Volume 7: Medicines and Cosmetics
Who's who

For fuller descriptions of many of the following people, see the main Who's who in vol. 16: Reference Material (or via an electronic link in the website and CD-ROM versions).

Sir Donald Acheson	Chief Medical Officer, 1983-91, Department of Health (DH)
Dr Paul Adams	Principal Medical Officer, Medicines Division, DH (later Medicines Control Agency (MCA))
Mrs J Alderman	Information scientist, MB1B, Medicines Division, DH
Mr (later Sir) Derek Andrews	Permanent Secretary, MAFF, 1987-93
Professor Sir James Armour	Chairman, Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), 1987-96
Mr M A Armstrong	Information Section, DH
Professor Sir William Asscher	Chairman, Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM), 1987-92
Mrs Elizabeth Attridge	Under Secretary responsible for Animal Health and Veterinary Group, 1989-91
Professor Sir J Badenoch	Chairman, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), up to 1989
Mrs Elizabeth Baker	MB5A, Medicines Division, DH
Dr Harry Baker	Medical Research Council
Mr Lewis Baker	Meat Hygiene Division, MAFF
Dr Jack Barnes	Director, Research Management Division (RMD), DH
Mr H L Batho	Animal Health Division, MAFF
Professor Sir Colin Berry	Chairman, Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials (CDSM), 1982-92
Mr J A Bewley	MB1C, Medicines Division, DH
Rt Hon. Virginia Bottomley	DH Secretary of State, 1992-95
Professor John Bourne	Director, Institute for Animal Health (IAH); member of Tyrrell Committee
Dr Ian Boyd	MCA, Secretary of BSE Working Group, 1992
Mr Raymond Bradley	Head of the Pathology Department and BSE research coordinator, CVL, 1987-95
Dr Kate Brown	Chief Scientists Group (CSG), MAFF
Mr R Brown	Food Hygiene and Safety Branch, DH
Mr Will Burton	Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Head of the Pharmaceutical Supply and Technology Section, Supplies Technology Division (STD), DH
Professor Alexander Campbell	Chairman, JCVI, 1989-96
Dr Richard Cawthorne	Head of Animal Health (Zoonoses) Division, 1991-95; Veterinary Head of Notifiable Diseases Section since 1995
Rt Hon. Kenneth Clarke	DH Secretary of State, 1988-90
Professor Gerald Collee	Chairman, Biologicals Sub-Committee of the CSM up to 1989; Chairman, BSE Working Group 1989-92
Mr Iain Crawford	Director of the Veterinary Field Service, MAFF
Mr Alistair Cruickshank	MAFF Under Secretary responsible for Animal Health Group, 1986-89; Under Secretary, Agricultural Commodities, 1995-96
Mr P W Cunliffe	Joint author of Evans-Cunliffe Report on control of human medicines; author of Cunliffe Report on control of veterinary medicines
Mrs Edwina Currie	DH Under-Secretary of State, 1986-88
Dr Mary Dastgir	Senior Medical Officer, RMD, DH
Dr Geoff Diggle	MED TEP, DH
Mr Adrian Dixon	Animal Health Division, MAFF
Mr Stephen Dorrell	DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary, 1990-92
Miss Marilyn Duncan	Director, Safety and Quality, STD, DH (later Medical Devices Directorate (MDD))
Mr Thomas Eddy	Head of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, MAFF, since 1993; SEAC secretariat from 1993
Dr N J B Evans	Joint author of Evans-Cunliffe Report on control of human medicines
Dr Robin Fielder	Senior Principal Scientific Officer, Section Head, MED TEP (later HEF M), DH
Mr Roger Freeman	DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary, 1988-90
Mr D Fry	Meat Hygiene Division, MAFF
Mr Alastair Gray	Medicines Unit, MAFF
Rt Hon. John Gummer	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1989-93; Secretary of State for the Environment, 1993-97
Mr Martin Haddon	Head of Animal Health Group, MAFF
Mr David Hagger	Head of Administrative Branch of Medicines Division, 1984-90; Head of Business B, MCA
Dr Ed Harris	Deputy Chief Medical Officer, 1977-89, DH
Mr Mark Hawkins	Higher Executive Officer, Animal Health Division, MAFF, with responsibility for BSE
Mr John F Howard	Animal Health Division, MAFF
Professor W D Hueston	Veterinary epidemiologist, US Department of Agriculture; member of SEAC since 1994
Mr Stephen Hutchins	Senior Veterinary Officer, Meat Hygiene Division, MAFF
Dr David Jefferys	Principal Medical Officer, Medicines Division, DH; Head of Business A, MCA; Principal Medical Assessor to CSM, BSC and SEAR
Ms Bronwen Jones	Meat Hygiene Division, MAFF
Mr David Jones	Head of Consumer Safety Unit, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), 1989-1995
Dr Gerald Jones	Senior Principal Medical Officer in Medicines Division, DH, 1984-1989
Dr Keith Jones	Chief Executive, MCA, from 1989
Miss Marion Kelly	Director-General, CTPA
Mr Alastair Kidd	Senior Research Officer, CVL, 1982-89; Director of Licensing, VMD, 1989-91
Dr Richard Kimberlin	Research scientist, Neuropathogenesis Unit (NPU); independent TSE consultant since 1988
Mr D Kyle	ACVO, MAFF
Mr Alan Lawrence	Animal Health Division, MAFF; joint secretariat, Southwood Working Party
