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 2024-25

Role Name
Chair BEN VALLELY
Deputy Chair IAN MASH
 President CLIVE HICKMAN 
Past President GILES HARTILL
 Past President PHIL PEEL

†† 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 VACANT
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 IAIN RAE

Group Chairs

Group Name
Energy, Environment and Sustainability RUPERT BLACKSTONE 
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 IAN SHERRINGTON

International Regional Chairs

International region Name
Americas JIM COWLING ♦ 
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
PRADEEP AGRAWAL RANSFORD AMPONSAH
HASSAN G ANSARI GIANPAOLO BENEDETTI
JOHN BLACKLOCK BRUCE BUCHAN
GRAEME BRITTON ADAM BURGESS
JOHN BUTLER PROFESSOR AMR ELBANHAWY
MARK JACKSON GRAME HIND
PAUL JOHNSON RAYMOND HODGKINSON
FRASER MAITLAND RICHARD LOCKETT
PROFESSOR ALISON MCMILLAN DOLORES O'REILLY
 IAN MASH ANKIT SHARMA 
LISA NORCROSS ROBERT RAYNER
ANDREW SKINNER BEN VALLELY
LOUIS SZETO
 DAVID WILLIAMSON  
 LESLIE YEOW  
   

Regional Chairs

Region Name
Eastern MICHAEL ALLEN
East Midlands CARLE ZAVALETA
Greater London ESFANDIAR KHALEGHI
Merseyside and North Wales MAUREEN BARKER
Midland KEVIN BLACKTOP
North-Eastern ALAN D’AMBROGIO 
North-Western DAVE TERRY
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 ALLAN HUNT

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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