Membership

Find out about the members of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group.


Membership

There are currently 16 members of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group, and a Chair.

Members are agreed as public appointments (usually for a term of 3 years), in accordance with guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

Chair

Professor Mark Watson-Gandy, OBE – Barrister Three Stone Chambers

Current Members

  • Professor Anne-Maree Farrell – Chair of Medical Jurisprudence, Edinburgh Law School
  • Professor Richard Guest – Professor of Biometric Technologies, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
  • Giles Herdale – Director, Herdale Digital Consulting Ltd
  • Matt James – Associate Professor Bioethics and Medical Law
  • David Lewis – former Deputy Chief Constable of Dorset and Devon & Cornwall Police, and previous National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for ethics and national lead for forensics performance and standards - now undertaking a portfolio of roles in governance, regulation, ethics and leadership development
  • Professor Penney Lewis – Criminal Law Commissioner
  • Elisabeth Mackay – Digital Trust and Cybersecurity Consultant
  • Professor Sarah Morris – Deputy Head of ECS (Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise), University of Southampton
  • Dr Nóra Ni Loideain – Director and Senior Lecturer in Law of the Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
  • Professor Niamh Nic Daeid – Professor of Forensic Science and Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee
  • Dr Malcolm Oswald – Director, Citizens Juries c.i.c
  • Professor Marion Oswald, MBE – Professor in Law, Northumbria University and Senior Research Associate, the Alan Turing Institute
  • Professor Emeritus Charles Raab – Professor Emeritus School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
  • Professor Tom Sorell – Professor of Politics and Philosophy at University of Warwick
  • Professor Denise Syndercombe Court – Professor of Forensic Genetics, Kings College London
  • Dr Peter Waggett – Director of Research IBM UK Ltd, Director LBM Ltd

Full biographies

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