Our governance
Minutes, terms of reference and register of members' interests for the Export Guarantees Advisory Council.
Role of the group
The Export Guarantees Advisory Council (EGAC) is a statutory body which advises the Secretary of State on UK Export Finance鈥檚 operations, with a specific duty to provide advice about the provision of reinsurance to the private sector.
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Register of members鈥� interests
Directorships and shareholdings held by the members of the EGAC, advising UK Export Finance.
Members鈥� directorships
| Member | Name of company or organisation | Position held |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Havard-Williams | Linklaters | Consultant |
| 听 | Transition Finance Council | Board member |
| 听 | Oxford University Climate Monitor project | Advisory Board member |
| Belinda Howell | Decarbonize Limited | Managing Director |
| 听 | Defence Safety & Environment Committee (MOD) | Non-Executive Director |
| 听 | Marine Management Organisation | Non-Executive Board member |
| 听 | London Pensions Fund Authority | Non-Executive Board member |
| 听 | Digital Catapult | Non-Executive Board member |
| Ben Caldecott | University of Oxford - Oxford Sustainable Finance Group Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and the Lombard Odier | Director / Associate Professor |
| 听 | ATLAS Infrastructure, Climate Advisory Board | Board Member |
| 听 | Attain Learning, Advisory Board | Board Member |
| 听 | Climate Impact X, International Advisory Council | Board Member |
| 听 | Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Responsible Investment Advisory Council | Board Member |
| 听 | Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative | Board Member/Trustee |
| 听 | DBS Bank, Board Sustainability Committee | Committee Member |
| 听 | Conservative Environment Network, Advisory Council | Board Member |
| 听 | Global Infrastructure Partners | Senior Advisor |
| 听 | Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment | Associate Editor |
| 听 | Neuberger Berman, Stewardship & Sustainable Investing Advisory Council | Board Member |
| 听 | Oriel College | Supernumerary Fellow |
| 听 | Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford | Senior Fellow |
| 听 | Payne Institute for Earth Resources, Colorado School of Mines | Non-Resident Fellow |
| 听 | Policy Exchange | Senior Fellow |
| 听 | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) | Council Member/Trustee |
| 听 | Science Based Targets Initiative, Technical Council | Board Member |
| 听 | The Alan Turing Institute | Visiting Researcher |
| 听 | UK Climate Change Committee, Adaptation Committee | Committee Member |
| 听 | Wealth Management Institute | Visiting Professor |
| 听 | Caldecott & Partners Ltd | Director |
| 听 | Impact Lens Ltd | Director |
| 听 | International Transition Plan Network (ITPN) Advisory Group | Committee Chair |
| 听 | World Federation of Exchanges, ESG | Advisory Group member |
| Harold Freeman | Independent Commission for Aid Impact | Part-time Commissioner |
| John Morrison | Centro Regional de Empresas y Emprendimientos Responsables (CREER) | Chief Executive |
| 听 | The Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business Ltd | Chief Executive |
| 听 | Institute for Human Rights and Business USA | Chief Executive |
| 听 | Institute for Human Rights and Business Nordic | Chief Executive |
| 听 | UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational | Steering Board member |
| 听 | Enterprises (Department for Business and Trade) | Committee Member |
| 听 | John Lewis Partnership鈥檚 Board Ethics and Sustainability Committee | Independent Committee member |
| Stephen Prior | Nothing to declare | 听 |
| Sarah Steele | Nothing to declare | 听 |
Members鈥� shareholdings
Council members must declare any substantial shareholding held by them or a member of their immediate family (defined as a partner or children under 18 years old).
A substantial shareholding is defined as shares in any one company worth more than 拢50,000, or more than 1% of the share capital of any company.
| Member | Shareholding | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Belinda Howell | Shareholding | Decarbonize Limited |
| Ben Caldecott | None | 听 |
| Harold Freeman | None | 听 |
| John Morrison | None | 听 |
| Sarah Steele | None | 听 |
| Stephen Prior | None | 听 |
| Vanessa Havard Williams | None | 听 |
The UK Export Finance annual report includes the annual report of the work of the Export Guarantees Advisory Council.