Company
The Company of Anatomists Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Chun Chung CheungDirector · since 2026
- Dr Catherine Mary HennessyDirector · since 2026
- Professor Thomas Malcolm WishartDirector · since 2025
- Dr Scott Ian Abbott PatersonDirector · since 2025
- Professor Abigail Saffron TuckerDirector · since 2025
- Christopher Rhys SmithDirector · since 2025
- Dr Luke ReidDirector · since 2025
- Dr Caroline CurtinDirector · since 2025
- Dr Lyndsay MurrayDirector · since 2024
- Dr Denis BarryDirector · since 2024
- Dr Neil ThomasDirector · since 2024
- Dr Hannah Margaret ShawDirector · since 2022
- Dr Sheona ShanklandDirector · since 2022
- Professor Joanna MatthanDirector · since 2018
- Dr Jeremy William MortimerDirector · since 2017
- Cecilia BrassettDirector · since 2016
- Professor David Ceri DaviesSecretary · since 2003
Previous officers 64
- Dr Marise Heyns 2025-2025 View profile
- Dr Eilidh Louise Ferguson 2025-2025 View profile
- Dr Alice Kate Dulohery 2025-2025 View profile
- Professor Katherine Alison Linehan 2023-2024 View profile
- Danya Stone 2023-2025 View profile
- Professor Nathan Jeffery 2023-2024 View profile
- Dr Rebecca Frances Shepherd 2022-2024 View profile
- Dr Asha Venkatesh 2021-2026 View profile
- Dr Claire Tierney 2021-2024 View profile
- Dr Imelda Mary Mcgonnell 2020-2021 View profile
- Parson, Simon Henry, Regius Professor of Anatomy 2019-2023 View profile
- Professor Michelle Spear 2018-2022 View profile
- Professor Scott Border 2017-2022 View profile
- Professor Gerard O'Keeffe 2016-2023 View profile
- Peter Dockery 2016-2018 View profile
- Gavin John Clowry 2015-2024 View profile
- Iain Drummond Keenan 2015-2021 View profile
- Joy Balta 2014-2016 View profile
- Professor Zoltan Molnar 2014-2017 View profile
- Professor Fabio Quondamatteo 2013-2022 View profile
- Professor Adam Michael Taylor 2013-2021 View profile
- Paula Vickerton 2013-2014 View profile
- Loughna, Siobhan, Assistant Professor 2012-2018 View profile
- Leach, Lopa, Associate Professor 2012-2015 View profile
- Victoria Shone 2012-2013 View profile
- Kimberly Cordwint Martin 2011-2012 View profile
- Professor Kieran William Mcdermott 2011-2025 View profile
- Professor Thomas Clive Lee 2011-2016 View profile
- Dr Joanna Charlotte Bishop 2011-2013 View profile
- Dr Claire France Smith 2011-2015 View profile
- Professor Gabrielle Maria Finn 2011-2019 View profile
- Dr Professor Simon Henry Parson 2011-2016 View profile
- Professor Stefan Alexander Przyborski 2011-2019 View profile
- Dr Samuel Nicholas Frederick Cobb 2011-2012 View profile
- Dr Garry Duffy 2011-2013 View profile
- Dr Grenham William Ireland 2011-2016 View profile
- Dr Susannah Katherine Sarah Thorpe 2010-2010 View profile
- Dr Raj Ettarh 2009-2012 View profile
- Dr Joanne Carroll Wilton 2009-2010 View profile
- Professor Susan Margaret Standring 2007-2010 View profile
- Professor Alexis Tracey Wilkinson 2007-2025 View profile
- Professor Arthur Morgan Butt 2007-2010 View profile
- Dr Andrew Charles O'Brien 2006-2007 View profile
- Professor Diana Joan Lawrence-Watt 2006-2009 View profile
- Professor John Frederick Morris 2004-2010 View profile
- Professor Darrell John Rhys Evans 2004-2009 View profile
- Professor Michael Benjamin 2004-2007 View profile
- Dr Peter Dockery 2003-2006 View profile
- Professor Alan Boyde 2002-2004 View profile
- Professor John Patrick Fraher 2000-2009 View profile
- Professor Stephen Mchanwell 2000-2010 View profile
- Professor Gillian Mary Morriss-Kay 1998-2001 View profile
- Ockleford, Colin Douglas, Professor Emeritus 1996-2019 View profile
- Dr Robert Murray Santer 1995-2003 View profile
- Professor Bernard Anthony Wood 1995-1998 View profile
- Professor Bernard John Moxham 1994-2012 View profile
- Prof Rainer Walter Guillery 1993-1996 View profile
- Professor Jonathan Peter Bennett 1992-2007 View profile
- Professor Peter Kynaston Thomas 2002 View profile
- Professor John William Simmons Harris 1993 View profile
- John Anthony Firth 2001 View profile
- Professor David Brynmor Thomas 1995 View profile
- Professor David John Riches 1995 View profile
- Dr Ian Whitmore 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 06/08/1984
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.
- Anatomical Society
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- The Company of Anatomists Limited
is controlled by Anatomical Society
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Anatomical Society.
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.
16 directors on the board
- Professor Thomas Malcolm Wishart Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Lyndsay Murray Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Joanna Matthan Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Luke Reid Director · appointed 2025
- Cecilia Brassett Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Denis Barry Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Chun Chung Cheung Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Caroline Curtin Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Scott Ian Abbott Paterson Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Sheona Shankland Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Abigail Saffron Tucker Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Rhys Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Jeremy William Mortimer Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Neil Thomas Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Hannah Margaret Shaw Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Catherine Mary Hennessy Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Professor Joanna Matthan Director · appointed 2018
- Cecilia Brassett Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Jeremy William Mortimer Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (16)
- Professor Thomas Malcolm Wishart Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Lyndsay Murray Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Joanna Matthan Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Luke Reid Director · appointed 2025
- Cecilia Brassett Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Denis Barry Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Chun Chung Cheung Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Caroline Curtin Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Scott Ian Abbott Paterson Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Sheona Shankland Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Abigail Saffron Tucker Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Rhys Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Jeremy William Mortimer Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Neil Thomas Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Hannah Margaret Shaw Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Catherine Mary Hennessy Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
- Professor Thomas Malcolm Wishart Anatomical Society
- Dr Lyndsay Murray Anatomical Society
- Professor Joanna Matthan Anatomical Society
- Dr Luke Reid Anatomical Society
- Cecilia Brassett Anatomical Society
- Dr Denis Barry Anatomical Society
- Dr Caroline Curtin Anatomical Society
- Dr Sheona Shankland Anatomical Society
- Professor Abigail Saffron Tucker Anatomical Society
- Christopher Rhys Smith Anatomical Society
- Dr Jeremy William Mortimer Anatomical Society
- Dr Neil Thomas Anatomical Society
- Dr Hannah Margaret Shaw Anatomical Society
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Asha Venkatesh Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Dr Marise Heyns Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
- Dr Eilidh Louise Ferguson Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
- Danya Stone Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Professor Alexis Tracey Wilkinson Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2025
- Professor Kieran William Mcdermott Director · appointed 2011 · 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
- 01838518
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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