BAUS Council
BAUS Council advises the Trustees and plays a pivotal role in determining the strategic and professional direction of the Association, ensuring it remains responsive to the needs and views of its membership. Council also monitors the performance of the Board of Trustees. Council members include:
- 6 Elected Officers of the Association / 3 Co-opted Trustees / 1 non-clinical Co-opted Trustee
- 16 regionally-elected Council Members
- Ex officio members (including the Chairs of the Specialty Sections & other invited members)
Council meets three times a year, and meetings are chaired by the President. Either the BAUS Chief Executive or Deputy Chief Executive is in attendance for each Council meeting.
Elected Officers / Trustees
- Professor Ian Pearce - President of BAUS
- Mr Joe Philip - President Elect & VP Education
- Professor Iqbal Shergill - VP Membership
- Mr Shabi Ahmad - Deputy VP Membership
- Mr Mo Belal - Deputy VP Education
- Miss Susan Willis - Co-Opted Trustee
- Ms Lisa Dodgshon - Non-Clinical Co-Opted Trustee
- Mrs Rachel Morrison - Lead Regional Representative
Trustee details & contact
Elected Regional Representatives
- Mr Will Green - East Midlands
- Ms Sarah Wood - East of England
- Mr Steve Garnett - Kent, Surrey & Sussex (until June 2025)
- Mr Ravi Barod - London North
- Ms Kay Thomas - London South
- Mr Arjun Nambiar - North East (until June 2026)
- Mr Vaibhav Modgil - North West (until June 2025)
- Mr Mark Haynes - Northern Ireland
- Mr Rowan Casey - Republic of Ireland
- Ms Helen Simpson - Scotland East
- Mrs Lynne Kerr - Scotland West
- Mr Richard Lockyer - South Central
- Mr Joseph Jelski - South West
- Ms Anna Mainwaring - Wales
- Mr Tariq Sami - West Midlands
- Mrs Rachel Morrison - Yorkshire & Humber (until June 2025) Lead Regional Representative
Ex Officio Members
- Mr Arie Parnham - Chair, Section of Andrology & Genito-Urethral Surgery (2024 - 2025)
- Mr Subu Subramoniam - Chair, Section of Endourology (2024 - 2025)
- Mr Arun Sahai - Chair, Section of Female, Neurological & Urodynamic Urology (2024 - 2025)
- Mr Jonathan Aning - Chair, Section of Oncology (2023 - 2024)
- Mr Tony Tien - Chair, BAUS Section of Trainees, BSoT (2024 - 2025)
- Mr SS Murali - Chair, BAUS Section of SAS & Trust Urologists (2024 - 2026)
- Miss Mary Garthwaite - Representative for The Urology Foundation (from 2022)
- Mr Alan McNeill - Chair, Executive Committee, BJU International (from 2022)
- Professor Naeem Soomro - BAUS Representative, RCS England Council (2023 - 2027)
- Ms Sarah Hillery - Chair, BAUN (from 2022)
- Miss Justine Royle - Chair, SAC in Urology (from 2022)
- Mr Rob Calvert - Chair, Audit Steering Group (from 2024)
- Professor Rakesh Heer- Surgical Specialty Lead for Research (from 2024)
- Ms Suzie Venn - Urolink Representative (from 2023)