Three existing BFEG committee members are reappointed

The Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) is pleased to announce the reappointment of 3 of its existing members.

The members have been reappointed for a period of 3 years. This will be their second term as members of the group, and the BFEG is grateful for their continued commitment to providing ethical advice and challenge to Home Office ministers.

Professor Mark Watson-Gandy, Chair of the BFEG, said:

I am so delighted that Dr Nóra Ni Loideain, Professor Richard Guest and Professor Emeritus Charles Raab have agreed to serve for a further term and that the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group will be able to continue to rely on their very considerable expertise.

The 3 reappointed members are:

• Dr Nóra Ni Loideain, Director of the Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

• Professor Richard Guest, Professor of Biometric Systems Engineering and Head of the School of Engineering, University of Kent

• Professor Emeritus Charles Raab, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh and Turing Fellow, Alan Turing Institute