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Previous officers 189

  1. Nicholas David Padfield Kc 2021–2023 Director View profile
  2. Prof Catherine Hill 2019–2022 Director View profile
  3. Dr Rebecca Jane Lynch 2019–2022 Director View profile
  4. Prof Janet Frances Carsten 2019–2022 Director View profile
  5. Prof James Laidlaw 2019–2022 Director View profile
  6. Dr Rupert Cox 2019–2022 Director View profile
  7. Dr Matei Candea 2018–2021 Director View profile
  8. Prof Laura Corvinelli Thornton 2018–2021 Director View profile
  9. Prof Dame Sue Black 2018–2022 Director View profile
  10. Prof Andre Singer 2018–2021 Director View profile
  11. Dr Christopher Tyler 2018–2021 Director View profile
  12. Prof Rob Foley 2018–2021 Director View profile
  13. Prof Julian Stewart Thomas 2018–2021 Director View profile
  14. Prof John Baily 2018–2021 Director View profile
  15. Dr Lucina Hackmann 2018–2021 Director View profile
  16. Prof Steve Rayner 2018–2020 Director View profile
  17. Prof Susanne Kuechler 2018–2021 Director View profile
  18. Dr Charlotte Joy 2017–2020 Director View profile
  19. Prof Jeremy Macclancy 2017–2020 Director View profile
  20. Dr Ian Collard 2017–2020 Director View profile
  21. Prof Paul Henley 2016–2018 Director View profile
  22. Prof William John Morgan 2016–2019 Director View profile
  23. Prof David Parkin 2016–2019 Director View profile
  24. Dr Joseph Calabrese 2016–2019 Director View profile
  25. Dr Simon John Underdown 2016–2019 Director View profile
  26. Dr Liana Cheng Lian Chua 2016–2019 Director View profile
  27. Dr Emily Kate Rousham 2016–2019 Director View profile
  28. Prof Joy Hendry 2016–2021 Director View profile
  29. Prof Paul Sillitoe 2016–2019 Director View profile
  30. Dr Christopher Alan Morton 2015–2018 Director View profile
  31. Dr Catherine Palmer 2015–2018 Director View profile
  32. Professor James Duncan Staples 2015–2018 Director View profile
  33. Dr Nadine Beckmann 2015–2018 Director View profile
  34. Dr Paul Lane 2015–2018 Director View profile
  35. Dr Gillian Margaret Evans 2015–2018 Director View profile
  36. Dr Robert Douglas Storrie 2015–2018 Director View profile
  37. Prof Robert Andrew Foley 2015–2018 Director View profile
  38. Dr Stephen Pax Leonard 2015–2017 Director View profile
  39. Prof Ann Mary Maclarnon 2015–2018 Director View profile
  40. Professor Ann Patricia Caplan 2014–2016 Director View profile
  41. Professor Paul Basu 2014–2021 Director View profile
  42. Professor Christina Jessie Camden Toren 2014–2017 Director View profile
  43. Andre Felix Vitus Singer 2014–2014 Director View profile
  44. Professor Simone Almond Abram 2014–2016 Director View profile
  45. Professor Brian Vincent Street 2013–2016 Director View profile
  46. Dr Susan Margaret Black 2013–2015 Director View profile
  47. Reid, Howard Anthony, Doctor 2013–2016 Director View profile
  48. Professor Tim Allen 2013–2016 Director View profile
  49. Dr Fiona Jordan 2013–2016 Director View profile
  50. Professor Catherine Margaret Hill 2013–2016 Director View profile
  51. Adams, Mary, Doctor 2013–2016 Director View profile
  52. Professor Jeremy Valentine Mcclancy 2013–2016 Director View profile
  53. Professor David Nicholas Gellner 2012–2015 Director View profile
  54. Professor Victoria Ana Goddard 2012–2015 Director View profile
  55. Dr Rajindra Puri 2012–2015 Director View profile
  56. Professor Rachael Jane Sara Gooberman-Hill 2012–2015 Director View profile
  57. Elton, Sarah Elizabeth, Proff 2012–2015 Director View profile
  58. Professor Glenn Walker Bowman 2012–2013 Director View profile
  59. Professor Julian Stewart Thomas 2012–2015 Director View profile
  60. Professor Trevor Hugh James Marchand 2011–2014 Director View profile
  61. Gamble, Clive Stephen, Emeritus Professor 2011–2021 Director View profile
  62. Professor Judith Melita Okely 2011–2014 Director View profile
  63. Professor Alexander Foster Robertson 2010–2012 Director View profile
  64. Dr Isak Arnold Niehaus 2010–2013 Director View profile
  65. Prof Robin Ian Macdonald Dunbar 2010–2013 Director View profile
