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Wikimedia UK trustees have a duty to make their conflicts of interests known, and to abstain from decisions where those conflicts may influence the decisions they make on behalf of the charity. This page documents the declarations of interest that the current trustees have made. WMUK staff may also use this page to declare conflicts of interest that they have that may influence the advice they provide to the Board. Records of past trustee and staff COIs are on the [[/Archive|archive page]].
All Wikimedia UK trustees are bound by the charity's [[Trustee Conflict of Interest Policy|Conflict of Interest Policy]], the purpose of which is to ensure that all decisions and decision-making processes are, and are seen to be, free from personal bias and that they do not unfairly favour any trustee, committee member, or any associated person or organisation.


Some interests may exceptionally need to be declared in a confidential manner. These are recorded {{office|Register_of_Interests|on the office wiki}}, and the [[Chief Exec]] will have been made aware of them and will flag resulting issues as needed.
This page documents the declarations of interest that the current trustees have made, as required by that that policy. Older records may be found on the [[/Archive|archive page]].


Staff declarations of interests, should any occur, will be dealt with directly by the Chief Executive, and will be recorded here as appropriate. The Chief Exec's interests will be recorded here by default.
Where there is - very exceptionally - an overriding need for a particular interest to be kept confidential having due regard to the charity's commitment to transparency, it is recorded privately {{office|Register_of_Interests|on the office wiki}}, and details are sent in confidence to other trustees and to the chief executive. A conflicted trustee who is unable to disclose a relevant interest to fellow trustees and to the chief executive must step down from the board.


Situations that arise where interests have been declared and managed are recorded in the minutes of board meetings.
At the beginning of every board meeting and board committee meeting members are asked to disclose any conflict or potential conflict that may exist with respect to any item on the agenda. The minutes will record any such declarations, and the manner in which any conflict was handled.


General guidance for managing declarations of interests for charity trustees can be found [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Charity_requirements_guidance/Charity_governance/Good_governance/conflicts.aspx here].
=Trustees=


=Trustees=
=== Alex Ashby ===
I have a range of company directorships in the UK and EU, all of which are for marketing or related companies and none of which present a conflict of interest with my role as a Trustee of Wikimedia UK. I am also on the Board expert panel advising Accounting 4 Sustainability (a Prince’s trust charity). Added by Lucy Crompton-Reid on behalf of Alex Ashby [[User:LucyCrompton-Reid (WMUK)|LucyCrompton-Reid (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:LucyCrompton-Reid (WMUK)|talk]]) 13:40, 13 November 2023 (GMT).
 
===Adrian Beidas===
I have no conflict of interests to register.


== Saad Choudri ==
=== '''Caroline Ball''' ===
I have no conflict of interests to register (confirmed on behalf of Caroline Ball by Lucy Crompton-Reid).


Saad Choudri, a qualified and practising solicitor, has previously held or currently holds the following positions:
===Sangeet Bhullar===
I am the founder and Director of WISE KIDS a small non-profit company I set up in 2002 whose aim is to provide training, consultancy, research and resource development to promote digital literacy, digital well-being and digital citizenship for young people, parents/carers, and professionals like teachers, youth workers, librarians, police, CAMHS staff and children’s services.  
'''Current'''
*Employee of Miniclip (UK) Limited as Vice President of Business Affairs;
*Director and CEO of Legend Express Limited; and
*President of AdJunction Private Limited (Pakistan).
'''Past'''
*Employee of SEGA Europe Limited as Legal Counsel; and
*Special Constable (Metropolitan Police).


'''DoI with contractors'''
In this role, I regularly deliver talks, workshops and training programmes (paid and unpaid), and in some of these, I speak about and promote open education resources and tools.  
* Mark Robinson is a lawyer that WMUK contracted in March 2013 to advise on QRpedia privacy issues. Mark Robinson was seconded to Miniclip before Saad started working at the company.  Saad has not engaged Mark in his capacity as a lawyer at Miniclip.  Mark has been recommended as a good lawyer through colleagues of Saad's who have recommended him highly.


