant, The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA) (representative body for retail investment management industry)
- Culture Editor, Country & Town House Magazine
- Member, Advisory Board, Edge Investment (venture capital)
- Member, Advisory Board, Government MBA, Royal Court of Oman (the member's annual earnings for this work are US$20,000)
- Member, Advisory Board, NewsGuard Technologies Inc (company which rates websites)
- Member, Advisory Board, Salary Finance Ltd (ethical employee loans)
- Member, Advisory Board, Sisal SpA (supporting Italian lottery operator’s application for fourth UK National Lottery licence)
- Member, FTI Consulting's Technology Media and Telecommunications Advisory Board (business advisory) (interest ceased 31 January 2021)
- Speaking engagement, 14 October 2021, START art exhibition, London
- Speaking engagement, 14 October 2021, virtual Creative Economy Forum, Malaysia
- Speaking engagement, 23 September 2021, Deloitte Legal, London
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Member, Investment Committee, Arno Finance
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
- Council Member, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain; and Director of the associated company
- President (formerly Deputy President), Old Pauline Club
- Trustee, Doc Society Charitable Trust (charity making documentaries); and Director of the associated company
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Chairman, Creative Fuse North East (research project of five NE universities)
- Patron, Institute of Telecommunications Professionals
- President, SUDEP Action (epilepsy charity based in Wantage)
- Trustee, London Music Masters (music charity); and Director of the associated company, UK Music Masters Ltd
- Trustee, Oscar's Book Prize
Baroness Valentine
Crossbench
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Chair, Heathrow Southern Railway Ltd
- Director, Value and Indexed Property Income Trust plc (formerly Value and Income Trust plc) (quoted investment trust)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Director of Place (formerly consultant on Blackpool regeneration), Business in the Community
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- Heathrow Southern Railway Ltd
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
- 3i Group plc (investments)
- 3i Infrastructure plc (invests in infrastructure and greenfield projects)
- Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Trust (owns internet logistic warehouse in mainland Europe)
- Alphabet Inc (search)
- Amazon Inc (retail)
- Apple Inc (technology)
- Augmentum Fintech plc (fintech)
- Becton, Dickinson and Company (medical technology) (interest ceased 31 October 2021)
- BH Macro plc (macroeconomics hedge fund)
- Cellnex (wireless telecommunications infrastructure and services company) (interest ceased 30 September 2021)
- Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited (invests in global infrastructure and real assets)
- Croda International plc (chemicals)
- Diageo plc (drinks)
- Facebook Inc (social media)
- Gresham House Energy Storage (energy)
- Helios Towers (telecommunications)
- International Public Partnerships (invests in infrastructure assets)
- JPMorgan Chase & Co (bank)
- Mastercard Inc (global payment solutions company)
- McDonald’s Corporation (restaurants)
- Prudential plc (insurance)
- Starbucks Coffee Company (drinks) (interest ceased 31 July 2021)
- TP Income VCT plc (specialist investment business)
- Tritax Eurobox REIT (investment company)
- Visa Inc (payments)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Vice Chair and Council Member, University College London
Lord Vaux of Harrowden
Crossbench
Excepted Hereditary
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Chartered accountant (non-practising)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
- Fidelity National Information Services Inc (computer software)
Category 5: Land and property
- Farm and related let properties, including forestry and micro-hydro generation, in Dumfries and Galloway
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Chairman, Fleet District Salmon Fishery Board
- Director, Galloway Fisheries Trust
- Trustee, Harrowden Chapel Trust
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Conservative
Life peer
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Lord Verjee
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Director, Brompton Capital Limited (property development and investment)
- Director, Hayden’s Place Management Ltd (property management)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Chairman of Advisory Board, The Rumi Endowment Company Limited (formerly Thomas Goode & Co Limited) (investment company)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- Brompton Capital Limited
- Lawgra (No.358) Limited (non-trading) (interest ceased 27 April 2021)
- The Rumi Endowment Company Limited (formerly Thomas Goode & Co Limited)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- Abacus Investments Limited (property investment holding company) (interest ceased 13 May 2021)
- Adriatik Investicije d.o.o (property holding company)
- Baltimore Holdings Limited (property investment holding company) (interest ceased 13 May 2021)
- Breezy Holdings Limited (investment holding company)
- Brompton Capital Limited (property development and investment)
- Namira Property Limited (property holding company)
- Shatel Bahr Limited (property holding company)
- The Rumi Endowment Company Limited (formerly Thomas Goode & Co Limited) (investment company)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Director, Open Reason (not-for-profit limited company focused on policy and research) (interest ceased 19 January 2021)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Chairman, WE UK (formerly Free The Children UK)
Baroness Verma
Conservative
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Director and Chair of Advisers, Nexus Green Limited (green projects across the developing world)
- Director, Afrinex Ltd, Mauritius (subsidiary of Bombay stock exchange)
- Director, Applebright Cleaning Services Ltd
- Director, Domiciliary Care Services (UK) Ltd (family-owned business)
- Non-executive Director, Renewable Energy Association
