Membership
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-12)

IIAC meets quarterly and publishes the minutes of its meetings on GOV.UK. You can also read more about its members here.

Our members

Professor Gillian Leng CBE, Chair

Clinician; President of the Royal Society of Medicine; Non-executive Director at the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology

Appointed 1 April 2025

Professor John Cherrie

Emeritus Professor, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University; Associate, Institute of Occupational Medicine

Reappointed 1 November 2023

Lesley Francois

Solicitor, Slater and Gordon LLP

Reappointed 1 September 2024

Dr Sally Hemming

Health and Wellbeing Lead at EY, UKI; Associate Wellbeing Services, Robertson Cooper, Northern Trust and JP Hemming Ltd

Appointed 1 January 2023

Professor Max Henderson

Professor of Psychological Medicine and Occupational Psychiatry at the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences at the University of Leeds.

Reappointed 1 November 2024

Dr Richard Heron

Independent Chief Medical Officer and Managing Director at Heron Health Consulting Ltd; Honorary Professorial Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Nottingham Medical School; Honorary Teacher, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester.

Appointed 3 January 2023

Dr Jennifer Hoyle

Consultant Respiratory Physician and Occupational Lung Disease Lead, Pennine Acute NHS Trust. Clinical Lead; Strategic Clinical Network for Respiratory and Long Covid, Greater Manchester.

Reappointed 1 September 2024

Dr Ian Lawson

Retired Occupational Health Physician and formerly, Chief Medical Officer, Rolls-Royce plc.

Reappointed 1 November 2023

Professor Damien McElvenny

Principal Epidemiologist, Institute of Occupational Medicine and Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester.

Appointed 1 December 2021

Stephen Mitchell

Deputy Head of Legal Services and Data Protection Officer, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers Union.

Appointed 3 January 2023

Daniel Shears

National Health, Safety and Environmental Director, GMB Union

Reappointed 1 September 2024

Dr Chris Stenton

Locum Consultant Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary

Reappointed 1 November 2023

Dr Sharon Stevelink

Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and National Institute for Health and Care Research; Advanced Fellow, Department of Psychological Medicine and King’s Centre for Military Health Research at King’s College London

Appointed 3 January 2023

Dr Gareth Walters

Consultant in respiratory medicine, occupational and interstitial lung disease, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Clinical lead, Regional NHS occupational lung disease service, Birmingham Chest Clinic; and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in occupational and environmental medicine, University of Birmingham

Appointed 1 December 2021

Register of interests

Read the Register of members’ interests (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/iiac-register-of-interests).

Recruitment of members

The Commissioner for Public Appointments (https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/) regulates all appointments to IIAC. The appointments are made in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-code-for-public-appointments) published by the government.

Vacancies are published on the Public Appointments (https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/) website as a minimum.

Our meetings and minutes

IIAC meetings

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b4d4d7b0b51a850e9408c/iiac-minutes-apr-2025.pdf)

April 2025: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b4d4d7b0b51a850e9408c/iiac-minutes-apr-2025.pdf)

