Updated on: 2 October 2023

1. Financial interests

a) Received research funding: any grant, contract or gift, commissioned research, or fellowship from The Cochrane Collaboration or a related organisation (i.e. any organisation related to health care or medical research) to conduct research?
No

b) Had paid consultancies: any paid work, consulting fees (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
Yes - Jordi Pardo Pardo was a one-day a week employee of the Central Executive Team for nine months in 2019. He resigned when he was elected to the board. Jordi Pardo, a trustee of Cochrane Collaboration, is a senior advisor of Cochrane Equity Thematic Group. The Group forms part of the Centre for Global Health / OCPHR at the Ottawa Hospital, Canada. During the year 2019, Cochrane Collaboration paid the Centre for Global Health / OCPHR 39,097 (2018: GBP 13,025) in consultancy and personnel costs. No funds were outstanding at the year end.

c) Received honoraria: one-time payments (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
No

d) Served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or held a position of management with a related organisation?
No

e) Possessed share-holdings, stock, stock options, equity with a related organisation (excludes mutual funds or similar arrangements where the individual has no control over the selection of the shares)?
No

f) Received personal gifts from a related organisation?
No

g) Had an outstanding loan with a related organisation?
No

h) Received royalty payments from a related organisation?
No

2. Do you have any other competing interests that could pose a conflict of interest that would reasonably appear to be related to the primary interest?
Yes - My wife is Editor-in-Chief of the Campbell Collaboration, an organization producing and publishing evidence synthesis in social sciences.