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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 2026


4 February 2026
11 February 2026
18 March 2026
18 May 2026
29 May 2026

 

Council 2026-27

Role Name
Chair RICHARD LOCKETT
Deputy Chair ANDREW SKINNER
 President RICHARD JUDGE
Past President MATT GARSIDE 
 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 FRED WALKER
Biomedical Engineering Division ANTONIO FRATINI
Construction and Building Services DAVID SMITH
Manufacturing Industries PHILIPPA OLDHAM
Power Industries GRANT SPENCE
Process Industries IAN HANCOCK
Railway MATTHEW PROSSER

Group Chairs

Group Name
Energy, Environment and Sustainability KAY TOR
Fluid Machinery PHARIC SMITH
Management Group TIM PODESTA
Mechatronics, Informatics and Control ERIC ROGERS
Powertrain Systems  and Fuels RICHARD OSBORNE
Pressure Systems DR PAUL SMITH
Safety and Reliability TBC
Structural Technology and Materials PAYAM KHAZAEINEJAD
Thermofluids ROSARIO SPATARO
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

LASANTHA KURUKULARACHCHI

Ordinary Members of Council

Fellows  Members
HASSAN G ANSARI RANSFORD AMPONSAH
JEAN BILLINGSLEY ALEXANDER ATKINS
SIMON CHANDLER GEORGE CURTIS
MATTHEW COOK AMR ELBANHAWY
CLAIRE JAYNE EDWARDS
 
 PROJJAL GUPTA
LUKE FOLWELL JEFFREY KATO
RICHARD LOCKETT
 
 ANDREW LIVESEY
 DAVID MARSHALL JAKE ALEXANDER PAYNE
LEE PARKES   NAGARAJAN THANUMOORTHY
MARTIN ROBINSON ANDY WEBSTER
ANDREW SKINNER  
GRANT SPENCE  
RICHARD SIBBICK  
LOUIS SZETO  
LESLIE YEOW  

Regional Chairs

Region Name
Eastern MICHAEL ALLEN
East Midlands CARLE ZAVALETA
Greater London ESFANDIAR KHALEGHI
Merseyside and North Wales TOM PIGGOTT
Midland HUGH O'NEILL
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 RHIAN 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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