Hilary Newiss joins the Board of The Francis Crick Institute as
an independent director and trustee.
She is currently deputy chair of the Human Fertilisation and
Embryology Authority Appeals Committee, a member of the National
Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care, a
non-executive director and trustee of The Roslin Foundation, the
legal member of the Animal Procedures Committee and deputy chair of
the Development Board, Somerville College, Oxford.
Sir David Cooksey, the Chair of The Francis Crick Institute
said: "Hilary has a wealth of experience in intellectual property,
ethics, public policy and the translation of medical research into
application. Her strategic understanding of these issues will
be of enormous value to the Institute, and should in turn help the
Institute to drive forward its discoveries into public
benefit."
Hilary Newiss added: "I am delighted to become a Trustee
of this exciting and formidable charity. It has the potential to
change countless lives through its world-class research."
The Francis Crick Institute, due to open in 2015, is a charity
founded by the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, the
Wellcome Trust and UCL (University College London). It will be a
world-class medical research centre with a strong national role -
training scientists and developing ideas for public good.
Hilary Newiss was formerly a partner and Head of Intellectual
Property in the law firm Denton Hall, now SNR Denton. She qualified
as a solicitor in 1981. In 2000, she retired from full time
practice as a lawyer and has since served on a number of public
bodies in the ethics, legal and scientific research field,
including the Human Genetics Commission, the Ethics and Governance
Council of Biobank UK, and the Intellectual Property Advisory
Commission.