External Advisory Panel
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
The External Advisory Panel (EAP) offers advice to the Department from an external perspective.
Members
The Department is grateful to the members of the EAP, for their time and the contribution they make to the work of the Department. Members serve on the EAP in a personal capacity. The current Chairman is Dr Simon Day.
Dr Simon Day: Roche Products Limited, Statistical Expert at Roche Products Ltd; PhD Napier University; Fellow of Royal Statistical Society; Past President of International Society for Clinical Biostatistics; Associate Faculty member, Johns Hopkins University; Honorary Research Fellow, Napier University; member of the Educational Advisory Board of the Vienna School of Clinical Research; Joint Editor Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A), member of editorial boards of Statistics in Medicine and Pharmaceutical Statistics; former member of editorial board Controlled Clinical Trials.
Professor Byron Jones: Senior Director, Statistical Research and Consulting Centre, Pfizer Global Research & Development; Fellow of the American Statistical Association; Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society; Honorary Professor, University College London; Honorary Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Founding Editor-in-Chief of Pharmaceutical Statistics; Chairman of Advisory Board of the London Taught Course Centre;
Chairman of East Kent Local Group of the Royal Statistical Society; Member of Editorial Board of Statistical Methods in Medical Research; Editor for Chapman and Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series; Member of Advisory Boards for MSc degrees at University of Leicester, University College London and Queen Mary College, University of London; Former Associate Editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series B); Former Regional Editor of the Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics.
Dr Merete Jørgensen: MSc Statistics, MBA: Director Global Clinical Registry, Novo Nordisk A/S Denmark, past President EFPSI.
Dr Andrew Lyall: Informatics Professional with fifteen years experience in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry. Almost ten years at Glaxo as Unit Head and worked on Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Computational Biology. Founding director of the informatics company Confirmant Limited and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Oxford Glycosciences Ltd. More recently worked in Biobanking and Clinical Research at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Currently working at the European Bioinformatics Institute as the ELIXIR Project Manager.
Dr Mark J Mathieson: Managing Director, Citigroup Global Markets Limited; DPhil University of Oxford.
Dr David Roberts: Australian Defence Staff, Australian High Commission, London. Currently Staff Officer responsible for links which Australia’s Defence Scientific and Technology Organisation has with counterpart organisations in Norway, Germany, France and Spain. Ongoing activities reflect matters of mutual interest which Australia shares with its partners, especially those arising out of current military deployments. Current appointment
from February of 2003 prior to which served in the UK MoD that involved research supporting the procurement of new nuclear submarines (specifically their hydrodynamics and vulnerability, on which he has published extensively) and Land Weapon Systems. Has spent some weeks in Kuwait and Iraq following the First Gulf War reporting on operations undertaken by the six artillery regiments which took part in Op Granby. Served as an external examiner to the Royal Military College of Science and the Open University and has been involved in the accreditation of courses introduced by the OU into Singapore.
Dr Richard Saldanha: DPhil (Oxon) Statistical Science; Portfolio Manager at Investec Asset Management (2006-); Founder of Private Hedge Fund and Consulting Business (2001-2006); Director European Risk Management, Lehman Brothers (1997-2001)
Paul Thornton MA FIA OBE: Managing Director at Gazelle Corporate Finance Limited, Non-Executive Director of BGI Pensions Management Limited, member of the With Profits Committee of Prudential Assurance, strategic adviser to performance measurement specialist PensionDCisions. In May 2007 he provided an independent Report to the Minister for Pensions Reform on a Review of nine Government sponsored Pensions Institutions. A Past President of the Institute of Actuaries, and recently elected as President-Elect of the International Actuarial Association. Adjunct Professor at Imperial College. Formerly Senior Partner of Watson Wyatt LLP and Actuary to a number of FTSE 100 pension schemes, including the BT Pension Scheme.
Remit of the External Advisory Panel
Terms of Reference
To contribute views and offer advice from employers, external academics or other external perspectives on teaching, learning and assessment strategy, course development, research training, and broader strategic development including research profile and relationships with prospective employers.
Membership
Statisticians in government and industry and those working with statisticians, external academic statisticians, including, if possible, an overseas member. Each member’s period of office will be reviewed after 5 years of service.
Meetings
The meetings are held approximately annually and are informed by departmental reports, presentations and discussions. The agenda is set jointly by the Chair and the Head of Department. There will be meetings with students and staff.
Reporting
The External Advisory Panel will submit a report of their findings from the meeting to the Department. This will be considered by the various relevant internal committees, and a response made to the Panel.
History
- Established May 2005; meetings held – October 2006, May 2008 and 2009 (13 May)
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First Chairman (2005 – 2008): Dr David Roberts
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Current Chairman: Dr Simon Day
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