Register of interests – September 2025
Jillian Popkins
| Main occupation/employment | Dates |
|---|---|
| Chief Commissioner, ICAI | Jan 2025 to present |
| Directorships, partnerships or registrable shareholdings | |
| Nil | n/a |
| Board membership of other public bodies | |
| Trustee, Baring Foundation (unremunerated) | Oct 2020 to present |
| Interests of close family members | |
| Directorship, First Turn Development Consulting Limited | Aug 2023 to present |
| Associate, The Policy Practice | Mar 2005 to present |
| Associate, Evidence and Impact Oxford | Oct 2023 to present |
| Honorary Associate, Institute of Development Studies | Oct 2022 to present |
| Interests from previous recent employment | |
| Directorship, First Turn Development Consulting Limited | Aug 2023 to Jan 2025 |
| Interim Deputy Executive Director, Policy, Advocacy and Programmes, UNICEF UK | Aug 2023 to Apr 2024 |
| Party political activity | |
| Nil | |
| Other interests notified | |
| Nil | |
Liz Ditchburn
| Main occupation/employment | Dates |
|---|---|
| n/a | n/a |
| Directorships, partnerships or registrable shareholdings | |
| Non-Executive Director, Net Zero Technology Centre (unremunerated) | 7 Dec 2022 to present |
| Board member, Women’s Enterprise Scotland CIC (unremunerated) | 20 Feb 2023 to 28 Mar 2025 |
| Chair of North Sea Transition Authority | Oct 2024 to present |
| Board membership of other public bodies | |
| Nil | n/a |
| Interests of close family members | |
| Nil | n/a |
| Interests from previous recent employment | |
| Civil servant – Director General Scottish Government | Apr 2016 – Jan 2022 |
| Part-time employment Glasgow University College of Social Sciences | Feb 2023 – Sep 2023 |
| Party political activity | |
| Nil | n/a |
| Other interests notified | |
| Honorary Professor and member of Advisory Board, Centre for Public Policy, University of Glasgow (unremunerated) | 31 Jan 2023 to present |
| Trustee, NESTA (unremunerated). NESTA own Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) which has done some ODA funded work in the past and may do in the future. | 1 Oct 2022 to 30 Sept 2025 |
| Trustee and Co-Chair, David Hume Institute (unremunerated) | 19 Mar 2024 to present |
Harold Freeman
| Main occupation/employment | Dates |
|---|---|
| Consultant Economist | Mar 2020 to present |
| Directorships, partnerships or registrable shareholdings | |
| Director, Harold Freeman Consulting Ltd | Jun 2021 to present |
| Board membership of other public bodies | |
| Member of the Export Guarantees Advisory Council, UK Export Finance | May 2022 to present |
| Interests of close family members | |
| Nil | |
| Interests from previous recent employment | |
| Board Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Aug 2015 to Sep 2019 |
| Party political activity | |
| Nil | |
| Other interests notified | |
| Nil | |