== Greyham Dawes ==
<u>Current Directorships and Committees</u>
No conflicts of personal interests nor conflicts of loyalties that could reasonably be seen as requiring to be disclosed and managed in connection with my directorship of Wikimedia UK


== Chris Keating ==
I am currently a Trustee for Compassionate Mental Health. I am also a member of the Welsh Government Advisory Board on Digital Inclusion. I am also a member of the advisory committee for Stop It Now Wales. WISE KIDS is also an associate member of UKCIS (UK Council for Internet Safety).  
* I am employed as a fundraiser by NDCS, and previously by King's College London and Parkinson's UK. Wikimedia UK has worked with some of these organisations in the past, with occasional editathons, but there has been no financial commitment to these relationships. While the situation hasn't yet arisen, I would naturally recuse myself from discussions relating to a current or former employer if.
* I have been a member of the Liberal Democrats since 1997, and was a staff member there between 2002-2010. In May 2014 I was a Lib Dem candidate the London Borough of Lambeth.  To avoid the appearance of a conflict of loyalties I would recuse myself from any discussions in Wikimedia UK regarding the Liberal Democrats, though this situation has not so far arisen. (If you look at my editing history, you will see that some of my first edits were on Lib Dem related topics, though none since 2006.)
* Some of the trainers in Midas Training Solutions also provide "Train the Trainer" workshops as part of the Liberal Democrats' volunteer training programme, and I went on such a training course in 2004. I also worked with some of those people (in a voluntary capacity on both sides) in developing and delivering training sessions. I was not involved in the decision to select Midas as the supplier of Wikimedia UK's "Train the Trainer" programme, which resulted from a fair and open tender process. While there is no financial interest, I am aware that there might be considered to be a conflict of loyalties in this situation, and I intend to recuse myself from similar matters in future.


==Michael Maggs==
I am not a member of any political party.   
I am not aware of any current or likely potential conflict of interest or loyalty.  In my previous role as partner of Kilburn & Strode LLP until March 2013 I provided legal (intellectual property) advice to a variety of clients, and acted adverse to a number of organizations. In the event that any of my previous professional activities give rise to a future conflict or perception of conflict I will disclose that immediately and will update my public statement here. I am currently a bureaucrat at Wikimedia Commons, in which role I may occasionally have access to non-public information for example via the bureaucrats' mailing list.


== Alastair McCapra ==
I am not aware of any conflicts of interest. If something did arise, I will declare this to the Board, and recuse myself from Board discussions as appropriate.
Salaried post: (after 1 November 2013) Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Public Relations; (to 31 October 2013) Chief Executive of the Landscape Institute/Company Secretary of Landscape Services Ltd.


Former salaried posts:  Chief Executive, Icon the Institute of Conservation;  Head of Policy Communications and Membership, the Royal Society of Public Health
===Mark Cruickshank===
I have no conflict of interests to register (confirmed on behalf of Mark Cruickshank by Lucy Crompton-Reid)


Current and former Directorships: None
===Martin Christy ===
I have no conflict of interests to register.


Current voluntary roles:Mentor to Ancient Materials, Technology & Conservation, a Kent-based heritage co-op.  
=== Monisha Shah ===
I am not affiliated to any political party.


Former voluntary roles: Honorary Treasurer, Landscape Architecture Europe, a Netherlands NFP; joint web editor, British Harpsichord Society; 
Board memberships:  


Memberships:  Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London; Fellow of the Institute of Association Management; Fellow of the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing; member of ACEVO; member of The National Trust; member of the Art Fund; member of Fawcett Society
* Board Member of Office for Students
* Chair of the Queen’s Counsel Appointments Panel
* Member of Ofcom’s Content Board
* Senior independent member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI
* Trustee of the Royal Collection Trust  


Political affiliation: none
Trusteeships


A full statement on the managing of potential conflicts arising from Alastair's salaried role with CIPR can be seen [[User:Mccapra/Statement_on_managing_potential_conflict_of_interest|here]].
* Chair of Caterham School
* Trustee of the Art Fund


== Carol Campbell ==
Should any potential conflict of interest or loyalty arise I will make this known.


