Company
British Pharmacological Society
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Simon Robert Jenkinson MaxwellDirector · since 2026
- Dr Niall Patrick HylandDirector · since 2025
- Professor Farhan Ahmad KhanDirector · since 2025
- Professor Michael SpeddingDirector · since 2024
- Professor Cherry Lindsey WainwrightDirector · since 2024
- Professor James Michael RitterDirector · since 2024
- Edward Ian BriffaDirector · since 2020
- Dr Heather GilesDirector · since 2000
- Michael John PooleSecretary · since 2013
Previous officers 105
- Professor Simon Kennedy 2023–2025 View profile
- Professor Adrian Jonathan Hobbs 2023–2025 View profile
- Professor Sir Mark Jonathan Caulfield 2022–2025 View profile
- Alina Zorn 2022–2025 View profile
- Professor Ana Alfirevic 2021–2024 View profile
- Professor Stephen Watson 2021–2024 View profile
- Professor Jamie John Coleman 2021–2023 View profile
- Lenna Cumberbatch 2020–2023 View profile
- Professor Clive Page 2020–2023 View profile
- Melisa Joellan Wallace 2020–2022 View profile
- Stephen Rees 2020–2023 View profile
- Dr Laura Ann Ajram 2019–2021 View profile
- Professor Jane Mitchell 2018–2020 View profile
- Rachel Marie Quinn 2018–2023 View profile
- Morrison, Emma, Doctor 2018–2020 View profile
- Professor Sir Munir Hussein Pirmohamed 2018–2021 View profile
- Professor Ian Mcfadzean 2018–2020 View profile
- Professor Susan Clare Stanford 2017–2019 View profile
- Charles Gloor 2016–2019 View profile
- Dr Kenneth Ivor Williams 2016–2017 View profile
- Professor Stephen John Hill 2016–2019 View profile
- Dr Malcolm Skingle 2016–2019 View profile
- Aidan Seeley 2016–2018 View profile
- Professor Emma Harriet Baker 2016–2017 View profile
- Emma Mason 2015–2017 View profile
- Professor Antony Galione 2014–2016 View profile
- Professor Alyn Hugh Morice 2014–2016 View profile
- Professor Alfred Richard Green 2014–2016 View profile
- Professor Michael Peter Seed 2013–2015 View profile
- David Michael Wood 2013–2015 View profile
- Dr Smita Hariprasad Price 2013–2015 View profile
- Professor Humphrey Peter Rang 2012–2015 View profile
- Dr Charles Robin Hiley 2012–2015 View profile
- David Ogilvy Douglas 2011–2014 View profile
- Dr Christine Williams 2011–2022 View profile
- Professor Helen Cox 2011–2013 View profile
- Professor Ann Katherine Daly 2011–2014 View profile
- Professor Donald Robert James Singer 2011–2013 View profile
- Dr Ann Gail Hayes 2010–2012 View profile
- Dr Ian Kitchen 2010–2013 View profile
- Dr Gillian Edwards 2008–2010 View profile
- Professor Kevin Park 2008–2010 View profile
- Professor Daniel Sinclair Mcqueen 2008–2011 View profile
- Professor Gordon Thomas Mcinnes 2008–2010 View profile
- Professor Philip Routledge 2007–2013 View profile
- Professor Peter James Roberts 2007–2009 View profile
- Dr Kim Andrea Dora 2006–2009 View profile
- Mark Ian Christie 2005–2012 View profile
- Professor Susan Brain 2005–2006 View profile
- Dr Albert Ferro 2005–2006 View profile
- Ferner, Robin Esmond, Doctor 2005–2006 View profile
- Professor David John Webb 2004–2017 View profile
- Professor Robin John Plevin 2004–2019 View profile
- Dr Anthony Peter Davenport 2004–2007 View profile
- Dr Amrita Ahluwalia 2004–2006 View profile
- Professor Maria Gabriela Belvisi 2004–2007 View profile
- Professor Raymond Hill 2004–2006 View profile
- Brenda Costall 2004–2006 View profile
- Martin Howdle Todd 2003–2009 View profile
- Patrick John Thompson Vallance 2002–2004 View profile
- Dr Jeffrey Kenneth Aronson 2002–2009 View profile
- Dr John Anthony Peters 2002–2005 View profile
- Professor Dame Julia Clare Buckingham 2002–2005 View profile
- Maxwell, Simon Robert Jenkinson, Doctor 2002–2004 View profile
- Roland Foulkes 2001–2004 View profile
- Dr Michael Hollingsworth 2001–2004 View profile
- Professor Richard Alan North 2001–2004 View profile
