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.

President

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Jon Gluyas

Geothermal Energy | Academe & Industry

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Mark Anderson

Structural Geology and Tectonics | Academe

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Anna Bird

Geochronology, Tectonics and Provenance | Academe

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Sian Davies-Vollum

Environmental Geology | Academe

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John Davis

Geotechnical Engineering | Industry

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Andrew Dobrzański

Minerals and Mining | Industry

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Hollie Fisher

Engineering Geology and Geomorphology | Industry

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Neil Frewin

Petroleum Geology | Industry

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David Giles

Engineering Geology | Industry & Academe

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Caroline Gill

Diversity and Inclusion in Energy | Industry

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Martin Griffin

Geotechnical Engineering | Industry

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Leanne Hughes

Survey Geologist | Industry

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Ilias Karapanos

Hydrogeology | Industry

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Michael Kehinde

Hydrogeology | Government

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Daniel Le Heron

Sedimentology | Academe

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Ben Lepley

Geoscience, Minerals and Mining, ESG | Industry

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Louisa McAra

Geotechnical Engineering | Industry

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Keith Myers

Petroleum Geology | Industry

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Chiara Petrone

Igneous petrology, Petrography | Academe

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Jessica T Smith

Engineering | Industry

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Kevin Stephen

Geoscience Education | Academe

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Elizabeth Withington

Geotechnical Engineering | Industry

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