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The British Association for the Study of Headache

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 60

  1. Dr Benjamin Robert Wakerley 2022–2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Jessica Briscoe 2021–2022 Director View profile
  3. Dr Philip Holland 2021–2022 Director View profile
  4. Siobhan Jones 2021–2022 Director View profile
  5. Giorgio Lambru 2019–2022 Director View profile
  6. Dr Jan Rodrigo Hoffmann 2019–2024 Director View profile
  7. Modar Khalil 2019–2022 Director View profile
  8. Dr Paul Jacob Dorman 2019–2022 Director View profile
  9. Katy Munro 2019–2022 Director View profile
  10. Dr Richard Wood 2018–2022 Director View profile
  11. Anne-Marie Logan 2018–2022 Director View profile
  12. Victoria Louise Quarshie 2018–2020 Director View profile
  13. Dr Mark William Weatherall 2017–2023 Director View profile
  14. Dr Peter Miller 2015–2018 Director View profile
  15. Dr Stuart John Weatherby 2015–2022 Director View profile
  16. Dr Callum William Duncan 2015–2022 Director View profile
  17. Dr Brendan Davies 2015–2026 Director View profile
  18. Dr Kathryn Medcalf 2015–2017 Director View profile
  19. Dr Zameel Cader 2015–2017 Director View profile
  20. Dr Louise Rusk 2015–2019 Director View profile
  21. Catherine Gillies 2013–2015 Director View profile
  22. Dr Farooq Hussain Maniyar 2013–2015 Director View profile
  23. Dr Nicholas Charles Silver 2013–2021 Director View profile
  24. Victoria Quarshire 2011–2015 Director View profile
  25. Wendy Louise Thomas 2011–2021 Director View profile
  26. Dr Steven Elliot 2011–2013 Director View profile
  27. Dr Shazia Afridi 2011–2015 Director View profile
  28. Alexander Maxim Valori 2011–2013 Director View profile
  29. Ria Bhola 2011–2013 Director View profile
  30. Dr Alok Tyagi 2011–2018 Director View profile
  31. Dr Paul Thomas Grant Davies 2011–2017 Director View profile
  32. Prab Prabhahar 2011–2015 Director View profile
  33. Dr John Gerard Hughes 2011–2013 Director View profile
  34. Dr Manjit Singh Matharu 2008–2011 Director View profile
  35. Dr Anish Bahra 2008–2022 Director View profile
  36. Alison Sentance 2007–2011 Director View profile
  37. Dr Mark Waetherall 2007–2011 Director View profile
  38. Dr Leone Ridsdale 2007–2011 Director View profile
  39. Ishaq Abu-Arafeh 2007–2011 Director View profile
  40. June Alice Poston 2005–2011 Director View profile
  41. Dr Holger Kaube 2005–2007 Director View profile
  42. Dr Nicola Jane Giffin 2005–2011 Director View profile
  43. Dr Elizabeth Anne Macgregor 2005–2007 Director View profile
  44. Dr Martin Brendan Davies 2004–2013 Director View profile
  45. Katherine Helen Lumley 2004–2005 Director View profile
  46. Peatfield, Richard Crompton, Doctor 2003–2011 Director View profile
  47. Dr Andrew John Dowson 2003–2011 Director View profile
  48. Dr Susan Lipscombe 2003–2013 Director View profile
  49. Dr Thomas Edward Whitmarsh 2002–2011 Director View profile
  50. Dr John Desmond Carroll 2000–2002 Director View profile
  51. Dr Manuela Fontebasso 2000–2007 Director View profile
  52. Dr Giles Elrington 2000–2007 Director View profile
  53. Prof Peter James Goadsby 2000–2023 Director View profile
  54. Dr Joseph Norman Blau 1998–2000 Director View profile
  55. Dr Katy Munro 2022–2025 Secretary View profile
  56. Dr David Penrose Kernick 2012–2021 Secretary View profile
  57. Professor Fayyaz Ahmed 2004–2021 Secretary View profile
  58. Dr David Nicholas Kidd Symon 2000–2004 Secretary View profile
  59. Dr Roger Ewart Cull 2000–2005 Secretary View profile
  60. Professor Timothy John Steiner 1998–2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/11/1998
Also a registered charity
The British Association for the Study of Headache
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.

5 directors on the board

3.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
10.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Health and social care 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
03660000
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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