Board of Trustees: Council

The BESS Council is made up of BESS members who are elected by the BESS membership at the annual general meeting. They are also Trustees of the charity. The current Council includes:

Steve Drew

President

2023-2025

Mark Falworth

Vice President

2023-2025

Jonathan Rees

Immediate Past President

2023-2025

Vijay Bhalaik

Treasurer Elect

2023-2024

Jaime Candal-Couto

Honorary Secretary

2022-2024

Ananth Ebinesan

Data and Audit Officer

2021-2023

Steve Gwilym

Research Committee Chairman

2021-2024

Ian Horsley

AHP Representative

2021-2024

Paul Jenkins

Honorary Treasurer

2022-2024

Nashat Siddiqui

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead

2023-2025

Harvinder Singh

Communications and Digital Officer

2023-2025

Aparna Viswanath

Early Career Surgeon Representative

2023-2025

Adam Watts

Education Committee Chairman/Secretary Elect

2022-2023/2023-2024

Joanna Winton

Early Career AHP Representative

2023-2025

Past Presidents:

Willie Souter 1988-1991

Ian Bayley 1991-1993

Michael Watson 1993-1995

Steve Copeland 1995-1997

Ian Kelly 1997-1999

Jimmy Colville 1999-2001

Angus Wallace 2001-2003

Roger Emery 2003-2005

Tim Bunker 2005-2007

David Stanley 2007-2009

Lars Neumann 2009-2011

Andy Carr 2011-2013

Ro Kulkarni 2013-2015

Michael Thomas 2015-2017

Peter Brownson 2017-2019

Amar Rangan 2019-2021

Jonathan Rees 2021-2023