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The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Jane Elizabeth HillstonDirector · since 2025
- Professor Anne RosserDirector · since 2025
- Professor Muzlifah HaniffaDirector · since 2024
- Jennifer Michelle SmithsonDirector · since 2024
- Professor Rosalind Louise SmythDirector · since 2022
- Professor Julian John BlowDirector · since 2022
- Murray John LeggDirector · since 2020
- Stephen McmahonDirector · since 2019
- Professor Dame Pamela Jean ShawDirector · since 2018
- Professor John Peter IredaleDirector · since 2017
- Professor Rebecca Clare FitzgeraldDirector · since 2015
- Professor Douglas HiggsDirector · since 2011
- Rory Michael Benjamin GuinnessDirector · since 1998
- Professor Sir Alec John JeffreysDirector · since 1995
- Julie GoodleySecretary · since 2026
Previous officers 45
- Professor Judith Patricia Armitage 2015-2024 View profile
- Professor Adrian Peter Bird 2015-2025 View profile
- Professor Wendy Anne Bickmore 2013-2024 View profile
- Professor Patrick Henry Maxwell 2012-2017 View profile
- Matthew Derek Pintus 2012-2024 View profile
- Professor Janet Howard Darbyshire 2011-2014 View profile
- Kay Elizabeth Davies 2011-2015 View profile
- Sir Alexander Fred Markham 2010-2022 View profile
- Professor Anthony Charles Minson 2009-2015 View profile
- Andrew James Hutton 2007-2022 View profile
- Professor Robin Francis Irvine 2006-2012 View profile
- John Guy Rhodes 2006-2012 View profile
- Michael Levick French 2005-2020 View profile
- Professor Cheryll Anne Tickle 2005-2017 View profile
- Sir Peter John Ratcliffe 2004-2011 View profile
- Graham John Boulnois 2003-2010 View profile
- Geoffrey Lilley Smith 2003-2013 View profile
- Dr Stephen Charles Inglis 2003-2009 View profile
- Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie 2002-2011 View profile
- Richard Nelson Perham 2000-2006 View profile
- William Lawrence Banks 2000-2006 View profile
- Professor John Gerald Patrick Sissons 1998-2004 View profile
- Peter William Allen 1998-2005 View profile
- Guy James Mclean Buckley 1997-2006 View profile
- Professor William Vare Shaw 1997-2000 View profile
- Dr Alan James Munro 1996-2002 View profile
- Sir James Learmonth Gowans 1994-1997 View profile
- Guinness, Arthur Edward Rory, the Earl of Iveagh 1992-1998 View profile
- Geoffrey Tait Sammons 1997 View profile
- Robertson, Alan, Doctor 1996 View profile
- Professor Henry John Evans 2003 View profile
- Dr Anne Laura Mclaren 2002 View profile
- Lloyd, June Kathleen, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury 1998 View profile
- Professor Anne Elizabeth Warner 2004 View profile
- Professor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg 1995 View profile
- David Constable Hobson 1998 View profile
- Professor Sir David Keith Peters 1998 View profile
- Guinness, Arthur Francis Benjamin, Earl of Iveagh 1992 View profile
- Professor Geoffrey Sharman Dawes 1994 View profile
- Cecil Edward Guinness 2001 View profile
- Dr Sally Burtles 2019-2026 View profile
- Catherine Susan Law 2015-2019 View profile
- Dr Trevor Anthony Hince 2004-2015 View profile
- Frederick Keith Cowey 1995-2004 View profile
- Gordon James Roderick 1991-1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering; Other human health activities
- Incorporated
- 25/07/1891
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
14 directors on the board
- Stephen Mcmahon Director · appointed 2019
- Professor Jane Elizabeth Hillston Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Rosalind Louise Smyth Director · appointed 2022
- Murray John Legg Director · appointed 2020
- Jennifer Michelle Smithson Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Anne Rosser Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Muzlifah Haniffa Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Douglas Higgs Director · appointed 2011
- Professor Rebecca Clare Fitzgerald Director · appointed 2015
- Professor Julian John Blow Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Dame Pamela Jean Shaw Director · appointed 2018
- Rory Michael Benjamin Guinness Director · appointed 1998
- Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys Director · appointed 1995
- Professor John Peter Iredale Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Stephen Mcmahon Director · appointed 2019
- Murray John Legg Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Douglas Higgs Director · appointed 2011
- Professor Rebecca Clare Fitzgerald Director · appointed 2015
- Professor Dame Pamela Jean Shaw Director · appointed 2018
- Rory Michael Benjamin Guinness Director · appointed 1998
- Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys Director · appointed 1995
- Professor John Peter Iredale Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Stephen Mcmahon Director · appointed 2019
- Jennifer Michelle Smithson Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Anne Rosser Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Muzlifah Haniffa Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Douglas Higgs Director · appointed 2011
- Professor Julian John Blow Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Dame Pamela Jean Shaw Director · appointed 2018
- Rory Michael Benjamin Guinness Director · appointed 1998
- Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys Director · appointed 1995
Portfolio (5)
- Professor Jane Elizabeth Hillston Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Rosalind Louise Smyth Director · appointed 2022
- Murray John Legg Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Rebecca Clare Fitzgerald Director · appointed 2015
- Professor John Peter Iredale Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00034479
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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