  66. Dr Melissa Aviva Demian 2010–2013 Director View profile
  67. Julie Elsie Scott 2010–2016 Director View profile
  68. Dr Dimitri Tsintjilonis 2010–2013 Director View profile
  69. Professor Sophie Elisabeth Day 2010–2013 Director View profile
  70. Professor Robert Simpson 2010–2013 Director View profile
  71. Christopher Hugh Gosden 2009–2012 Director View profile
  72. Professor Rosemary Joy Hendry 2009–2012 Director View profile
  73. Dr Lissant Mary Bolton 2009–2015 Director View profile
  74. Dr Julia Egorova 2009–2012 Director View profile
  75. Dr Nicolas Argenti 2009–2012 Director View profile
  76. Dr Jocelyn Alyse Boyden 2008–2011 Director View profile
  77. Professor Sharon Macdonald 2008–2011 Director View profile
  78. Dr Narmala Halstead 2007–2010 Director View profile
  79. Professor Maia Green 2007–2010 Director View profile
  80. Dr Peter Sydney Corson Parkes 2007–2010 Director View profile
  81. Professor James Robert Fairhead 2007–2010 Director View profile
  82. Professor Alan David Dangour 2007–2010 Director View profile
  83. Dr Paul Stewart Rainbird 2007–2010 Director View profile
  84. Dr Elizabeth Ann Hart 2007–2008 Director View profile
  85. Dr David Pratten 2006–2009 Director View profile
  86. Dr Julie Else Scott 2006–2009 Director View profile
  87. Dr Peggy Froerer 2006–2009 Director View profile
  88. Professor Simon Michael Coleman 2006–2007 Director View profile
  89. Elizabeth Jane Mary Edwards 2006–2012 Director View profile
  90. Dr Robert Storrie 2006–2009 Director View profile
  91. Dr Matthew Eric Engelke 2005–2005 Director View profile
  92. Dr David Shane Mills 2005–2005 Director View profile
  93. Dr Richard Stuart Bazley Sanders 2004–2006 Director View profile
  94. Professor Robin Ian Macdonald Dunbar 2004–2007 Director View profile
  95. Dr Elizabeth Ann Hallam 2004–2007 Director View profile
  96. Dr Conrad William Watson 2004–2007 Director View profile
  97. Dr David Peter Shankland 2004–2010 Director View profile
  98. Dr Helen Susanna Lambert 2004–2007 Director View profile
  99. Professor Lawrence Taylor 2004–2007 Director View profile
  100. Dr Arnd Schneider 2004–2007 Director View profile
  101. Dr Soraya Tremayne 2003–2006 Director View profile
  102. Dr Deborah Anne James 2003–2006 Director View profile
  103. Prof Alan Donald James Macfarlane 2003–2009 Director View profile
  104. Professor Roy Frank Ellen 2003–2021 Director View profile
  105. Professor Jeremy Macclancy 2003–2012 Director View profile
  106. Michael John Rowlands 2003–2006 Director View profile
  107. Christopher John Wright 2003–2006 Director View profile
  108. Professor Harvey Whitehouse 2003–2006 Director View profile
  109. Zeitlyn, Shushila Jane, Doctor 2002–2005 Director View profile
  110. Dr Daniel Nettle 2001–2004 Director View profile
  111. Dr Filippo Osella 2001–2004 Director View profile
  112. Professor Alan Bilsborough 2001–2021 Director View profile
  113. Dr Sian Jones 2001–2004 Director View profile
  114. Dr Jeanette Edwards 2001–2004 Director View profile
  115. Professor Wendy Rosalind Johnson NÉE James 2001–2021 Director View profile
  116. Marion Berghahn 2001–2004 Director View profile
  117. Dr Jan Cecelia Savage 2001–2004 Director View profile
  118. Dr James Golden Carrier 2000–2001 Director View profile
  119. Dr Christopher Pinney 2000–2003 Director View profile
  120. Dr Henrietta Lidchi 2000–2003 Director View profile
  121. Dr Gabriele Vom Bruck 2000–2003 Director View profile
  122. Dr Charles Stafford 2000–2003 Director View profile
  123. Dr Felicia Hughes-Freeland 2000–2003 Director View profile
  124. Dr Paul Sant-Cassia 2000–2002 Director View profile
  125. Dr David Zeitlyn 1999–2002 Director View profile
  126. Hon Daniela Sieff 1999–2000 Director View profile
  127. Dr Mukulika Banerjee 1998–2001 Director View profile
  128. Allen, Tim, Doctor 1998–2001 Director View profile
  129. Professor Christopher Thomas Selwyn 1998–2014 Director View profile
  130. James, Allison, Doctor 1998–2001 Director View profile
  131. Rival, Laura Marie, Doctor 1998–2001 Director View profile
