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The Biochemical Society
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Who leads it
- Professor Sonia Maria Campos Soares Da RochaDirector · since 2026
- Professor Nicholas Michael MortonDirector · since 2025
- Professor Richard Jonathan ReeceDirector · since 2024
- Professor David Paul SmithDirector · since 2024
- Dr Hannah Mary Chisholm-BrittDirector · since 2023
- Dr Susan Gerarda CampbellDirector · since 2023
- Professor Nigel Mark HooperDirector · since 2022
- Professor Dame Julia Mary GoodfellowDirector · since 2022
- Sarah Jane JennerSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 91
- Dr Martin Lindley 2022-2023 View profile
- Professor Lisa Chakrabarti 2022-2025 View profile
- Dr Augustin Amour 2021-2025 View profile
- Dr Derry Mercer 2021-2021 View profile
- Professor Sheila Veronica Graham 2019-2024 View profile
- Professor Luciane Vieira De Mello Rigden 2019-2025 View profile
- Professor Sir Charles Peter Downes 2018-2022 View profile
- Professor Frank Sargent 2018-2025 View profile
- Dr Joanne Edwards 2017-2021 View profile
- Professor Michelle Joanne West 2017-2024 View profile
- Dr Malcolm Peter Weir 2017-2021 View profile
- Dr Martin Richard Pool 2017-2022 View profile
- Dr Dominika Teresa Gruszka 2017-2022 View profile
- Professor Stefan Roberts 2017-2021 View profile
- Dr David Alexander Pye 2017-2020 View profile
- Dr Helen Watson 2017-2023 View profile
- Professor Timothy Richard Dafforn 2015-2015 View profile
- Sir David Charles Baulcombe 2015-2017 View profile
- Professor David Carling 2015-2016 View profile
- Professor Robert Jeffrey Beynon 2014-2018 View profile
- Professor Anne Dell 2014-2019 View profile
- Dr Nicola Kemp Gray 2014-2018 View profile
- Professor Richard Reece 2013-2022 View profile
- Dr Alan Wallace 2013-2015 View profile
- Professor Chris Eric Cooper 2013-2015 View profile
- Catherine Frances Baillie 2012-2012 View profile
- Dr Nicholas James Watmough 2012-2017 View profile
- Professor Ron Laskey 2012-2014 View profile
- Professor David Fell 2012-2014 View profile
- Dr Shamus Burns 2012-2012 View profile
- Dr Sheila Graham 2012-2016 View profile
- Prof Heather Mann Wallace 2011-2012 View profile
- Professor Stephen John Busby 2011-2016 View profile
- Professor John Richard Coggins 2010-2013 View profile
- Professor Neil Bulleid 2010-2011 View profile
- Dr Malcolm East 2010-2011 View profile
- Professor Sir Tom Blundell 2009-2011 View profile
- Dr Francesco Michelangeli 2009-2013 View profile
- Professor Henry John Newbury 2009-2013 View profile
- Dr Jon Roland Sayers 2008-2012 View profile
- Professor Richard John Cogdell 2008-2009 View profile
- Professor Peter Robin Shepherd 2008-2014 View profile
- Professor Colin Kleanthous 2008-2013 View profile
- Dr Mark Wheatley 2007-2009 View profile
- Paula Jane Booth 2006-2007 View profile
- Professor Ian Dransfield 2006-2011 View profile
- Prof Sir Philip Cohen 2006-2008 View profile
- Professor Martin James Humphries 2005-2010 View profile
- Professor John Benjamin Clark 2005-2010 View profile
- Tamara Susan Galloway 2004-2005 View profile
- Dr Iain Joseph Mcewan 2004-2008 View profile
- George Spencer Banting 2004-2007 View profile
- Dr Kathryn Tessa Bailey 2003-2003 View profile
- Professor Jean Olwen Thomas 2003-2005 View profile
- Richard Jonathan Reece 2003-2004 View profile
- Professor Kevan Michael Andrew Gartland 2003-2008 View profile
- Professor Michael Ernest Grant 2003-2004 View profile
- Professor Ian Patrick Trayer 2003-2007 View profile
- Prof Peter George Stockley 2002-2003 View profile
- Professor Christopher John Leaver 2002-2007 View profile
- Professor Ronald Brian Beechey 2001-2005 View profile
- Dr Yvonne Annette Barnett 2001-2002 View profile
- Professor Timothy John Peters 2000-2002 View profile
- Professor Angus Lamond 2000-2001 View profile
- Professor Peter Joseph Parker 2000-2003 View profile
- Dr Charles Ian Ragan 1999-2000 View profile
- Charles Peter Downes 1999-2004 View profile
- Dr Christopher John Skidmore 1998-2003 View profile
- Professor Raymond Jeremy Hugh Davies 1997-1998 View profile
- Professor Keith Gull 1996-2001 View profile
- Dr Norma Mary Ryan 1996-2000 View profile
- Dr Karl Richard Bruckdorfer 1996-1997 View profile
- Professor Sir Philip John Randle 1996-2000 View profile
- Professor Kenneth Siddle 1995-1999 View profile
- Dr John Michael Wigglesworth 1995-2001 View profile
- Dr John Raphael Lagnado 1995-1996 View profile
- Professor Edward John Wood 1995-1999 View profile
- Professor Robert Ben Freedman 1994-1998 View profile
- Dr Robert Eisenthal 1993-1995 View profile
- Turner, Anthony John, Proffesor 1993-2004 View profile
- Professor Catherine Anne Rice-Evans 1991-1995 View profile
- Dr Keith Snell 1991-1993 View profile
- Dr Chris Ian Pogson 1994 View profile
- Professor Roy Hunter Burdon 1993 View profile
- Professor Harold Baum 1994 View profile
- Professor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg 1995 View profile
- Professor Alan David Blair Malcolm 1995 View profile
- Adam Denis Hughes 2016-2021 View profile
- John Robert Misselbrook 2014-2016 View profile
- Alison Jane Mcwhinnie 2003-2014 View profile
- Glyn David Jones 2003 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
- Professor Nigel Mark Hooper Director · appointed 2022
- Professor David Paul Smith Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Hannah Mary Chisholm-Britt Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Susan Gerarda Campbell Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Richard Jonathan Reece Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Nicholas Michael Morton Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Sonia Maria Campos Soares Da Rocha Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Professor David Paul Smith Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Hannah Mary Chisholm-Britt Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Susan Gerarda Campbell Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Nicholas Michael Morton Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Professor Nigel Mark Hooper Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Richard Jonathan Reece Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Sonia Maria Campos Soares Da Rocha Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Luciane Vieira De Mello Rigden Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Professor Frank Sargent Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
- Professor Lisa Chakrabarti Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
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.
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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