Brian Walker Register of Interests

The Register of Interests provides information of any financial interest or other material benefit that a Board or Committee member receives which might reasonably be thought by others to influence his or her actions.

1. Remuneration

Employed as Professor Medicine and Strategic Advisor by Newcastle University.

 

Self employed as a consultant:

• Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Wellcome Discovery Research Platform/MRC Metabolic
  Diseases Unit, Cambridge Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge.
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Actinogen Medical Ltd (a pharmaceutical company,
  headquartered in Sydney, Australia).
• Member, Health Sciences sub-panel, Hong Kong Research Assessment Exercise 2026,
  organised by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong.

2. Other roles

None.

3. Contracts

None.

4. Houses, Land and Buildings

None.

5. Interest in shares and securities

None.

6. Gifts and Hospitality

None.

7. Non-financial interests

Trustee, British Heart Foundation, a medical research charity headquartered in London.

 

Member, Strategic Advisory Board for LifeArc Translational Centres in Rare Disease; LifeArc is a charity promoting commercialisation in the medical and life sciences sector, headquartered in London.

 

Chair of the Board, National Innovation Centre for Ageing, hosted by Newcastle University.

 

Chair of the Board, National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, hosted by Newcastle
University.

 

Member, Independent Advisory Board, Population Research UK, a national research programme funded by the Medical Research Council and hosted by the University of Bristol.

 

Chair, UK Rare Disease Research Landscape Steering Group, Department of Health and Social
Care, UK Government.

 

Member, Russell Group Industrial Strategy Expert Panel, Russell Group; Russell Group is a UK
university mission group representing the 24 most research-intensive universities, headquartered in London.

 

Member, Fellowship Divisional Panel D, Royal Society of Edinburgh.

 

Member, Research & Knowledge Exchange Commiteee, Scottish Funding Council.

8. Close family members

None.