8/7/2019 AEF FOI response

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AEF FOI response

Questions posed by Mary Craig:-

Are Karen Pine (KP below) and Avril Nash (AN) members of the Advertising

Education Forum (AEF) academic network as is claimed on the AEF [web]site?Answer: Yes. Both were invited to join the network by AEF. TheUniversity was not involved in this decision the membership is personalto each academic.

What are the dates of their memberships?Answer:KP 2004 to nowAN 2004 to now

What are the terms of their memberships?

Answer: There are no formal terms of membership. The forum providesa means by which academic researchers in areas related to advertisingand children, food advertising and obesity, and advertising self-regulationare able to access a database of publications in this area.

Are they paid in cash or kind?Answer: No

Does the membership involve giving advice or other duties?Answer: No. KP has been contacted to provide information (for exampleon opinions regarding particular aspects of advertising practice) inresponse to questionnaires. AN has not been so contacted. Apart fromthis membership simply involves providing details of publications relevantto the content of the AEF database.

How often does AEF contact them?Answer: there is no regularity in contacts. Both KP and AN have beencontacted 3 4 times over the course of their association with AEF, but atirregular intervals.

Have either of them ever attended any meetings on behalf of AEF or at itsbehest?Answer: No. AN has been invited to attend to observe a discussion of

business scheduled at a particular meeting. KP has not attended ameeting. Neither has ever been asked to represent AEF externally.

Neither KP nor AN has ever been approached or otherwise been in contactwith any of the lobbying firms listed .