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Society for French Studies

Non-trading company

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 130

  1. Dr Holly Langstaff 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Tobias Llewelyn Davies Barnett 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. Elly Walters 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dr John Mckeane 2023-2026 Director View profile
  5. Dr James Illingworth 2023-2025 Director View profile
  6. Dr Richard Mason 2021-2024 Director View profile
  7. Professor SiobháN Janet Mcilvanney 2021-2026 Director View profile
  8. Professor Diana Holmes 2021-2025 Director View profile
  9. Dr Joanne Lisa Brueton 2021-2024 Director View profile
  10. David Ewing 2021-2023 Director View profile
  11. Dr Azzedine Haddour 2020-2024 Director View profile
  12. Dr Martina Siptje Helina Williams 2020-2025 Director View profile
  13. Steven Douglas Wilson 2020-2025 Director View profile
  14. Dr Patrick Crowley 2019-2023 Director View profile
  15. Dr Kathryn Elizabeth Jones 2019-2020 Director View profile
  16. Melissa Pawelski 2019-2021 Director View profile
  17. Professor Michael Frederick Joseph Syrotinski 2019-2023 Director View profile
  18. Dr Sarah Arens 2019-2020 Director View profile
  19. Dr Sinan John-Richards 2019-2024 Director View profile
  20. Dr Joseph Harris 2019-2024 Director View profile
  21. Dr Martin Paul Vernon Crowley 2019-2026 Director View profile
  22. Dr Emma Gilby 2019-2024 Director View profile
  23. Dr Oliver Davis 2018-2021 Director View profile
  24. Alexandre Burin 2018-2019 Director View profile
  25. Dr Fionnuala Elisabeth Sinclair 2018-2024 Director View profile
  26. Dr Helena Louise Chadderton 2018-2019 Director View profile
  27. Dr Kevin Inston 2018-2023 Director View profile
  28. Dr Victoria Claire Turner 2017-2021 Director View profile
  29. Professor Judith Mary Still 2017-2021 Director View profile
  30. Dr Pollie Elizabeth Bromilow 2017-2023 Director View profile
  31. Dr Emmanuelle Labeau 2016-2022 Director View profile
  32. Charlotte Marie AméLie Thevenet 2016-2018 Director View profile
  33. Dr Andrew Joseph Counter 2016-2018 Director View profile
  34. Dr Louise Adele Hardwick 2016-2019 Director View profile
  35. Professor Claire Jacqueline Gorrara 2016-2018 Director View profile
  36. Dr Katherine Laura Shingler 2016-2021 Director View profile
  37. Cruickshank, Ruth Louise, Doctor 2015-2019 Director View profile
  38. Professor Emma Jane Cayley 2015-2020 Director View profile
  39. Sunderland, Luke, Doctor 2015-2019 Director View profile
  40. Parish, Nina Louise, Doctor 2015-2018 Director View profile
  41. Dr Bradley Clifton William Stephens 2014-2017 Director View profile
  42. Dr David Mccallam 2014-2020 Director View profile
  43. Professor Eric Robertson 2014-2017 Director View profile
  44. Kaya Davies Hayon 2014-2016 Director View profile
  45. Dr Lucy O'Meara 2013-2016 Director View profile
  46. Professor William Burgwinkle 2013-2019 Director View profile
  47. Dr Johanna Clare Malt 2013-2021 Director View profile
  48. Dr Edward James Welch 2013-2022 Director View profile
  49. Dr Michael Gerard Kelly 2013-2019 Director View profile
  50. Rebecca Elizabeth Ewart 2012-2014 Director View profile
  51. Professor Diana Marilyn Knight 2012-2022 Director View profile
  52. Dr James Richard Simpson 2012-2018 Director View profile
  53. Dr Jason James Hartford 2012-2016 Director View profile
  54. Dr Sophie AndréE Jeanne Nadine Marnette 2012-2016 Director View profile
  55. Professor Timothy Andrew Unwin 2011-2019 Director View profile
  56. Professor Russell James Goulbourne 2011-2019 Director View profile
  57. Dr Fiona Mairi Cox 2011-2015 Director View profile
  58. Dr Mark Philip Orme 2010-2016 Director View profile
  59. Claire Isla Macleod Peters 2010-2012 Director View profile
  60. Dr Adam Andrew Watt 2009-2012 Director View profile
  61. Professor Susan Rose Harrow 2009-2013 Director View profile
  62. Professor Mary Margaret Orr 2009-2013 Director View profile
  63. Dr Emma Elizabeth Campbell 2009-2015 Director View profile
  64. Professor Mairead Hanrahan 2009-2017 Director View profile
  65. Professor Michael Syrotinski 2008-2014 Director View profile
  66. Katherine Sian Griffiths 2008-2016 Director View profile
  67. Margaret Eileen Topping 2008-2020 Director View profile
