Council
The Institute of Physics is a charity registered in England and Wales, and in Scotland. Find out about the members of our Council and download meeting minutes and summaries.
Find out more about the members of our Council of Trustees.
Council Membership (Trustees) 2023
| Category | Name | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Professor Sheila Rowan CBE | 2021 | 2023 |
| President-elect | Professor Sir Keith Burnett CBE | 2021 | 2023 |
| Honorary Secretary | Professor Alison McMillan | 2021 | 2025 |
| Honorary Treasurer | Professor David Delpy CBE | 2019 | 2023 |
| Vice-President for Business | Dr John Bagshaw | 2020 | 2024 |
| Vice-President for Science and Innovation | Professor Martin Freer | 2019 | 2023 |
| Vice-President for Education and Skills | Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright OBE | 2020 | 2024 |
| Vice-President for Membership | Dr Elizabeth Cunningham | 2021 | 2025 |
| Member | Rosalie Benjamin | 2021 | 2025 |
| Member | Professor Philip Burrows | 2021 | 2025 |
| Member | Dr Gayle Calverley-Miles | 2019 | 2023 |
| Member | Professor John Dainton | 2021 | 2025 |
| Member | Professor Claudia Eberlein | 2020 | 2024 |
| Member | Professor Martin Hendry MBE | 2019 | 2023 |
| Member | Dr Alix Pryde | 2019 | 2023 |
| Member | Dr Peter Thompson | 2022 | 2026 |
| Member | Dr Melissa Uchida | 2022 | 2026 |
| Member | Jane Weir | 2021 | 2025 |
| Member (co-opted) | Dr Yvonne Kavanagh | 2022 | 2023 |
| In attendance | |||
| Group Chief Executive Officer | Tom Grinyer | n/a | n/a |
| Deputy Chief Executive | Rachel Youngman | n/a | n/a |
| Group Chief Financial Officer | Sukhraj Dhadwar | n/a | n/a |
| Director of Policy and Public Affairs | Tony McBride | n/a | n/a |
| Director of Science, Innovation and Skills | Louis Barson | n/a | n/a |
| Chief Executive, IOP Publishing Limited | Antonia Seymour | n/a | n/a |
| Head of Governance and Compliance | David Howitt | n/a | n/a |
Council biographies
Find our more about our Council members, their careers and their areas of expertise.
Council minutes
- Council minutes – March 2023 (PDF, 164KB)
- Council minutes – November 2022 (PDF, 157KB)
- Council minutes – July 2022 (PDF, 177KB)
- Council minutes – May 2022 (PDF, 150KB)
- Council minutes – February 2022 (PDF, 150KB)
- Council minutes – November 2021 (PDF, 167KB)
- Council minutes – July 2021 (PDF, 128KB)
- Council minutes – May 2021 (PDF, 165KB)
- Council minutes – February 2021 (PDF, 221KB)
- Council minutes – November 2020 (PDF, 73KB)
- Council minutes – July 2020 (PDF, 123KB)
- Council minutes – May 2020 (PDF, 181KB)
- Council minutes – February 2020 (PDF, 179KB)
- Council minutes – November 2019 (PDF, 240KB)
- Council minutes – July 2019 (PDF, 224KB)
- Council minutes – May 2019 (DOC, 66KB)
- Council minutes – January 2019 (PDF, 434KB)