  132. David Merrick Boston 1998–2001 Director View profile
  133. Rapport, Nigel Julian, Doctor 1998–2001 Director View profile
  134. Stephen Lewis Nugent 1997–2000 Director View profile
  135. Professor Jessica Elizabeth Ann Tonkin 1997–2000 Director View profile
  136. Dr Robert Foley 1997–2005 Director View profile
  137. Dr Susanne Kuchler 1997–2000 Director View profile
  138. Dr Katy Gardner 1997–1998 Director View profile
  139. Durrans, Brian, Doctor 1997–2006 Director View profile
  140. Dr Hastings Donnan 1997–2000 Director View profile
  141. Sushrut Jadhav 1997–2000 Director View profile
  142. Pine, Frances Theresa, Doctor 1996–1999 Director View profile
  143. Penelope Margaret Harvey 1995–1998 Director View profile
  144. Soraya Tremayne 1995–2001 Director View profile
  145. Stewart, Charles William, Doctor 1995–1999 Director View profile
  146. Peter Gerrard Riviere 1995–1997 Director View profile
  147. Maclancy, Jeremy Valentine, Doctor 1995–1998 Director View profile
  148. Abrahams, Raphael Garvin, Doctor 1995–1998 Director View profile
  149. Davis, John, Doctor 1995–2017 Director View profile
  150. Dr Deborah Anne Swallow 1994–1995 Director View profile
  151. Anthony Alan Shelton 1994–1997 Director View profile
  152. Fuller, Christopher John, Doctor 1994–1997 Director View profile
  153. Bowie, Fiona, Doctor 1994–1996 Director View profile
  154. Miller, Daniel, Doctor 1994–1997 Director View profile
  155. Morphy, Howard, Doctor 1994–1997 Director View profile
  156. Olivia Harris 1994–1997 Director View profile
  157. Peter Sydney Corson Parkes 1993–1998 Director View profile
  158. Silvia Rodgers 1993–1995 Director View profile
  159. Roslyn Betty Poignant 1992–2003 Director View profile
  160. Professor Marcus John Banks 1994 Director View profile
  161. Harrison, Simon Joseph, Doctor 2001 Director View profile
  162. Professor Adrian Curtis Mayer 2021 Director View profile
  163. Ernest Gellner 1995 Director View profile
  164. Dr Akbar Salahudin Ahmed 1994 Director View profile
  165. Professor Christoph Von Furer-Haimendorf 1993 Director View profile
  166. Dilley, Roy Martin, Doctor 1994 Director View profile
  167. Eric Sunderland 2011 Director View profile
  168. Dr Katherine Mary Homewood 1995 Director View profile
  169. Professor Timothy Ingold 1993 Director View profile
  170. Ennew, Judith, Doctor 1994 Director View profile
  171. Dr Roland Martin Littlewood 2021 Director View profile
  172. Michael Herbert Day 2018 Director View profile
  173. Professor Jonathan Meir Webber 1995 Director View profile
  174. Nathaniel Charles Sebag Montefiore 2004 Director View profile
  175. Croll, Elisabeth J, Doctor 1994 Director View profile
  176. Professor Sir Raymond William Firth 2002 Director View profile
  177. Professor Ioan M Lewis 1995 Director View profile
  178. Dr Jonathan Robert Spencer 1995 Director View profile
  179. Professor Michael Parker Banton 2018 Director View profile
  180. Dr Nancy Lindisfarne 1994 Director View profile
  181. Dr Judith Melita Okely 1995 Director View profile
  182. Professor Isaac Schapera 2003 Director View profile
  183. Professor Jean Sylvia La Fontaine 2021 Director View profile
  184. Donnan, Hastings, Doctor 1995 Director View profile
  185. Professor Geoffrey Ainsworth Harrison 2016 Director View profile
  186. Dr Michael John Rowlands 1995 Director View profile
  187. Dr Steven James Phelps Hooper 1994 Director View profile
  188. Dr Eric Hirsch 1997–2015 Secretary View profile
  189. O'Hanlon, Michael David Peter, Doctor 1994–1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
26/03/1886
Also a registered charity
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

25 directors on the board

5.6y median 4.8y
average tenure
13.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (20)

Portfolio (5)

0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Education 2Arts and leisure 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00022388
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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