Members of Council

The management of the Society is vested in a Council - see the constitution for details.

To contact members of the Council, please use the Contact us link.

The current (2024 - 2025) Council is shown below.

The Board of Trustees comprises, ex officio, the President, the Vice Presidents, the President Elect, the Hon. Secretary and the Hon. Treasurer.

Officers of the Society

Nominated by Council for the 2024-25 Season

President

Mr Nigel Siesage JP MA

President Elect

Mrs HE Graves

Vice Presidents

Mr M Taylor BA DipTP MA MRTPI IHBC
Professor Sir Kent Woods MA MD ScM FRCP FMedSci
Dr Bridget Towle CBE DL BA FRSA
Mrs Gillian Johnston BSoc Sc PGCE Adv Dip Behavioural StMSc

Hon. Secretary

Mr Richard Graves BA

Hon. Treasurer

Mr Ian R Johnson BA Hon LLD FCA

Life Vice-Presidents

Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FZS FSA
Professor Aftab Khan BSc FGS FRAS FRSA HBM
Mrs H A E Lewis JP MA

Hon. Membership Secretary

Mrs Joan Beeson BSc

Hon. Programme Secretary

Professor Alison Yarrington PhD FRSA FSA FRSEHon.

Hon. Editor of Transactions

Mr Nigel Siesage JP MA
Mr Patrick Holligan DipPub MLitt

Hon. Publicity Officers:

Mr K Chhapi Dip Arch FRIBA
Ms Debbie Wall

Website Editor

Professor JC Fothergill MSc PhD CEng CPhys FIET FIEEE FInstP

Members of Council

Dr R Shannon MA MB DCH FRCP FRCPCH
Professor G Egan BA MA PhD
Mr Rob Purdy MBE BA ATC MA
Mr Iain Reid DipTP Dip LD MRTPI (Rtd) CMLI (Rtd)
Mrs Susan Siesage BA PGCE MBA NPQH
Professor Surinder Sharma BA Hon DLitt Hon LLD JP DL
Professor M Stannard BA MA PhD FEA FRLS
Professor N.P. Wood BA MA PhD
The Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University represented by Professor Egan
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester represented by Professor Stannard
The Vice Chancellor of Loughborough University represented by Professor Wood
Geology Section, Hon Secretary: Mr G Drummond
Natural History Section, Hon Secretary: Mr A Bevington

Independent Examiners

Mr K Chhapi Dip Arch FRIBA
Mr Iain Reid DipTP Dip LD MRTPI (Rtd) CMLI (Rtd)