BLACKMORE TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED · CORPORATE GOVERNANCE · SEAT 03
Director — Health & Research
Provide specialist Board-level oversight for research quality, ethically conducted investigations and safety and confidentiality where BTG technology is explored for health-related applications.
CURRENT ROLE STATUSPosition vacant
Scientific and research oversight
This seat is currently vacant. Its remit is defined so future Health & Research work has a clear governance home without implying that a person has accepted the position or that BTG has a clinical product approval.
Core responsibilities
- Review proposed health and research use cases for scientific basis, validity, intended benefit and foreseeable risk.
- Assess evidence plans, benchmarks, study designs and limitations before BTG describes a result as suitable for healthcare or clinical use.
- Consider informed consent, participant protection, confidentiality and responsible handling of research datasets, especially sensitive personal information.
- Coordinate expert input on research ethics requirements, institutional review processes and applicable professional guidance.
- Evaluate how NIKI, BTDU, DataChips and FarmNode research might be used in responsibly scoped, nonclinical exploration.
- Escalate unsupported health claims, unsafe deployment assumptions, biased or inadequate evidence, and unclear permissions to the Board.
Areas of oversight
- Scientific reproducibility and research methodology.
- Human-participant research safeguards and independent review when needed.
- Data provenance and access controls for sensitive research information.
- The gap between a technical demonstration and an approved medical application.
Reports and practical outcomes
- A documented scientific and ethical review framework for proposed studies.
- Written research qualification criteria and independent review recommendations.
- Risk and evidence summaries for health-related proposals.
- Clear public statements of study limitations and regulatory status.
Works with
- CEO & Chair on research priorities
- Legal, Privacy & Data Sovereignty on sensitive records
- ENTITY/BTDU/FarmNode engineering teams on reproducibility
- External qualified researchers and ethics authorities when required
Questions this role brings to the Board
- Is the scientific claim supported by independently defensible evidence?
- Are research participants and sensitive data adequately protected?
- What further qualified review is required before any health-related deployment?