Advisory Council

The Advisory Council of the Society consists of up to 20 members. Of these, seven representatives are elected by the membership of the Society, two are elected by the Early Career Forum, eight are appointed as co-Chairs of our Committees, and three are appointed as Executive Officers: the President, General Secretary and Treasurer, who also sit on the Society’s Board of Trustees.

Working with the Society’s staff, the Advisory Council is responsible for delivering active engagement and insights on behalf of the microbiology community. The Advisory Council reports to the Society’s Board of Trustees, who bear the legal responsibilities of Trustees of the Charity and Directors of the Company. The governing document for the Advisory Council is the Society’s Bye-Laws.

Microbiology Society Bye-Laws

Chair and President

Professor Gordon Dougan FRS

University of Cambridge, UK

Appointed members of the Advisory Council

John Sinclair	Treasurer	University of Cambridge, UK
Karen Robinson	General Secretary	University of Nottingham, UK
Geertje Van Keulen	Co-Chair of Sustainability Committee	Swansea University, UK
Christine Edwards	Co-Chair of Sustainability Committee	Robert Gordon University, UK
Kim Hardie	Co-Chair of Building Communities Committee	University of Nottingham, UK
Kalai Mathee	Co-Chair of Building Communities Committee	Lifetime Omics, Miami, USA
Catrin Moore	Co-Chair of Impact and Influence Committee	St George’s, University of London, UK
Jonathan Cox	Co-Chair of Impact and Influence Committee	Aston University, UK
Kevin Maringer	Co-Chair of Members Panel	Pirbright Institute, UK
Bruno Silvester Lopes	Co-Chair of Members Panel	Teesside University, UK

Elected members of the Advisory Council

Gerald Barry	Advisory Council Representative on Finance Committee	University College Dublin, Ireland
Sheila Patrick	Advisory Council Representative on Finance Committee	Queen’s University Belfast, UK
George Salmond	Advisory Council Representative on Audit, Risk and Evaluation Committee	University of Cambridge, UK
Justine Rudkin	Advisory Council Representative on Building Communities Committee	University of Glasgow, UK
Alan McNally	Advisory Council Representative on Building Communities Committee	University of Birmingham, UK
Arindam Mitra	Advisory Council Representative on Impact and Influence Committee	Adamas University, India
Lorena Fernández-Martínez	Advisory Council Representative on Sustainability Committee	University of Glasgow, UK
Rebecca McHugh	Co-Chair of Early Career Forum Executive Committee	University of Glasgow, UK
Jack Ferguson	Co-Chair of Early Career Forum Executive Committee	University of Birmingham, UK