Our council

Our Council is made up of representatives from all membership groups, Regions, Divisions and Specialist Groups.

The Council guides and advises the Trustee Board on strategy, membership and other key issues. The Council's Terms of Reference [PDF] and the Council Role Profile set out the responsibilities of the Council.

The Council is led by the Council Leadership Committee.(♦)

Council meeting dates 2025


15 January 2025
23 April 2025
3 September 2025

Council 2025-26

Role Name
Chair BEN VALLELY
Deputy Chair IAN MASH
 President MATT GARSIDE 
Past President CLIVE HICKMAN
 Past President GILES HARTILL

†† Ordinary Member of Council (Fellow)

Ordinary Member of Council (Member)

Culture and Inclusion Committee

Role Name
Chair HOLLEY REECE-BARKELL

Divisional Chairs

Division Name
Aerospace PAUL FROMME
Automobile LISA BINGLEY
Biomedical Engineering Division ANTONIO FRATINI
Construction and Building Services DAVID SMITH
Manufacturing Industries IAN JOESBURY
Power Industries GRANT SPENCE
Process Industries IAN HANCOCK
Railway REBEKA SELLICK

Group Chairs

Group Name
Energy, Environment and Sustainability KAY TOR
Fluid Machinery PHARIC SMITH
Management Group PAUL BALLINGTON
Mechatronics, Informatics and Control ERIC ROGERS
Powertrain Systems  and Fuels RICHARD OSBORNE
Pressure Systems DR PAUL SMITH
Safety and Reliability BRUCE CLETHEROE
Structural Technology and Materials PAYAM KHAZAEINEJAD
Thermofluids MARK WILSON
Tribology HONOR POWRIE

International Regional Chairs

International region Name
Americas ADAM THISTLETHWAITE
Europe DANIEL FANTONI
Middle East and Africa DR MOHAMMED UNEEB
North-East Asia PROFESSOR VINCENT HO
Oceania NIC COULTHARD
South-East Asia DR CHUA YAW
Southern Asia

CHANAKA WANNIARACHCHI

Ordinary Members of Council

Fellows  Members
HASSAN G ANSARI RANSFORD AMPONSAH
JEAN BILLINGSLEY ALEXANDER ATKINS
JOHN BUTLER GIANPAOLO BENEDETTI
CLAIRE JAYNE EDWARDS BRUCE BUCHAN
PAUL JOHNSON ADAM BURGESS
RICHARD LOCKETT PROFESSOR AMR ELBANHAWY
FRASER MAITLAND PROJJAL GUPTA
 DAVID MARSHALL JAKE ALEXANDER PAYNE
IAN MASH ROBERT RAYNER
MARTIN ROBINSON NAGARAJAN THANUMOORTHY
LOUIS SZETO BEN VALLELY
 LESLIE YEOW  

Regional Chairs

Region Name
Eastern MICHAEL ALLEN
East Midlands CARLE ZAVALETA
Greater London ESFANDIAR KHALEGHI
Merseyside and North Wales TOM PIGGOTT
Midland KEVIN BLACKTOP
North East MARK JACKSON
North-Western SRAVANTHI SASHIKUMAR
Northern Ireland PETER MARTIN
Republic of Ireland DERMOT BRABAZON
Scottish ABHISHEK BHATIA
South-Eastern STEVE SMITH
South Wales HOWARD JONES
Thameswey SIMON EDWARDS
Wessex SIMON PORTER
Western MATTHEW CHAPMAN
Yorkshire ANDREW BROMLEY

Young Members' Board

Role Name
Chair OLIVER JORIS
Immediate Past Chair EMIL TSCHEPP
 Chair-Elect NICKY VALENTINE 
Vice-Chair JACK MITCHELL-DIVERS
Vice-Chair TBC
 Trustee Board Representative COSTAS YIANGOU 

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