During my life I have been involved with a number of charities as an employee and as a trustee. I was previously Cathedral Executive Officer at Ely Cathedral, and I am currently a member of the Iona Community. I am not aware that any of these current or past commitments could reasonably be seen as conflicting with my role at WMUK but will amend my statement if the situation changes.
=== Sarvesh Ramachandran ===
I have no conflict of interests to register.


== Kate West ==
=== Sammy Tarling ===
I was an employee of the Charity Commission between 2003-2007 where I held a number of different positions. I did not work for the Commission when WMUK was registered as a charity and had no involvement in the process. I have since worked for political think tank Demos, and I am currently Chief Operating Officer at the Electoral Reform Society. I am not aware that any of these current or past commitments could reasonably be seen as conflicting with my role at WMUK.
I am a software engineer on the Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation. I do not hold any decision making roles within the Wikimedia Foundation. — [[User:TheresNoTime|TheresNoTime]] ([[User talk:TheresNoTime|talk]] • they/them) 13:03, 20 September 2023 (BST)


== Simon Knight ==  
=== Rod Ward ===
Some of my research is in the area of collective intelligence and analytics – of relevance to Wikimedia – should any interests arise in the course of my work I’ll update my declaration of interest as appropriate and recuse myself where conflicts arise.
<nowiki>I have no conflict of interests to register .</nowiki>[[User:Rodw|Rodw]] ([[User talk:Rodw|talk]]) 17:18, 30 March 2021 (BST).
An employer with whom I have an on-going (unpaid) working relationship at the University of Cambridge is currently bidding for funding from WMUK and our contractors for a specific Mediawiki project. I am not involved in those decisions nor would I benefit financially from the project (see [[IT_Development/Technology_Committee_meetings/Minutes_1_April_2014]]).
Aforementioned aside, I am not aware of any current or likely potential conflicts of interest or loyalty arising from my current position (as a PhD student at the Open University) or any previous positions and associations.


== Gill Hamilton ==
===Vivian Wineman===
I have a salaried post as Digital Access Manager at National Library of Scotland. The Library employs a Wikimedian-in-Residence, and to that end has a formal agreement with Wikimedia UK. In the past WMUK has part funded this post but currently it is fully funded by the Library.  I am the line manager of the Wikimedian.  Should the Library in the future seek funding or grants from WMUK to further support the Wikimedian or activities associated with their role, I would recuse from any board discussions.  I am a member of Europeana Foundation and a participant & occasional host for Open Knowledge Foundation Edinburgh chapter meetups.
I have no conflict of interests to register (confirmed on behalf of Vivan Wineman by Lucy Crompton-Reid).


=Staff=
=Staff=
Staff declarations of interests, should any occur, will be dealt with directly by the Chief Executive and may be recorded here as appropriate. The Chief Exec's interests are recorded here by default.


Staff declarations of interests, should any occur, will be dealt with directly by the Chief Executive and recorded here as appropriate. The Chief Exec's interests will be recorded here by default.
===Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive===


==D'Arcy Myers, Chief Executive==
*Former employers: Apples and Snakes, House of Lords, Arts Council England, Refugee Council, Arts & Business, National Theatre, The Space
*Current paid consultancy:  Interim CEO Wikimedia UK through Consultdarcy Ltd ( www.consultdarcy.org )
*Political affiliation: No current political affiliations.
*Former posts: Interim CEO Allergy UK, Interim Director Research In Practice
*Voluntary roles: Trustee/Director of The Audience Agency; Trustee/Director of Visible Theatre; member of the British Library Advisory Council
*Current and former Directorships: Parity Trust
*Current voluntary roles: Mentor at MentorNet
*Memberships: Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
*Political affiliation: none


==Richard Symonds, Office Manager==
=See Also=
* Richard holds Checkuser and Oversight rights on the English Wikipedia, and has a knowledge of private cases due to his time on the 'Arbitration Committee'. He only uses these rights in his volunteer capacity, and never participates in any actions against or in support of known Wikimedia UK members.


