This page provides information about the declared current and recent interests of members of the Selection Panel.

For further information about a member of the King’s Counsel Selection Panel please click on the relevant name.

Monisha Shah (Chair)

  • Chair, Wikimedia UK
  • Chair, Caterham School
  • Senior Independent Member (Chair) of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (ends 31st March 2025)
  • Trustee, Art Fund
  • Trustee, Royal Collection Trust
  • Board Director and Council Member, Advertising Standards Authority

Nicolina Andall

  • Commissioner & NED, Judicial Appointments Commission
  • Deputy Chair, London Recruitment Advisory Committee, Lord Chancellor’s Department
  • Independent Panel Member, Ministry of Justice
  • Independent Panel Member, Department for Transport
  • Independent Assessor, Ofcom
  • Investor NED (Observer) Hope Macy Ltd / Obrenza Ltd
  • Committee Member, International Women’s Forum UK
  • Director of NEDucation, EPOC (Empowering People of Colour)

Matthew Chapman KC

  • Personal Injuries Bar Association, Member
  • Professional Negligence Bar Association, Member
  • London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association, Member
  • Travel and Tourism Lawyers’ Association, Member
  • Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, Member
  • Fee-paid Employment Judge (until 2023)
  • Recorder (Crime) (from 2023)
  • Deka Chambers, London, Member

Caroline Corby

  • Chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales
  • Chair of the Professional Standards Authority
  • Chair of Peabody Trust
  • Non-executive director of the Security Industry Authority

Paul Grant

  • Independent Panel Member (Council Appointments) – General Chiropractic Council
  • Professional Conduct/Fitness to Practice Panel member roles: Farriers Registration Council; General Osteopathic Council; Bar Standards Board; Social Work England; Nursing & Midwifery Council; British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy; Registration Council for Clinical Physiology; Taxation Disciplinary Board; and Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy.
  • Member of Test of Competence Assurance Advisory group for the Nursing & Midwifery Council
  • Non- Executive Director – Fostering Dimensions Ltd (Independent Fostering Agency)

John Montague

  • Practising Solicitor working for the CPS Wessex

Sir Martin Moore-Bick

  • Bencher of The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (Treasurer 2015)
  • Arbitrator member of Twenty Essex chambers

Sara Nathan

  • Tribunal Chair for Social Work England
  • Chair, Regulatory & Conduct Appointments Committee, ICAEW
  • Lay Assessor for GLA Appointments
  • Trustee, Refugees at Home

Dame Anne Rafferty DBE

  • Chancellor of University of Sheffield