Mr Chris Lawson	Deputy Director, Administration, VMD
Professor David Lawson	Chairman, Committee on the Review of Medicines (CRM), 1985-91
Dr Aileen Lee	Head of Biologicals and Recombinant Products, VMD; MAFF's representative to the BSE Working Group
Mr Charles Lister	Health Aspects of Environment and Food (HEF) Division, DH
Dr Thomas Little	Deputy Director, CVL, 1986-90; Director/Chief Executive thereafter
Mr Murray Love	MB1B, Medicines Division, DH
Mr Robert Lowson	Head of Animal Health Division, MAFF, 1989-91; Head of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, 1991-93; SEAC secretariat to 1993
Mr Peter Luff	Biological Products and Standards (BP&S) Department, CVL
Rt Hon. John MacGregor	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1987-89
Mr R McIvor	Financial Guidance Division, MAFF
Rt Hon. David Maclean	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons) (Minister for Food Safety), 1989-92
Dr Kenneth MacOwan	CSG, MAFF
Mr John Maslin	MAFF, Head of administrative branch, non-notifiable and notifiable diseases other than BSE within Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, 1988-90; Head, BSE branch, 1990-93
Dr Danny Matthews	Senior Veterinary Officer, State Veterinary Service, MAFF
Mr Keith Meldrum	Chief Veterinary Officer, MAFF, 1988-97
Dr Jeremy Metters	Deputy Chief Medical Officer, DH, since 1989
Dr Philip Minor	Head, Division of Virology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, since 1985
Mr Tom Murray	Environmental Health and Food Safety Division, DH; SEAC joint secretary 1990-93
Mr Peter Otley	Environmental Health and Food Safety Division, DH
Mrs M L Payne	Higher Executive Officer, DTI; Head of Cosmetics Products Working Party
Mr Ian Phillipson	Head of Scientific Services, CTPA
Dr Hilary Pickles	Principal Medical Officer, DH; joint secretary, Southwood Working Party; joint secretary, Tyrrell Committee and SEAC, 1990
Dr John Purves	Senior Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Medicines Division, DH; Unit Manager, Biological Unit, MCA, since 1990; Pharmaceutical Assessor to the BSC
Dr June Raine	SMO, Medicines Division/MCA, 1985-90; Group Manager, Post-Licensing Assessment Group, 1994-98
Professor Mike Rawlins	Chairman, SEAR; Chairman, CSM, from 1992
Mr William Howard Rees	CVO, 1980-88; member, AFRC, 1980-88
Dr Tim Render	Head of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, MAFF, 1995-96
Dr Nigel Richardson	STD, Procurement Directorate (PD), DH
Dr Rosalind Ridley	Medical Research Council
Mr Chris Rogers	Meat Trade Advisor, MAFF
Mr Richard J Roscoe	Head, Chemical Hazards Section, Consumer Safety Unit, DTI, 1983-92
Dr Frances Rotblat	Senior Medical Officer, Medicines Division/MCA; Medical Assessor to BSC; Principal Medical Assessor, SEAR
Dr Eileen Rubery	Under Secretary, HEF, Public Health Group, DH, 1995-97
Dr James Rutter	Chief Executive, Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Dr Geoffrey Schild	Director, NIBSC
Mr Frank Scollen	Head of Animal Medicines Division, MAFF
Dr David Shannon	Chief Scientist (Agriculture and Horticulture), MAFF
Mrs Barbara Shersby	Secretary of BSE Working Group, 1989-91
Dr Brian Shreeve	Former Director of Research Division, CVL
Dr Rudolph Singh	Senior Medical Officer, MED TEP (later HEF M), DH; medical liaison with DTI on cosmetics
Mr John Sloggem	Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Biologicals Unit, Medicines Division, DH (later MCA); Pharmaceutical Assessor to BSC
Sir Richard Southwood	Chairman, Working Party on BSE, 1988-89
Mr Alan Taylor	Head of Administration, Biological and Recombinant Products, VMD
Dr David Taylor	Principal Research Scientist, NPU
Mr David Taylor	Veterinary Head, Red Meat Hygiene Section, SVS, MAFF
Mr Kevin Taylor	ACVO, MAFF, 1992-97
Dr Denise Thornton	Head of BP&S Department, MAFF
Mrs Stephanie Townsend	Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, MAFF
Dr David Tyrrell	Chairman of the Tyrrell Committee, 1989; chairman of SEAC until November 1995
Mr John Walker	Head, Chemical Hazards Section, Consumer Safety Unit, DTI, from 1992
Dr William Watson	Director, CVL, 1986-90; member of SEAC from 1990
Mr Leslie Whitbread	MCA
Mrs Diane Whyte	Environmental Health and Food Safety, DH
Dr Ailsa Wight	Senior Medical Officer, HEF M, DH, 1991-95; Unit Head, HEF M, from 1995; SEAC DH observer since 1991
Mr John Wilesmith	Head of Epidemiology Department, CVL
Mr K W Wilkes	Head of Animal Health Division, MAFF, 1981-88
Dr (now Professor) Robert Will	Director of National CJD Surveillance Unit
Dr Brian Wills	Chief Pharmacist, DH, 1978-89
Mr C H Wilson	Joint Head of Medicines Division, DH (later MCA), 1987-90
Dr K Winship	Senior Medical Officer, Medicines Division, DH (later MCA)
Mr Geoff Wood	Veterinary surgeon, CVL
Dr Susan Wood	Principal Medical Officer, Medicines Division, DH; Head of Business C, MCA
Dr D Woolley	RMD, DH