They're the so-called great and good of the ruling elite who merrily have more jobs - up to 13 each!...
They are members of the British Establishment who blithely accumulate jobs. From board memberships to trusteeships and top management posts, they dominate highly influential positions and form part of Britain's 'quangocracy'. But critics say this 'Jobs for the Boys and Girls' cornucopia can be dangerous. For example, former Solicitor General Lord Garnier has criticised the head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), Helen Pitcher, over the recent case of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. It took a small charity to champion his case rather than the CCRC, the statutory body responsible for investigating possible cases of wrongful conviction. Lord Garnier said Ms Pitcher 'seems to be overburdened with other activities' listing her other roles as chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission, her position on several commercial boards and a post with Leeds University- although she left that role over two years ago. He added: 'All these things she does no doubt very well but we need a focus.' Here, we look at how the so-called great and good have taken on multiple job portfolios... The ex-Chief Medical Officer who was dubbed the country's 'nanny-in-chief' because of her strict views on diet and drinking. A classic modern Establishment type, she is Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, serves as the UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance and as a non-executive director on the boards of the Blavatnik School of Government at , the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Genomics plc, and The Clinton Health Access Initiative (a global health organisation). She is a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the National Academy of Medicine, USA. Won acclaim as producer of the Oscar-winning Chariots Of Fire. Over the years, has held 64 prominent jobs, from chairman of the General Teaching Council to chancellor of the Open University as well as 59 honorary degrees and fellowships. Now president of the Film Distributors Association, a director at Enigma Productions (film and television), an ambassador for Unicef UK and the World Wildlife Fund, an advisory board member of the consulting giant Accenture and of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, and chairman of both the education board of a global schools organisation and another firm delivering online seminars. A Left-wing journalist who consistently denounces Tory, market-led economics. His time as chief executive of the Work Foundation saw it slide into insolvency. Retired as principal of Hertford College, Oxford, in 2020, and is now an associate of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, a member of both the Design Council's Millennium Commission and the European advisory board of Princeton University Press, a visiting fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford, a non-executive director of a space technology firm, a council member of the Progressive Economy Forum, chairman of the advisory board of the National Youth Corps, chairman of the Fairness Foundation, co-founder of the Big Innovation Centre and president of the Academy of Social Science. Leading businessman who was director general of the Confederation of British Industry and advocated the UK's membership of the euro a view he later admitted was wrong. At the height of the 2008 financial crash he was head of the Financial Services Authority and conceded the industry had made serious errors not foreseeing the impending collapse. Now heads the Energy Transitions Commission, which aims to limit global warming, is chairman of the European arm of an insurance conglomerate, is on the advisory board of Envision Energy and a trustee emeritus of the British Museum. He also has fellowships at the Frankfurt Centre for Financial Studies, the People's Bank of China School of Finance and the Institute of New Economic Thinking. The darling of the law profession's metropolitan progressive elite and a Labour peer. As well as heading her own foundation (which helps disadvantaged students), she has had posts with the Human Genetics Commission and the British Council, and is chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, a fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, president of the pressure group Justice, patron of Medical Aid to Palestinians, chair of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute, a member of the Microsoft Technology and Human Rights Advisory Council, a member of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Oxford University, vice-president of the Hay Literary Festival, a member of the British Academy Development Board and a committee member of a Japanese art association. A trustee of the British Museum once described as 'the most influential black woman in the UK'. Has dual US/UK citizenship and is chief innovation officer for the United Health Group, chairman of both Teach First, the UK's largest education charity, and of Black Equity, Britain's first black civil rights organisation. She sits on the board of the Southbank Centre, and is a member of the Mayor of London's Business Advisory Board, and of the Trilateral Commission, which fosters relations between Japan, Europe and North America. As chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, she is embroiled in the controversy over Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. The commission twice refused to refer his case to the Appeal Court. A lawyer