- Prof Tom Walley 2001–2004 View profile
- Dr Daniel Hoyer 2001–2003 View profile
- Dr Helen Mary Cox 2000–2004 View profile
- Professor Sir Michael David Rawlins 1999–2002 View profile
- Professor Arthur Henry Weston 1999–2007 View profile
- Dr Wilfred Winston Yeo 1999–2001 View profile
- Professor Roderick John Flower 1998–2004 View profile
- Graeme Henderson 1998–2007 View profile
- Dr Brian Laurence Furman 1998–2004 View profile
- Professor David Anthony Brown 1997–2000 View profile
- Dr David Nicholas Bateman 1997–2000 View profile
- Dr Gillian Mary Sturman 1997–2000 View profile
- Professor Alan William Cuthbert 1997–2001 View profile
- Ian Edward Hughes 1997–2004 View profile
- Dr Ian David Chapman 1997–2000 View profile
- Professor Hilary Janet Little 1996–1999 View profile
- Professor Charles Alexander Marsden 1995–1999 View profile
- Professor Raymond George Hill 1995–2011 View profile
- Dr Susan Diana Brain 1995–1998 View profile
- Dr Andre Dray 1995–1995 View profile
- Dr Paul Leff 1995–1995 View profile
- Professor John Shearer Kelly 1995–1997 View profile
- Dr Geoffrey Thomas Tucker 1995–2001 View profile
- Clive Peter Page 1993–1996 View profile
- Professor Allan David Struthers 1993–1995 View profile
- Professor Anthony Terence Birmingham 1993–1996 View profile
- Dr David Pollock 1993–1996 View profile
- Professor Nancy Jane Rothwell 1993–1996 View profile
- Professor William Cameron Bowman 1993–1997 View profile
- Professor David Ian Wallis 1993–1995 View profile
- Nigel Scott Baber 1993–1996 View profile
- Professor David Grahame Smith 1993–1994 View profile
- Professor Michael Arthur Simmonds 1993–1994 View profile
- Kevin John Kearns 2007–2013 View profile
- Sarah-Jane Stagg 2000–2007 View profile
- Professor Norman George Bowery 1999–2000 View profile
- Blackburn, Thomas Paul, Doctor 1993–1999 View profile
- Dr Mary Jennifer Maclagan 1993–1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 29/11/1993
- Also a registered charity
- British Pharmacological Society
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above British Pharmacological Society on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
2 other companies 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 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.
8 directors on the board
- Dr Niall Patrick Hyland Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Simon Robert Jenkinson Maxwell Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Michael Spedding Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Heather Giles Director · appointed 2000
- Professor Cherry Lindsey Wainwright Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Farhan Ahmad Khan Director · appointed 2025
- Edward Ian Briffa Director · appointed 2020
- Professor James Michael Ritter Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Heather Giles Director · appointed 2000
- Edward Ian Briffa Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Dr Niall Patrick Hyland Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Michael Spedding Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Cherry Lindsey Wainwright Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Farhan Ahmad Khan Director · appointed 2025
- Professor James Michael Ritter Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Simon Robert Jenkinson Maxwell Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Heather Giles Director · appointed 2000
- Edward Ian Briffa Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Sir Mark Jonathan Caulfield Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Alina Zorn Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Professor Simon Kennedy Director · appointed 2023 · 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
- 02877400
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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