General Secretary's Group
The General Secretary’s Group reports directly to Council. Chaired by the General Secretary, it is comprised of the co-Chairs of the Building Communities Committee, the Impact and Influence Committee, the Sustainability Committee and the Early Career Microbiologists’ Forum Executive Committee. It meets twice a year, scheduled between Committee meeting dates and Council meeting dates.
The General Secretary’s Group acts as a unified group in bringing reports to Council from the Committees of Council in a coherent way, with proposals having been examined from all angles simultaneously to support the Society’s three main strategic objectives. It considers matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, presenting annual data and recommendations to Council and acts as a mechanism for cross collaboration including creating, reacting and responding to opportunities, be they to strengthen existing communities and attract new members, build resilience and sustainability or co-ordinate international interactions and collaboration with other groups and organisations on areas of common interest for example.
General Secretary's Group Terms of Reference
Chair
Professor Mark Harris
University of Leeds, UK
General Secretary's Group Membership 2022
| Mark Harris | General Secretary (Chair) University of Leeds, UK |
| Paul Hoskisson | Co-Chair of Building Communities Committee and Chair of Publishing Panel University of Strathclyde, UK |
| Gill Elliott | Co-Chair of Building Communities Committee and Chair of Scientific Conferences Panel University of Surrey UK |
| Chloe James | Co-Chair of Impact and Influence Committee Universiy of Salford, UK |
| Tina Joshi | Co-Chair of Impact and Influence Committee University of Plymouth, UK |
| Jose Bengoechea | Co-Chair of Sustainability Committee Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Sarah Maddocks | Co-Chair of Sustainability Committee Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK |
| Colman O'Cathail | Chair of the Early Career Microbiologist Forum Executive Committee European Molecular Biology Laboratory, UK |
