Current members
Dr Suzanne Shale - Chair - Appointed 2017
Suzanne Shale works as an independent ethics consultant providing ethical advice to organisations in the health and charity sectors. She develops ethical policy and guidance, undertakes commissioned investigations and reviews, carries out research and provides education and training. She has an international reputation for her work on building just and ethical organisational cultures.
Suzanne is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London. She was formerly a Fellow of New College Oxford, University Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Oxford Learning Institute. She holds higher degrees in law and medical ethics, and qualifications in mediation and conflict resolution.
Suzanne serves the public in a number of leadership roles, including as Non-Executive Director of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, and as a member of the Department of Health’s Independent Reconfiguration Panel. She chairs the UK’s leading patient safety charity, Action against Medical Accidents. Her book Moral Leadership in Medicine: Building Ethical Healthcare Organizations was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Her website is www.clearer-thinking.co.uk. Suzanne spent her twenties discovering south London, where she set up a low-cost housing co-operative. In 1996 she moved north of the river to live in Islington.
Suzanne Shale works as an independent ethics consultant providing ethical advice to organisations in the health and charity sectors. She develops ethical policy and guidance, undertakes commissioned investigations and reviews, carries out research and provides education and training. She has an international reputation for her work on building just and ethical organisational cultures.
Suzanne is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London. She was formerly a Fellow of New College Oxford, University Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Oxford Learning Institute. She holds higher degrees in law and medical ethics, and qualifications in mediation and conflict resolution.
Suzanne serves the public in a number of leadership roles, including as Non-Executive Director of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, and as a member of the Department of Health’s Independent Reconfiguration Panel. She chairs the UK’s leading patient safety charity, Action against Medical Accidents. Her book Moral Leadership in Medicine: Building Ethical Healthcare Organizations was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Her website is www.clearer-thinking.co.uk. Suzanne spent her twenties discovering south London, where she set up a low-cost housing co-operative. In 1996 she moved north of the river to live in Islington.
Dr Priya Singh - Appointed 2017
Priya Singh's medical career began in general practice, following which she specialised in legal medicine. She has broad strategic and operational executive experience in healthcare and ethics, international member services, professional indemnity and risk. During her career she has advised healthcare professionals on the legal, ethical and regulatory standards underpinning practice in the UK and internationally, including in Ireland, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel, Bermuda, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad.
She is a trained mediator and trainer in communication skills, managing change, decision making under pressure and in resolving team conflict. She has particular expertise in quality assurance and governance in the delivery of safe, empathetic and effective patient care. Priya is Executive Director for the Society for Assistance of Medical Families, a mutual provident fund with charity status, a Non-Executive Director of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust, and an Associate with Working With Cancer, a social enterprise helping those with cancer remain in or return to work. She has lived and worked in Westminster since 1996.
Priya Singh's medical career began in general practice, following which she specialised in legal medicine. She has broad strategic and operational executive experience in healthcare and ethics, international member services, professional indemnity and risk. During her career she has advised healthcare professionals on the legal, ethical and regulatory standards underpinning practice in the UK and internationally, including in Ireland, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel, Bermuda, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad.
She is a trained mediator and trainer in communication skills, managing change, decision making under pressure and in resolving team conflict. She has particular expertise in quality assurance and governance in the delivery of safe, empathetic and effective patient care. Priya is Executive Director for the Society for Assistance of Medical Families, a mutual provident fund with charity status, a Non-Executive Director of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust, and an Associate with Working With Cancer, a social enterprise helping those with cancer remain in or return to work. She has lived and worked in Westminster since 1996.
Dr Jyoti Belur - Appointed 2019
Dr Jyoti Belur qualified in Economics at the University of Mumbai where she worked as a lecturer before joining the Indian Police Service and serving as a senior police officer in the North of India. She has a Masters in Police Management from Osmania University and, after leaving the police, went on to complete a Masters in Human Rights at the University of Essex. Dr Belur’s PhD thesis on the Police Use of Deadly Force in Mumbai was completed at the London School of Economics and published as a monograph.
Now an Associate Professor in Policing at the UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, she has undertaken research for the UK Home Office, College of Policing, ESRC and the Metropolitan Police Service. Aside from her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Belur has numerous published works, including over 45 peer reviewed articles, book chapters and reports. She was awarded the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to conduct research on the topic: ‘Countering Naxal Terrorism: Police Perspectives’ in India. She is the programme convenor for the BSc in Professional Policing. She currently also serves in an advisory capacity on the Expert Panel for the Youth Endowment Fund.
Dr Belur is interested in methodological issues and is a qualitative research methods expert. Her research interests include policing, police training and education, evaluations, and violence against women and children.
