Register of Members' Interests
HBLB has adopted a Code of Practice designed to ensure a high standard of corporate governance.
In line with Treasury guidelines, Members of the HBLB Board are required to make a declaration of their personal interests relevant to their responsibilities as members of the HBLB.
These interests are listed below.
ROGER DEVLIN (Chair) – appointed 1 July 2025 by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
- Chair – Persimmon PLC
- Non-Executive Director – R&A Foundation
- Non-Executive Director – Sutton Trust
- Owner and breeder of racehorses
MADELEINE CAMPBELL – appointed as a Government Appointed Member 1 January 2026 by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
- Professor of Veterinary Ethics – University of Nottingham
- Director – Empathy Veterinary Ethics Consultancy (animal ethics and welfare)
- Ethics Committee Member – British Horseracing Authority
- Independent Director and Chair, Welfare and Veterinary Standing Committee – Greyhound Board of Great Britain
- Consultancy in Animal Ethics and Welfare – Empathy Veterinary Ethics (sole trader)
- Independent Member, Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission; Member, Independent Welfare and Ethics Advisory Panel – Federation Equestre Internationale
- Chair, Ethics and Welfare Panel – British Equestrian Federation
- Member – British Equine Veterinary Association
- Member – European College of Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law
- Member – European College of Reproduction
- Chair – W J Smith Fund, Alleyn’s School, Dulwich
- Consultancy – AB Agri
- Consultancy – FEI
- Occasional Consultancy – Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad
- Occasional Clinical Consultant in Equine Reproduction – Hobgoblins Equine Reproduction Centre
- Past Consultancy – Global Equestrian Group
- Past Consultancy – Greyhounds New Zealand
- Past Consultancy – Greyhounds New South Wales
- Occasional work as an expert witness
- Breeder and keeper of a very small flock of sheep (non-commercial)
- Small scale breeder and keeper of horses
SIMON CLARE – appointed 7 October 2024 by the Betting and Gaming Council
- Member – British Horseracing Authority Jump Pattern Committee
- Owner of shares in racehorses
ANNE LAMBERT CMG – appointed as a Government Appointed Member 1 April 2020 by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
- Non-Executive Director – Civil Aviation Authority
- Part-ownership of racehorses via participation in syndicates
JULIAN RICHMOND-WATSON OBE – appointed 25 April 2019 by the Jockey Club
- Independent Chair – Thoroughbred Group
- Member – Thoroughbred Group Board
- President – Thoroughbred Breeders Association
- Chair – Great British Bonus (GBB) Management Group
- Member – Racehorse Owners Association
- Member – The Jockey Club
- Member – British Breeders Fund Board
- Member – BHA Flat Pattern Committee
- Partner – Lawn Stud (Thoroughbred Breeding)
- Owner and breeder of racehorses
- Director – Wakefield Farms Ltd
- Director – Arnisdale (Unlimited Company)
- Director – Corran (Wakefield) Ltd
- Director – Dunlin Ltd
- Director – Dunlin Properties Ltd
- Director – Dunlin Securities Ltd
- Director – Dunlin Land Ltd
- Director – Gymfinity Kids Ltd
- Director – E-Chill Ltd
WILF WALSH – appointed 1 January 2026 by the Jockey Club
- Chair – Racecourse Association
- Chair – Cricket Scotland (Cricket Scotland Council Ltd)
- Non-Executive Director – British Horseracing Database Ltd
- Owner of racehorses
RICHARD WAYMAN – appointed 1 January 2025 by the Jockey Club
- Director of Racing, British Horseracing Authority
- Member – Great British Bonus (GBB) Management Group
- Racehorse ownership
Non-Board member declaration
ALAN DELMONTE – Chief Executive
- No related interests
CRAIG PEMBERTON – Chief Finance Officer
- No related interests