council

the council of the society normally consists of up to 17 members. of these, seven representatives are elected by the 2022世界杯对阵分析 of the society, seven are appointed by council, as chairs and co-chairs of our committees, plus the president, general secretary and treasurer. council is responsible for the governance of the society; members of council bear the legal responsibilities of trustees of the charity and directors of the company and take a variety of important strategic and legal decisions on how the society deploys its assets and supports its members. 

learn more about who our current council members are below.

members of council 2024

executive

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      president

      professor gurdyal besra

      university of birmingham, uk

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      general secretary

      dr karen robinson
      university of nottingham, uk

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      treasurer and chair of the finance committee

      john sinclair 

      university of cambridge, uk

co-chairs of committees

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      co-chair of sustainability committee

      dr sarah hooper

      cardiff metropolitan university, uk

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      co-chair of sustainability committee

      dr geertje van keulen 

      swansea university, uk 

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      co-chair of building communities committee

      professor paul hoskisson

      university of strathclyde, uk
       

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      co-chair of building communities committee

      professor kalai mathee

      florida international university, usa

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      co-chair of impact and influence committee

      catrin moore
      st george’s, university of london, uk


       

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      co-chair of impact and influence committee

      dr tina joshi

      university of plymouth, uk

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      co-chair of early career forum executive committee

      jo kite
      university of cambridge, uk 


       

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      co-chair of the early career forum executive committee

      dr jack ferguson

       university of birmingham, uk

elected members

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      professor nigel brown

      emeritus university of edinburgh, uk

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      dr david clarke

      university college cork, ireland

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      professor kim hardie

      university of nottingham, uk

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      professor alan mcnally

      university of birmingham, uk

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      professor sheila patrick

      queen’s university belfast

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      dr lorena fernández-martínez

      university of glasgow, uk

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      george salmond

      university of cambridge, uk


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