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- Applebright Cleaning Services
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- Applebright Cleaning Services
Category 5: Land and property
- Flat in London SW8 from which rental income is received
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Board Member and Co-founder, Powerful Women Limited
- Board member, Oakstones (investment consultancy) (interest ceased 17 May 2021)
- Chair, International Advisory Board, Institute of Directors (India)
- Member, International Academic Advisory Board, Amity University, India
- President, Indian and Ugandan Chapter, Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI)
- Special Adviser, Sir John Cass Foundation
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Chair, UN Women UK
- Member of Council, Southampton University
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Co-founder, Hansraj Childrens Home, India
- Co-founder, Sarla Foundation
- Member, Advisory Council, Council on Geostrategy
- Trustee, Mukul Madhav Foundation UK
Lord Vinson
Conservative
Life peer
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- All shareholdings have been placed in and are administered through a Blind Trust
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
- All shareholdings have been placed in and are administered through a Blind Trust
Category 5: Land and property
- Farm in Northumberland owned jointly with wife (who is registered farmer of the land)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
- Vice President, Institute of Economic Affairs
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
- Member of Council, The Freedom Association (non-partisan, centre-right, classically liberal campaign group)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Chairman, Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust
- Trustee, Foundation for the History of Totalitarianism
- Trustee, Institute for the Study of Civil Society (CIVITAS) (interest ceased 11 May 2021)
Lord Wakeham
Conservative
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Director, Genner Holdings Ltd (family-owned investment company) (interest ceased 31 March 2021)
- Director, Genner Securities Ltd (family-owned investment company; parent company - see below) (interest ceased 31 March 2021)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Chartered Accountant (retired)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- Genner Nominees Limited (non-trading)
- Genner Secretaries Limited (non-trading)
- Genner Securities Ltd and its non-trading subsidiaries (Genner Farms Limited, Genner Holdings Limited, Genner Investments Limited, Genner Trust Limited)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- Genner Securities Ltd, owned jointly with family
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Director, Carlton Trustees (London) Ltd (by virtue of post of trustee of Carlton Club (see below))
- Director, Genner Investments Limited (non-trading) (interest ceased 31 March 2021)
- Director, Genner Trust Limited (non-trading) (interest ceased 31 March 2021)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
- Adviser, HMS Warrior 1860
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- President, Fire Service Parliamentary Scheme
- Trustee, Carlton Club
- Vice President, Alexandra Rose Charities
Lord Waldegrave of North Hill
Conservative
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Director, GW Pharmaceuticals plc
- Non-executive Chairman, Coutts & Co, a subsidiary of RBS (banking)
- Waldegrave Farms Ltd
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Provost, Eton College
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- Waldegrave Farms Ltd
- Wellington Estates Barn Limited
- Wellington Estates Holdings Limited
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- Waldegrave Farms Ltd (tenant farming company)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Chancellor, Reading University
- Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
- Member, Holyport College
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
- Member, Advisory Committee, Lewis-Walpole Library, Yale University
- Member, Royal Society President's Advisory Board
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Chair of Trustees, The Poor’s Estate Charity, Eton
- Chair, Royal Mint Advisory Committee (interest ceased 31 December 2020)
- Director and Chair of Trustees, Coutts Charitable Foundation
- Director and Trustee, Dorney Lake Trust
- Director and Trustee, Eton College Services Ltd
- Trustee, St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill
- Trustee, The Henry VI Charity
- Trustee, The Manifold Trust
- Trustee, Wellington Resettled Estate
Lord Walker of Aldringham
Crossbench
Life peer
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
- President, Museum of Army Flying
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- President, Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation (registered charity)
- Trustee, Veterans Aid
- Vice President, Armed Forces Pension Society
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Emeritus Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Member and plot holder, Saltaire Canalside Allotment Society
- Trustee, Voces Cantabiles Music (choral music foundation) (interest ceased 31 March 2021)
- Vice President, Upper Wharfedale Agricultural Society
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Non-affiliated
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Chairman and Non-executive Director, The Water Retail Company (honorarium received) (interest ceased 15 March 2021)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Public Interest Member of Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS); Chairman, ICAS Regulation Board and ex officio member of ICAS Oversight Board (interest ceased 30 April 2021)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Member, Faculty of Advocates
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
- Chair and Trustee, Reprieve (anti-death-penalty charity) (interest ceased 26 April 2021)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Baroness Walmsley
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Category 5: Land and property
- Flat in London SW8 from which rental income is received (interest ceased 12 October 2021)
