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