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 Chairmen of the sub-Specialty Sections, a BSOT Trainee representative, the Chairman of the Education Committee & 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
- Ms Jo Cresswell - President of BAUS
- Professor Ian Pearce - Vice President
- Professor Iqbal Shergill - Honorary Treasurer
- Mr Joe Philip - Honorary Secretary
- Mr Shabi Ahmad - Honorary Treasurer Elect
- Mr Mo Belal - Honorary Secretary Elect
- Mr Gurpreet Singh - Co-Opted Trustee
- Miss Susan Willis - Co-Opted Trustee
- Mr Mark Lynch - Co-Opted Trustee
- Ms Lisa Dodgshon - Non-Clinical Co-Opted Trustee
Elected Regional Representatives
- Mr Will Green - East Midlands (until June 2024)
- Mr Nimish Shah - East of England (until June 2024)
- Mr Steve Garnett - Kent, Surrey & Sussex (until June 2025)
- Mr Ravi Barod - London North (until June 2024)
- Mr Mark Lynch - London South (until June 2024)
- Mr Arjun Nambiar - North East (until June 2026)
- Mr Vaibhav Modgil - North West (until June 2025)
- Mr Brian Duggan - Northern Ireland (until June 2024)
- Mr Garrett Durkan - Republic of Ireland (until June 2024)
- Ms Helen Simpson - Scotland East (until June 2024)
- Mrs Lynne Kerr - Scotland West (until June 2024)
- Mr Richard Lockyer - South Central (until June 2024)
- Mr Biral Patel - South West (until June 2024)
- Mr Gokul Kanda Swamy - Wales (until June 2024)
- Mr Vinnie During - West Midlands (until June 2024)
- Mrs Rachel Morrison - Yorkshire & Humber (until June 2025)
Ex Officio Members
- Mr Marc Lucky - Chair, Section of Andrology & Genito-Urethral Surgery (2022 - 2023)
- Mr Sri Sriprasad - Chair, Section of Endourology (2022 - 2023)
- Mr Mo Belal - Chair, Section of Female, Neurological & Urodynamic Urology (2022 - 2023)
- Mr Jonathan Aning - Chair, Section of Oncology (2023 - 2024)
- Ms Sarika Nalagatla - Chair, BAUS Section of Trainees, BSoT (2023 - 2024)
- 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 Andrew Dickinson - Chair, Audit Steering Group (from 2019)
- Professor Caroline Moore - Surgical Specialty Lead for Research (from 2020)
- Mr Siraj Natalwala - SAS Members' Representative (2021 - 2023)
- Ms Suzie Venn - Urolink Representative (from 2023)