  68. Dr Neil Kenny 2008-2012 Director View profile
  69. Catherine Crimp 2007-2010 Director View profile
  70. Dr Stephen Mark Forcer 2007-2011 Director View profile
  71. Professor Edward Joseph Hughes 2007-2011 Director View profile
  72. Dr Christopher George Tinker 2007-2014 Director View profile
  73. Dr Ursula Tidd 2007-2013 Director View profile
  74. Dr Nicholas Gascoine Hammond 2007-2008 Director View profile
  75. Dr Hugh Gerald Arthur Roberts 2007-2012 Director View profile
  76. Professor Colin James Davis 2007-2011 Director View profile
  77. Professor Christopher Mark Johnson 2007-2013 Director View profile
  78. Dr Mary Patricia Noonan 2007-2013 Director View profile
  79. Professor Charles Richard Allerton Forsdick 2005-2015 Director View profile
  80. Susan Harris 2005-2007 Director View profile
  81. Dr Kathryn Anne Robson 2005-2008 Director View profile
  82. Professor Jean Henderson Duffy 2005-2011 Director View profile
  83. Dr Alison Sarah Fell 2005-2008 Director View profile
  84. Fiona Barclay 2004-2007 Director View profile
  85. Dr Owen Nigel Heathcote 2004-2010 Director View profile
  86. Dr Ann Margaret Jefferson 2004-2012 Director View profile
  87. Prof Simon Gaunt 2004-2009 Director View profile
  88. Dr Mari Catrin Jones 2003-2010 Director View profile
  89. Dr Jennifer Yee 2003-2006 Director View profile
  90. Dr Wendy Teresa Michallat 2003-2012 Director View profile
  91. Valerie Worth 2003-2005 Director View profile
  92. Professor Matthew Patrick Corcoran 2003-2009 Director View profile
  93. Professor Richard John Parish 2003-2007 Director View profile
  94. Professor Alison Mary Finch 2002-2005 Director View profile
  95. Susan Harrow 2002-2008 Director View profile
  96. Dr Sarah Elizabeth Alyn Stacey 2002-2007 Director View profile
  97. Professor Noel Aubrey Peacock 2002-2008 Director View profile
  98. Dr Paul Richard Cooke 2002-2008 Director View profile
  99. Dr David Houston Jones 2002-2006 Director View profile
  100. Shirley Ann Jordan 2002-2009 Director View profile
  101. Akane Kawakami 2002-2005 Director View profile
  102. Kiera Elizabeth Vaclavik 2001-2004 Director View profile
  103. Gillian Rye 2001-2005 Director View profile
  104. Dr Nigel John Harkness 2001-2006 Director View profile
  105. Professor Michael Hugh Tempest Sheringham 2001-2005 Director View profile
  106. Dr David Philip Platten 2000-2003 Director View profile
  107. Professor Michael Moriarty 2000-2004 Director View profile
  108. Dr David John Culpin 1999-2004 Director View profile
  109. Professor Katherine Mary Bryden 1999-2004 Director View profile
  110. Richard Paul Charles Gapper 1999-2000 Director View profile
  111. Dr Helen Sheppard Kay 1999-2004 Director View profile
  112. Dr Christopher Michael John Shorley 1999-2003 Director View profile
  113. Dr James Kearns 1999-2004 Director View profile
  114. Dr Emer O'Beirne 1999-2002 Director View profile
  115. Dr Julia Louise Dobson 1999-2000 Director View profile
  116. Dr Wendy Margaret Ayres Bennett 1999-2003 Director View profile
  117. Patrick Thomas O'Donovan 1999-2007 Director View profile
  118. Catherine Lucy Mcglennan 1999-2001 Director View profile
  119. Dr Johnnie Gratton 1999-2002 Director View profile
  120. Dr Catherine Mary O'Brien 1999-2002 Director View profile
  121. Barry Russell 1999-2003 Director View profile
  122. Dr Sarah Jane Capitanio 1999-2002 Director View profile
  123. Dr Duccie Marianne Engel 1999-2001 Director View profile
  124. Hugh Walton Starkey 1999-2001 Director View profile
  125. Amanda Jayne Crawley 1999-2002 Director View profile
  126. Dr Elizabeth Fallaize 1999-2002 Director View profile
  127. Professor Michael John Freeman 1999-2007 Director View profile
  128. Professor David Harold Walker 1999-2001 Director View profile
  129. Dr Sarah Jane Cooper 2002-2008 Secretary View profile
  130. Dr Janet Louise Clarke 1999-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Non-trading company
Incorporated
06/07/1999
Registered office
Brackley
Also a registered charity
Society for French Studies
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.

20 directors on the board

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (20)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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
03801778
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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