representing victims of miscarriages of justice said the commission is run in 'a ridiculous way with a part-time chair'. Pitcher's other jobs include chairman of both the Judicial Appointments Commission and Public Chairs' Forum, president of a charity for disadvantaged children, a non-executive director of United Biscuits, a non-executive director of One Health Group, and chairman of the consultancy Advanced Boardroom Excellence. She also sits on the advisory board for Leeds University Law Faculty. Media company boss who, as Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, was criticised for the College's (failed) attempt to remove a memorial to the college's 17th Century benefactor Tobias Rustat on the disputed grounds of slave trade links. She was a non-executive director of the British Board of Film Classification until 2019, a director of Cultural Capital Fund, a governor of the Museum of London, a director of a careers advice service, a member of the London Legacy Development Corporation (which promotes the regeneration of the 2012 Olympic site), and a fellow of both the Royal Society of the Arts and of the Radio Academy. Labour Attorney-General who in 2003 changed his mind, after apparent influence from then PM Tony Blair, that the invasion of Iraq was not illegal. He was heavily criticised in the Chilcot report on the war, and quit on the day Blair left No 10 to be head of European litigation at the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton on a reported salary of 1million. Other jobs include: member of the board of trustees of The Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre, chairman of the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms at the Howard League for Penal Reform, president of Access to Justice Foundation and a group that gives free legal assistance, and a member of the International Advisory Board, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. The Tory peer is provost of Oriel College, Oxford, the Commissioner for Cultural Recovery and Renewal (which supports the sector's recovery from the pandemic), founder of Forward Publishing, board member of a gene therapeutics company, and holds several posts such as the chairmanship of the Landmark Trust, which preserves Britain's heritage, and of the Illuminated River Foundation, which lights up historic bridges and monuments. He is also on the board of visitors of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum. Her LinkedIn profile says she works in entrepreneurial businesses, governance and regulation, chairing 'difficult meetings and organisations'. As well as leading a number of consultancies and a freight company, she heads Nuclear Transport Solutions (the public body responsible for ensuring the safe clean-up of the UK's nuclear legacy), the Leasehold Advisory Service and the Independent Uniform Network Code Modification Panel for the gas industry. She is also an adviser to a financial services company. As John Gummer he was a Tory MP for 34 years, once notoriously giving his young daughter a burger on TV to reassure the public about meat safety during the mad cow disease crisis. Now a Tory peer and campaigner on ecological issues. Until June he was chairman of the UK Government's Committee on Climate Change but remains a director of the charity Cool Earth, chairman of a climate advisory group and a director of a foundation campaigning about ocean health. He has several business interests and is chairman of a consultancy that advises clients (including the oil-rich Qatari government) on corporate responsibility. Currently under scrutiny as chairman of the trustees of the British Museum following the theft of more than 2,000 artefacts from its collections. As a partner at the boutique bank Robey Warshaw, he's said to have shared in a 30million payout after a string of deals. Other jobs include chairman of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, visiting professor at Stanford University, fellow at the McCain Institute think-tank and chairman of a 2.4 billion London-based investment firm. His sorry chairmanship of the NatWest banking group was spotlighted during the recent saga over Nigel Farage's account when the chief executive, Alison Rose, quit. He has been chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the UK Airports Commission, as well as the deputy governor of the Bank of England, the controller of the Audit Commission, director general of the CBI and a director of the London School of Economics, a position from which he resigned after it accepted funding from the son of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi. Currently chairman of an insurance group, professor of political sciences in Paris, a member of the Regulatory and Compliance Advisory Board, and of a New York hedge fund, chair of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and a council member of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Research. The Labour peer once said he was 'intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich as long as they pay their taxes'. Now the man once dubbed 'Prince of Darkness' is a director of a strategic advice consultancy, an independent non-executive director of the Bank of London, a member of the advisory committee of a cybersecurity services firm, and a member of an investment management firm. Also, Lord High Steward of Kingston upon Hull, chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, chairman of the Design Museum in London and a member of the council of management of the Ditchley Foundation which promotes Anglo-American relations.