*[[Trustee Conflict of Interest Policy]]


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Latest revision as of 10:44, 29 September 2024

All Wikimedia UK trustees are bound by the charity's Conflict of Interest Policy, the purpose of which is to ensure that all decisions and decision-making processes are, and are seen to be, free from personal bias and that they do not unfairly favour any trustee, committee member, or any associated person or organisation.

This page documents the declarations of interest that the current trustees have made, as required by that that policy. Older records may be found on the archive page.

Where there is - very exceptionally - an overriding need for a particular interest to be kept confidential having due regard to the charity's commitment to transparency, it is recorded privately on the office wiki, and details are sent in confidence to other trustees and to the chief executive. A conflicted trustee who is unable to disclose a relevant interest to fellow trustees and to the chief executive must step down from the board.

At the beginning of every board meeting and board committee meeting members are asked to disclose any conflict or potential conflict that may exist with respect to any item on the agenda. The minutes will record any such declarations, and the manner in which any conflict was handled.

Trustees

Alex Ashby

I have a range of company directorships in the UK and EU, all of which are for marketing or related companies and none of which present a conflict of interest with my role as a Trustee of Wikimedia UK. I am also on the Board expert panel advising Accounting 4 Sustainability (a Prince’s trust charity). Added by Lucy Crompton-Reid on behalf of Alex Ashby LucyCrompton-Reid (WMUK) (talk) 13:40, 13 November 2023 (GMT).

Adrian Beidas

I have no conflict of interests to register.

Caroline Ball

I have no conflict of interests to register (confirmed on behalf of Caroline Ball by Lucy Crompton-Reid).

Sangeet Bhullar

I am the founder and Director of WISE KIDS a small non-profit company I set up in 2002 whose aim is to provide training, consultancy, research and resource development to promote digital literacy, digital well-being and digital citizenship for young people, parents/carers, and professionals like teachers, youth workers, librarians, police, CAMHS staff and children’s services.

In this role, I regularly deliver talks, workshops and training programmes (paid and unpaid), and in some of these, I speak about and promote open education resources and tools.

Current Directorships and Committees

I am currently a Trustee for Compassionate Mental Health. I am also a member of the Welsh Government Advisory Board on Digital Inclusion. I am also a member of the advisory committee for Stop It Now Wales. WISE KIDS is also an associate member of UKCIS (UK Council for Internet Safety).

I am not a member of any political party.

I am not aware of any conflicts of interest. If something did arise, I will declare this to the Board, and recuse myself from Board discussions as appropriate.

Mark Cruickshank

I have no conflict of interests to register (confirmed on behalf of Mark Cruickshank by Lucy Crompton-Reid)

Martin Christy

I have no conflict of interests to register.

Monisha Shah

I am not affiliated to any political party.

Board memberships:  

  • Board Member of Office for Students
  • Chair of the Queen’s Counsel Appointments Panel
  • Member of Ofcom’s Content Board
  • Senior independent member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI
  • Trustee of the Royal Collection Trust

Trusteeships

  • Chair of Caterham School
  • Trustee of the Art Fund

Should any potential conflict of interest or loyalty arise I will make this known.

Sarvesh Ramachandran

I have no conflict of interests to register.

Sammy Tarling

I am a software engineer on the Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation. I do not hold any decision making roles within the Wikimedia Foundation. — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 13:03, 20 September 2023 (BST)

Rod Ward

I have no conflict of interests to register .Rodw (talk) 17:18, 30 March 2021 (BST).

Vivian Wineman

I have no conflict of interests to register (confirmed on behalf of Vivan Wineman by Lucy Crompton-Reid).

Staff

Staff declarations of interests, should any occur, will be dealt with directly by the Chief Executive and may be recorded here as appropriate. The Chief Exec's interests are recorded here by default.

Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive

  • Former employers: Apples and Snakes, House of Lords, Arts Council England, Refugee Council, Arts & Business, National Theatre, The Space
  • Political affiliation: No current political affiliations.
  • Voluntary roles: Trustee/Director of The Audience Agency; Trustee/Director of Visible Theatre; member of the British Library Advisory Council

See Also

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