Members of the Authority

HFEA Members are appointed by UK Health Ministers in accordance with the guidance from the Commissioner for Public Appointments (the 'Nolan' Guidelines). The Members determine HFEA policies and review treatment and research licence applications.

To ensure that the HFEA has an objective and independent view, the HFE Act requires that the Chair, Deputy Chair and at least half of the HFEA Members are neither doctors nor scientists involved in human embryo research or providing infertility treatment. HFEA Members bring to the HFEA a broad range of expertise, from medicine to law and religion to philosophy.

Select a member below to read their biography.

Chair

• Professor Lisa Jardine CBE

Members

• Mr Hossam Abdalla
• Professor David Archard
• Mrs Debbie Barber
• Professor Christopher Barratt  
• Ms Anna Carragher
• Ms Sally Cheshire
• Dr Mair Crouch
• Ms Jane Dibblin
• Mrs Rebekah Dundas
• Mrs Ruth Fasht OBE
• Professor Neva Haites
• Ms Gemma Hobcraft
• Lord Richard Harries of Pentregarth
• Ms Jennifer Hunt
• Professor Emily Jackson  
• Professor Bill Ledger
• Ms Clare Lewis-Jones
• Mr Roger Neuberg
• Ms Lillian Neville
• Dr Sue Price
• Professor Lesley Regan