The Society is governed by a Council of 23 members, including the President, up to three Vice-Presidents and four honorary secretaries. Council members are elected by the Fellowship.
Council is chaired by the President, who is elected for a two-year term. It meets five times each year.
All members of Council are bound by the Society’s Declarations of Interests policy.
Members of Council 2016/2017
Click on the pictures below to read a short biography of each member of Council.
Mr Malcolm Brown
President
Expertise: Petroleum Geology
Mr Rick Brassington
Expertise: Hydrogeology
Dr Jason Canning
Expertise: Petroleum Geology
Miss Liv Carroll
Secretary, Professional Matters
Expertise: Mineral Exploration and Mining
Dr Nigel Cassidy
Expertise: Geophysics
Mr Chris Eccles
Vice President, Chartership
Expertise: Engineering Geology
Dr Marie Edmonds
Secretary, Science
Expertise: Igneous Petrology, Volcanology and Geochemistry
Mr Graham Goffey
Treasurer
Expertise: Petroleum Geology
Dr Sarah Gordon
Expertise:Mining, Meteoritics, Risk
Mrs Tricia Henton
Diversity Champion
Expertise: Environmental Geology
Mr David Hopkins
Expertise: Extractive Industries
Ms Naomi Jordan
Expertise: Sedimentology, Palaeontology, Palaeoenvironments
Dr Robert Larter
Expertise: Marine Geophysics
Dr Jennifer McKinley
Expertise: Geographical Information Science and Geostatistics
Prof David Norbury
Expertise: Engineering Geology
Dr Colin North
Secretary, Publications
Expertise: Sedimentology
Dr Sheila Peacock
Expertise: Geophysics
Prof Christine Peirce
Expertise: Marine Geophysics
Mr Nicholas Reynolds
Expertise: Contaminated Land, Geotechnical Engineering
Dr Katherine Royse
Expertise: Environmental Geology
Mr Keith Seymour
Vice President, Regional Groups
Expertise: Hydrogeology
Dr Alexander Whittaker
Expertise: Tectonics and Landscape Dynamics
Mr Michael Young
Secretary, Foreign & External Affairs
Expertise: Geophysics