Dr Jyoti Belur qualified in Economics at the University of Mumbai where she worked as a lecturer before joining the Indian Police Service and serving as a senior police officer in the North of India. She has a Masters in Police Management from Osmania University and, after leaving the police, went on to complete a Masters in Human Rights at the University of Essex. Dr Belur’s PhD thesis on the Police Use of Deadly Force in Mumbai was completed at the London School of Economics and published as a monograph.
Now an Associate Professor in Policing at the UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, she has undertaken research for the UK Home Office, College of Policing, ESRC and the Metropolitan Police Service. Aside from her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Belur has numerous published works, including over 45 peer reviewed articles, book chapters and reports. She was awarded the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to conduct research on the topic: ‘Countering Naxal Terrorism: Police Perspectives’ in India. She is the programme convenor for the BSc in Professional Policing. She currently also serves in an advisory capacity on the Expert Panel for the Youth Endowment Fund.
Dr Belur is interested in methodological issues and is a qualitative research methods expert. Her research interests include policing, police training and education, evaluations, and violence against women and children.
Professor Jennifer Brown - Appointed 2019
After completing post-doctoral research on environmental risk assessments Jennifer joined the Hampshire Constabulary as one of the first civilian research managers to be employed by the Police Service in England and Wales. Whilst working for the police she was involved in the setting up of the first Gender Agenda, a policy initiative to mainstream gender in policing, and was also involved in establishing offender profiling as a professional activity to assist the police in hard to solve rape and murder cases.
She returned to the HE sector in 1994 firstly at the University of Portsmouth working on a degree programme for police officers and then to the University of Surrey where she set up a Masters programme in Forensic Psychology. She joined LSE’s Mannheim Centre in 2010 and was invited to be Deputy Chair to Lords Stevens’ Independent Commission of Enquiry into the Future of Policing. She remains an active researcher into police occupational culture, most recently collaborating on a paper about evidence based practice in policing.
After completing post-doctoral research on environmental risk assessments Jennifer joined the Hampshire Constabulary as one of the first civilian research managers to be employed by the Police Service in England and Wales. Whilst working for the police she was involved in the setting up of the first Gender Agenda, a policy initiative to mainstream gender in policing, and was also involved in establishing offender profiling as a professional activity to assist the police in hard to solve rape and murder cases.
She returned to the HE sector in 1994 firstly at the University of Portsmouth working on a degree programme for police officers and then to the University of Surrey where she set up a Masters programme in Forensic Psychology. She joined LSE’s Mannheim Centre in 2010 and was invited to be Deputy Chair to Lords Stevens’ Independent Commission of Enquiry into the Future of Policing. She remains an active researcher into police occupational culture, most recently collaborating on a paper about evidence based practice in policing.
Abdul Hye Miah - Appointed 2019
Abdul Hye Miah is a lecturer in Policing and Investigation at De Montfort University and an independent consultant with international experience of training police and other law enforcement agencies. He served for 30 years as a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Service, in a range of operational specialist roles including Counter Terrorism, Hostage & Crisis Negotiation, Anti-Corruption, Professional Standards and Neighbourhood Policing. Abdul Hye lived and worked in London for over three decades and maintains strong professional and personal connections to the capital through consultancy work and family and friends who live and work in the City.
Abdul Hye combines his policing experience with research interests that include Ethics of Investigation and Police Decision Making in an Operational Context, Legitimacy and Effectiveness in Public Engagement with Policing and Investigative Interviewing. His consultancy practice includes a developing portfolio on Safeguarding in the Community and Narratives, Influence and Strategic Communication to combat extremism and terrorism. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management and Member of the Institute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justice at De Montfort University.
Abdul Hye Miah is a lecturer in Policing and Investigation at De Montfort University and an independent consultant with international experience of training police and other law enforcement agencies. He served for 30 years as a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Service, in a range of operational specialist roles including Counter Terrorism, Hostage & Crisis Negotiation, Anti-Corruption, Professional Standards and Neighbourhood Policing. Abdul Hye lived and worked in London for over three decades and maintains strong professional and personal connections to the capital through consultancy work and family and friends who live and work in the City.
Abdul Hye combines his policing experience with research interests that include Ethics of Investigation and Police Decision Making in an Operational Context, Legitimacy and Effectiveness in Public Engagement with Policing and Investigative Interviewing. His consultancy practice includes a developing portfolio on Safeguarding in the Community and Narratives, Influence and Strategic Communication to combat extremism and terrorism. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management and Member of the Institute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justice at De Montfort University.
Previous members
- Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE, QC – Chair [2014-2016]
- Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose [2014-2016]
- Grace Ononiwu OBE [2014-2016]
- Meg Reiss [2014-2016]
- Professor Leif Wenar [2014-2019]
- Professor Deborah Bowman [2017-2019]