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 SURG 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
| Name |
Position |
| Tim O'Brien |
President |
| Jo Cresswell |
Vice President |
| Nick Watkin |
Honorary Treasurer |
| Iqbal Shergill |
Honorary Treasurer Elect |
| Ian Pearce |
Honorary Secretary |
| Joe Philip |
Honorary Secretary Elect |
| Gurpreet Singh |
Co-Opted Trustee |
| Susan Willis |
Co-Opted Trustee |
| Mary Brown |
Co-Opted Trustee |
| Lisa Dodgshon |
Non-Clinical Co-Opted Trustee |
Elected Regional Representatives
| Name |
Region |
Dates of Tenure |
| Simon Williams |
East Midlands |
To June 2021 |
| Nimish Shah |
East of England |
June 2019 - June 2022 |
| Steve Garnett |
Kent, Surrey & Sussex (KSS) |
June 2020 - June 2023 |
| Dan Wood |
London North |
To June 2021 |
| Mark Lynch |
London South |
June 2019 - June 2022 |
| Mark Johnson |
North East |
June 2020 - June 2023 |
| David Ross |
North West |
To June 2021 |
| Brian Duggan |
Northern Ireland |
June 2019 - June 2022 |
| Garrett Durkan |
Republic of Ireland |
June 2019 - June 2022 |
| David Douglas |
Scotland East |
To June 2021 |
| Mary Brown |
Scotland West |
June 2017 - June 2020 |
| Matthew Hayes |
South Central |
To June 2021 |
| Biral Patel |
South West |
June 2019 - June 2022 |
| Gokul Kanda Swamy |
Wales |
June 2019 - June 2022 |
| Hemant Ojha |
West Midlands |
To June 2021 |
| Sunjay Jain |
Yorkshire & Humber |
To June 2021 |
Ex Officio Members
| Name |
Position |
Dates of tenure |
| Majid Shabbir |
Chair, Section of Andrology & Genito-Urethral Surgery |
2020 - 2021 |
| Daron Smith |
Chair, Section of Endourology |
2019 - 2021 |
| Sheilagh Reid |
Chair, Section of Female, Neurological & Urodynamic Urology |
2020 - 2021 |
| Krishna Narahari |
Chair, Section of Oncology |
2021 - 2022 |
| Neil Harvey |
Chair, BAUS Section of Trainees (BSoT) |
2020 - 2021 |
| Ben Challacombe |
Representative for The Urology Foundation |
from 2020 |
| Krishna Sethia |
Chair, Executive Committee, BJU International |
2015 - 2020 |
| Jonathan Glass |
BAUS Representative, RCS England Council |
2019 - 2023 |
| Clare Waymont |
Chair, BAUN |
from 2021 |
| Philip Cornford |
Chair, SAC in Urology |
from 2019 |
| Dominic Hodgson |
Chair, BAUS Education Committee |
2019 - 2021 |
| Andrew Dickinson |
Chair, Audit Steering Group |
from 2019 |
| Caroline Moore |
Surgical Specialty Lead for Research |
from 2021 |
| Siraj Natalwala |
AUS Members' Representative |
2021 - 2022 |