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The Biochemical Society

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Previous officers 91

  1. Dr Martin Lindley 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Professor Lisa Chakrabarti 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Dr Augustin Amour 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Derry Mercer 2021-2021 Director View profile
  5. Professor Sheila Veronica Graham 2019-2024 Director View profile
  6. Professor Luciane Vieira De Mello Rigden 2019-2025 Director View profile
  7. Professor Sir Charles Peter Downes 2018-2022 Director View profile
  8. Professor Frank Sargent 2018-2025 Director View profile
  9. Dr Joanne Edwards 2017-2021 Director View profile
  10. Professor Michelle Joanne West 2017-2024 Director View profile
  11. Dr Malcolm Peter Weir 2017-2021 Director View profile
  12. Dr Martin Richard Pool 2017-2022 Director View profile
  13. Dr Dominika Teresa Gruszka 2017-2022 Director View profile
  14. Professor Stefan Roberts 2017-2021 Director View profile
  15. Dr David Alexander Pye 2017-2020 Director View profile
  16. Dr Helen Watson 2017-2023 Director View profile
  17. Professor Timothy Richard Dafforn 2015-2015 Director View profile
  18. Sir David Charles Baulcombe 2015-2017 Director View profile
  19. Professor David Carling 2015-2016 Director View profile
  20. Professor Robert Jeffrey Beynon 2014-2018 Director View profile
  21. Professor Anne Dell 2014-2019 Director View profile
  22. Dr Nicola Kemp Gray 2014-2018 Director View profile
  23. Professor Richard Reece 2013-2022 Director View profile
  24. Dr Alan Wallace 2013-2015 Director View profile
  25. Professor Chris Eric Cooper 2013-2015 Director View profile
  26. Catherine Frances Baillie 2012-2012 Director View profile
  27. Dr Nicholas James Watmough 2012-2017 Director View profile
  28. Professor Ron Laskey 2012-2014 Director View profile
  29. Professor David Fell 2012-2014 Director View profile
  30. Dr Shamus Burns 2012-2012 Director View profile
  31. Dr Sheila Graham 2012-2016 Director View profile
  32. Prof Heather Mann Wallace 2011-2012 Director View profile
  33. Professor Stephen John Busby 2011-2016 Director View profile
  34. Professor John Richard Coggins 2010-2013 Director View profile
  35. Professor Neil Bulleid 2010-2011 Director View profile
  36. Dr Malcolm East 2010-2011 Director View profile
  37. Professor Sir Tom Blundell 2009-2011 Director View profile
  38. Dr Francesco Michelangeli 2009-2013 Director View profile
  39. Professor Henry John Newbury 2009-2013 Director View profile
  40. Dr Jon Roland Sayers 2008-2012 Director View profile
  41. Professor Richard John Cogdell 2008-2009 Director View profile
  42. Professor Peter Robin Shepherd 2008-2014 Director View profile
  43. Professor Colin Kleanthous 2008-2013 Director View profile
  44. Dr Mark Wheatley 2007-2009 Director View profile
  45. Paula Jane Booth 2006-2007 Director View profile
  46. Professor Ian Dransfield 2006-2011 Director View profile
  47. Prof Sir Philip Cohen 2006-2008 Director View profile
  48. Professor Martin James Humphries 2005-2010 Director View profile
  49. Professor John Benjamin Clark 2005-2010 Director View profile
  50. Tamara Susan Galloway 2004-2005 Director View profile
  51. Dr Iain Joseph Mcewan 2004-2008 Director View profile
  52. George Spencer Banting 2004-2007 Director View profile
  53. Dr Kathryn Tessa Bailey 2003-2003 Director View profile
  54. Professor Jean Olwen Thomas 2003-2005 Director View profile
  55. Richard Jonathan Reece 2003-2004 Director View profile
  56. Professor Kevan Michael Andrew Gartland 2003-2008 Director View profile
  57. Professor Michael Ernest Grant 2003-2004 Director View profile
  58. Professor Ian Patrick Trayer 2003-2007 Director View profile
  59. Prof Peter George Stockley 2002-2003 Director View profile
  60. Professor Christopher John Leaver 2002-2007 Director View profile
  61. Professor Ronald Brian Beechey 2001-2005 Director View profile
  62. Dr Yvonne Annette Barnett 2001-2002 Director View profile
  63. Professor Timothy John Peters 2000-2002 Director View profile
  64. Professor Angus Lamond 2000-2001 Director View profile
  65. Professor Peter Joseph Parker 2000-2003 Director View profile
  66. Dr Charles Ian Ragan 1999-2000 Director View profile
  67. Charles Peter Downes 1999-2004 Director View profile
  68. Dr Christopher John Skidmore 1998-2003 Director View profile
  69. Professor Raymond Jeremy Hugh Davies 1997-1998 Director View profile
  70. Professor Keith Gull 1996-2001 Director View profile
  71. Dr Norma Mary Ryan 1996-2000 Director View profile
  72. Dr Karl Richard Bruckdorfer 1996-1997 Director View profile
  73. Professor Sir Philip John Randle 1996-2000 Director View profile
  74. Professor Kenneth Siddle 1995-1999 Director View profile
  75. Dr John Michael Wigglesworth 1995-2001 Director View profile
  76. Dr John Raphael Lagnado 1995-1996 Director View profile
  77. Professor Edward John Wood 1995-1999 Director View profile
  78. Professor Robert Ben Freedman 1994-1998 Director View profile
  79. Dr Robert Eisenthal 1993-1995 Director View profile
  80. Turner, Anthony John, Proffesor 1993-2004 Director View profile
  81. Professor Catherine Anne Rice-Evans 1991-1995 Director View profile
  82. Dr Keith Snell 1991-1993 Director View profile
  83. Dr Chris Ian Pogson 1994 Director View profile
  84. Professor Roy Hunter Burdon 1993 Director View profile
  85. Professor Harold Baum 1994 Director View profile
  86. Professor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg 1995 Director View profile
  87. Professor Alan David Blair Malcolm 1995 Director View profile
  88. Adam Denis Hughes 2016-2021 Secretary View profile
  89. John Robert Misselbrook 2014-2016 Secretary View profile
  90. Alison Jane Mcwhinnie 2003-2014 Secretary View profile
  91. Glyn David Jones 2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of professional membership organizations; Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
25/11/1966
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Biochemical Society

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Biochemical Society on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

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.

8 directors on the board

2.6y median 2.9y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Tech and media 3Professional services 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00892796
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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