IOP Council biographies
Find out about our Council members.
President: Professor Sir Keith Burnett CBE FRS CPhys FInstP FLSW
Term of office: October 2023-September 2025
President-elect: Professor Michele Dougherty CBE FRS FInstP FRAS FRSSAf
Term of office: October 2023-September 2025 (to be President from October 2025)
Honorary Secretary: Dr Alison McMillan CEng CPhys FInstP FIMechE FHEA
Term of office: October 2021-September 2025
Honorary Treasurer: Professor David Delpy CBE FRS FREng CPhys FInstP FMedSci
Term of office: October 2023-September 2027
Vice-President for Business: Professor Robert Lamb FInstP
Term of office: October 2024-September 2028
Vice-President for Membership: Dr Elizabeth Cunningham MInstP FRAS
Term of office: October 2021-September 2025
Vice-President for Science and Innovation: Professor Tara Shears FInstP
Term of office: October 2023-September 2027
Vice-President for Learning and Skills: Dr Judith Hillier FInstP
Term of office: October 2024-September 2028
General Trustee: Rosalie Benjamin MInstP
Term of office: October 2021-September 2025
General Trustee: Professor Philip Burrows CPhys FInstP
Term of office: October 2021-September 2025
General Trustee: Dr Jane Clark CSci CEng CPhys FInstP FRAS
Term of office: October 2023-September 2027
General Trustee: Professor John Dainton FRS CPhys FInstP FRSA
Term of office: October 2021-September 2025
General Trustee: Dr Rebecca Dewey MPhys PhD CPhys MInstP
Term of office: October 2024-September 2028
General Trustee: Paula Knee CPhys MInstP
Term of office: October 2024-September 2028
General Trustee: Dr Hana Krizek MInstP
Term of office: October 2023–September 2027
General Trustee: Dr Peter Thompson CBE FREng CEng FInstP FRSC
Term of office: October 2022-September 2026
General Trustee: Dr Melissa Uchida MInstP
Term of office: October 2022-September 2026
General Trustee: Jane Weir CSci CPhys MInstP:
Term of office: October 2021-September 2025
Co-opted Member: Dr Dermot Green MInstP
Term of office: October 2024-September 2028