Information Governance Committee
The UK Biobank Information Governance Committee
The purpose of the Information Governance Committee is to monitor and enhance UK Biobank’s overall strategy and operational methods of securely collecting, storing and distributing information relating to the UK Biobank resource.
The remit of the Information Governance Committee includes:
- UK Biobank information systems and system security
- Data provision from and to UK Biobank
- Risks, regulation and reporting
Bernard Taylor chairs the Information Governance Committee
Bernard Taylor is a British scientist (organic chemist) who has worked in manufacturing industry and then corporate finance at a senior level for many years. He became an Honorary Fellow of St John’s in 2008 and is Deputy Steward of the University of Oxford. He has been a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire since 2011 and was appointed CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2017 for services to business, education and the arts.
Bernard read Chemistry at St John’s as a Scholar and went on to become a Member of Council at the University of Oxford (serving two terms between 2003–11). He is currently Chairman of Thomas White Oxford Limited, the development company responsible for delivering Oxford North, the new global life sciences district for Oxford. He was the first chair of the College’s Remuneration Committee and is currently chair of the Development Board. He continues to serve on many University committees as well as being on the Board of the Medical Sciences Division and the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division.
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