Category 9: Miscellaneous financial interests
- Married to Lord Thomas of Gresford, a member of the House
Lord Walney
Crossbench
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Director, Powerful Street Ltd (strategic advice consultancy)
- Director, The Jewish Community Media Trust CIC (seeks to contribute to cultural, religious, educational and charity initiatives in UK's Jewish community)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Engagement Director for the Levelling Up Goals, Crowne Associates Ltd (consultancy on environment, social and governance issues) (remuneration is paid to Powerful Street Ltd)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- Powerful Street Ltd
- The Jewish Community Media Trust CIC
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- Powerful Street Ltd
- The Jewish Community Media Trust CIC (seeks to contribute to cultural, religious, educational and charity initiatives in UK's Jewish community)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Tanzania
- UK Government’s Independent Adviser on Political Violence and Disruption (formerly UK Government Special Envoy on Countering Violent Extremism), based in the Home Office
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Trustee, The Mel Evans MBE Foundation (advancement of health, particularly the research of Motor Neuron Disease)
Lord Warner
Crossbench
Life peer
Nil
- On leave of absence; exempt from registration
Baroness Warsi
Conservative
Life peer
Category 1: Directorships
- Director, BSWUK Ltd (member's own company dealing with TV, radio and other media engagements and talks; developing production ideas including preparatory work such as research, exploring access and potential participants)
- Director, SW Property 2016 Limited (private limited company owned 100 per cent by member; letting/operating real estate)
- Non-executive Director, Galaxy Construction Solutions Ltd (group of companies who distribute and make specialist products for use in construction)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Advance payment and royalties for a book published by Penguin, Allen Lane, April 2017
- Fee received from ATypical Media for BBC Winter Walks series, 11 December 2020
- Fee received from Hat Trick Productions for appearance on BBC TV show ‘Have I Got News For You’, 20 May 2021
- Fee received from Hat Trick Productions for appearance on BBC TV show ‘Have I Got News For You’, 30 October 2020 (payment received 30 November 2020)
- Fee received from Hello Halo TV for appearance on programme for future broadcast, filmed 23-26 August 2021 (payment received 3 September 2021)
- Fee received from Lime Pictures Ltd, 30 November 2020, for research and script writing (including travel and meals) in preparation for TV programme for Channel 4
- Fee received from MK Ltd (UK) for appearance on ‘The Complaints Department’, 8 July 2021 (payment received 30 July 2021)
- Fee received from Open Mike Productions (UK) for appearance on ‘The Last Leg’, 9 July 2021 (payment received 30 July 2021)
- Occasional fees from speeches, lectures, writing and media
- Payment received from Expectation Entertainment for regular appearance on Channel 4 TV programme 'Steph’s Packed Lunch'
- Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Bolton
- Speaking engagement, 4 August 2021, online event for Columbia Threadneedle Investments (payment received 14 August 2021)
- Strategic Business Adviser, Ruperts Ingredients
- The member is represented by Curtis Brown agency for her media work
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- BSWUK Ltd
- SW Property 2016 Limited
- The Baroness Warsi Foundation (interest ceased 7 May 2021)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- BSWUK Ltd (dealing with TV, radio and other media engagements and talks; developing production ideas including preparatory work such as research, exploring access and potential participants)
- SW Property 2016 Limited (private limited company owned 100 per cent by member; letting/operating real estate - see category 1)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
- Ruperts Ingredients Ltd (manufacture of condiments and seasonings)
- Wakelet Ltd (content curation platform and mobile app to save, organise, present and share digital content)
Category 5: Land and property
- Flat in London NW from which rental income is received
- Flat in London SW1 from which rental income is received
- Flat in London SW8 from which rental income is received (interest ceased 13 June 2021)
Category 8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
- Honorary membership of Carlton Club, given by Carlton Club (London) Limited, St James's Street, London SW1
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Adviser, Mercy Corps
- Member, International Advisory Board on Freedom of Religion or Belief, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Member, Advisory Board, The Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University, Washington DC
- Member, Board of Governors, Bolton College
- Member, International Advisory Board, Glynn Institute, ACU (Australian Catholic University)
- Visiting Professor, St Mary's University
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Adviser, Tracks of Peace (UK charity promoting human, racial and religious tolerance among communities and nations in conflict)
- Chairman and Trustee, The Baroness Warsi Foundation (interest ceased 7 May 2021)
- Trustee, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
Labour
Life peer
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Chair of Board, The Property Ombudsman
- Chair, National Housing Federation
Category 5: Land and property
- Flat in Nottingham from which rental income is received
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Member of Council, Nottingham Trent University
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Life Vice President, Voluntary Service Overseas
- Vice President, International Students House
Contact details
Members of the House of Lords may contact the Registrar of Lords' Interests as follows:
Telephone: 020 7219 3120
Post: Registrar of Lords' Interests, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW
Email: lordsregistrar@parliament.uk
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