Management of the Society

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 (2025 - 2026) Council is shown below.  

There is a Board of Trustees, which comprises, ex officio:

• the President,
• the Vice Presidents,
• the President Elect,
• the Hon. Secretary
• the Hon. Treasurer

The is also a Programme Group and a Promotion Group; which are appointed by Council.
Also listed are the contacts for the sections.

Council 2026 - 2027

Officers of the Society

President

• Mr K Chhapi Dip Arch FRIBA

President Elect

• Mrs Susan Siesage BA PGCE MBA NPQH

Vice Presidents

• Mrs HE Graves
• Mr Nigel Siesage JP MA
• Mr M Taylor BA DipTP MA
• Professor Sir Kent Woods MA MD ScM FRCP FMedSci

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

• Mr Nigel Siesage JP MA 

Hon. Programme Secretary

• Professor Alison Yarrington PhD FRSA FSA FRSE 

Hon. Editor of Transactions

• Mr Nigel Siesage JP MA

• Professor N.P. Wood BA MA PhD

Hon. Publicity Officers:

• Mr K Chhapi Dip Arch FRIBA
• Ms Debbie Wall

IT Administrator

• Professor JC Fothergill MSc PhD CEng CPhys FIET FIEEE FInstP

Members of Council

• Dr Emma Astra
• Mrs Gillian Johnston BSoc Sc PGCE Adv Dip Behavioural StMSc
• Mr Rob Purdy MBE BA ATC MA
• Mrs Christine Race BSc AKC PGCE
• Mr Iain Reid DipTP Dip LD MRTPI (Rtd) CMLI (Rtd)
• Dr R Shannon MA MB DCH FRCP FRCPCH
• Professor Surinder Sharma BA Hon DLitt Hon LLD JP DL
• Professor M Stannard BA MA PhD FEA FRLS
• Dr Bridget Towle CBE DL BA FRSA
• 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 Representative. Dr Brian Waters
• Natural History Section Representative Dr Judith Egan

Independent Examiners

• Mr K Chhapi Dip Arch FRIBA
• Dr Bridget Towle CBE DL BA FRSA

Programme Group

The Programme Group comprises:

• Alison Yarrington (Honorary Programme Secretary)
• Kanti Chhapi
• John Fothergill
• Rosemary Shannon
• Surinder Mohan Sharma
• Nigel Siesage
• Mike Taylor
• Nigel Wood
• Sir Kent Woods

Promotions Group

The Promotions Group comprises:

• Michael Taylor (Chair)
• Dr Emma Astra
• Kanti Chhapi
• Hazel Graves
• Tim Hartshorne
• Gillian Johnston
• Aftab Khan
• Surinder Sharma
• Nigel Siesage
• Deb Wall
• Nigel Wood

Contacts for the sections

• Natural History Section: Hon Secretary: Mr A Bevington
• Geology Section: Hon Secretary: Mr G Drummond