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January 2025: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6824995db9226dd8e81ab883/iiac-minutes-jan-2025.pdf) (PDF, 180 KB, 9 pages) October 2024: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f79a2e45705eb1a1513ea8/iiac-minutes-oct-2024.pdf) (PDF, 163 KB, 9 pages) July 2024: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673de5e92ff787d4e01b0887/iiac-minutes-july-2024.pdf) (PDF, 185 KB, 10 pages) April 2024: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66b62ffaab418ab0555935cf/iiac-minutes-april-2024.pdf) (PDF, 153 KB, 8 pages) January 2024: IIAC Minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6690d86bab418ab055592420/iiac_hybrid_online_minutes_11_january_2024.pdf) (PDF, 227 KB, 9 pages) October 2023: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bcdfe163a23d0013c82108/october-2023-IIAC-minutes.pdf) (PDF, 198 KB, 9 pages) March 2023: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c3c192331a650014934e29/iiac-minutes-march-2023.pdf) (PDF, 253 KB, 13 pages) January 2023: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/641188c18fa8f556141b030b/iiac-minutes-january-2023.pdf) (PDF, 170 KB, 10 pages) October 2022: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63d3a9b08fa8f518866a10c5/iiac-minutes-october-2022.pdf) (PDF, 190 KB, 9 pages) July 2022: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6363ff4e8fa8f57a24350c8d/iiac-minutes-july-2022.pdf) (PDF, 156 KB, 8 pages) April 2022: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62da6862d3bf7f170a30eb2a/iiac-minutes-april-2022.pdf) (PDF, 164 KB, 9 pages) March 2022: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6287a3eee90e071f5d4f1ce2/iiac-minutes-mar-2022.pdf) (PDF, 139 KB, 5 pages) February 2022: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6287a33ee90e071f5ee0e828/iiac-minutes-feb-2022.pdf) (PDF, 153 KB, 8 pages) January 2022: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/625408f98fa8f54a864cc715/iiac-minutes-january-2022.pdf) (PDF, 157 KB, 9 pages) October 2021: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61f3fa9ce90e0768a3523220/iiac-minutes-october-2021.pdf) (PDF, 201 KB, 8 pages) July 2021: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61b0783fd3bf7f0559e1db91/iiac-minutes-july-2021.pdf) (PDF, 156 KB, 8 pages) April 2021: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6131f6c9d3bf7f05b3fbd758/iiac-minutes-april-2021.pdf) (PDF, 145 KB, 9 pages) January 2021: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60ab82ebe90e071b5e6aabbd/iiac-minutes-january-2021.pdf) (PDF, 147 KB, 6 pages) October 2020: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/603387aae90e07660a5f1608/iiac-minutes-october-2020.pdf) (PDF, 159 KB, 7 pages) July 2020: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5fa15ddfd3bf7f03acd139ce/iiac-minutes-july-2020.pdf) (PDF, 207 KB, 6 pages) April 2020: Meeting cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19) January 2020: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f119096d3bf7f5ba726b1dd/iiac-minutes-_january-2020.pdf) (PDF, 305 KB, 6 pages) October 2019: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e50029786650c10e4580f01/iiac-minutes-october-2019.pdf) (PDF, 146 KB, 6 pages) July 2019: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e5002d3e90e074dc1db71cb/iiac-minutes-july-2019.pdf) (PDF, 118 KB, 5 pages) April 2019: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d64fb1940f0b607c009e50a/IIAC_minutes_Apr19-Web.pdf) (PDF, 137 KB, 6 pages) January 2019: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d64fac340f0b607cbfbc834/IIAC_minutes_Jan19-Web.pdf) (PDF, 125 KB, 6 pages) October 2018: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c8b96d240f0b640d1f1c192/iiac-minutes-october-2018.pdf) (PDF, 110 KB, 5 pages) June 2018: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c8b964b40f0b640d88fbedb/iiac-minutes-june-2018.pdf) (PDF, 124 KB, 6 pages) March 2018: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c8b9597e5274a4c359104eb/iiac-minutes-march-2018.pdf) (PDF, 110 KB, 5 pages) January 2018: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ae05da640f0b60a9a985b65/iiac-minutes-jan-2018.pdf) (PDF, 101 KB, 5 pages) October 2017: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a81f3a540f0b6230269a0b7/iiac-minutes-oct-2017.pdf) (PDF, 118 KB, 5 pages) July 2017: IIAC minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a8231b540f0b62305b92fb3/iiac-minutes-jul-2017.pdf) 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IIAC Research Working Group (RWG) meetings

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68d2674a275fc9339a248b72/iiac-rwg-minutes-may-2025.pdf)

May 2025: RWG minutes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68d2674a275fc9339a248b72/iiac-rwg-minutes-may-2025.pdf)

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Archived minutes

Read earlier meeting minutes on The National Archives (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20161123163503/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/industrial-injuries-advisory-council/about/membership#our-meetings-and-minutes) website.

IIAC public meetings

IIAC also hold annual public meetings. Read the IIAC public meeting minutes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-injuries-advisory-council-public-meetings).

Our secretariat

The council doesn’t have any staff of its own but DWP provides a small secretariat team.
- Head of Secretariat: Stuart Whitney
- Scientific Advisor: Ian Chetland
- Administrative Secretary: Catherine Hegarty