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

Jonathan Rees
President
2021-2023

Steve Drew
Vice President
2021-2023

Amar Rangan
Immediate Past President
2021-2025

Peter Brownson
Past President
2021-2023

Jaime Candal-Couto
Honorary Secretary
2022-2024

David Clark
Past Treasurer
2022-2023

Paul Jenkins
Honorary Treasurer
2022-2024

Vijay Bhalaik
Data and Audit Officer
2021-2023

Ananth Ebinesan
Communications and Website Officer
2021-2023

Steve Gwilym
Research Committee Chairman
2021-2024

Adam Watts
Education Committee Chairman
2021-2024

Ian Horsley
AHP Representative
2021-2024

Nashat Siddiqui
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead
2022-2023

Aparna Viswanath
Early Career Surgeon Representative
2022-2023

Joanna Winton
Early Career AHP Representative
2022-2023
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
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