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Company · Loughborough

Association for the Study of Obesity

Non-trading company

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 58

  1. Professor Wasim Hanif 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Dimitiris Papamargaritis 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Dr Dawn Swancutt 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Dr Georgios Dimitriadis 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Sarah Jane Le Brocq 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Dr Julia Mueller 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Alexander Miras 2020-2024 Director View profile
  8. Rebecca Richards 2020-2023 Director View profile
  9. Dr Nerys Marie Astbury 2020-2023 Director View profile
  10. Richard James Stubbs 2019-2021 Director View profile
  11. Katharine Elisa Beardsley 2019-2023 Director View profile
  12. Kenneth Clare 2017-2023 Director View profile
  13. Dr David Hughes 2017-2024 Director View profile
  14. Dr Emma Frew 2017-2019 Director View profile
  15. Dr Abd Tahrani 2017-2021 Director View profile
  16. Dr Amy Louise Ahern 2016-2019 Director View profile
  17. Graham Stuart Finlayson 2016-2022 Director View profile
  18. Professor Rachel Louise Batterham 2016-2022 Director View profile
  19. Dr Barbara Maria Cristina Mcgowan 2014-2020 Director View profile
  20. Clare Heidi Llewellyn 2014-2019 Director View profile
  21. Dr Nicola Heslehurst 2014-2024 Director View profile
  22. Dr Simon Robert Pask Williams 2014-2020 Director View profile
  23. Professor Peymane Bindert 2014-2017 Director View profile
  24. Dr Emma Jane Boyland 2014-2017 Director View profile
  25. Dr Dilys Freeman 2013-2016 Director View profile
  26. Dr Catherine Ruth Hankey 2012-2016 Director View profile
  27. Professor Paul Aveyard 2011-2014 Director View profile
  28. Dr Maria Bryant 2011-2022 Director View profile
  29. Dr Rebecca Lang 2010-2012 Director View profile
  30. Professor Susan Ann Jebb 2009-2014 Director View profile
  31. Dr Jonathan Pinkney 2008-2013 Director View profile
  32. Thomas Harvey Stephen Burgoine 2008-2011 Director View profile
  33. Dr Aine Mcconnon 2008-2011 Director View profile
  34. Kenneth Clare 2007-2010 Director View profile
  35. Dr Pinki Sahota 2007-2017 Director View profile
  36. Dr Adrienne Cullum 2007-2017 Director View profile
  37. Amelia Lamieh Astani Lake 2006-2010 Director View profile
  38. Jennifer Ruth Hester 2006-2008 Director View profile
  39. Professor Marion Hetherington 2006-2013 Director View profile
  40. Professor Jason Christian Grovenor Halford 2006-2014 Director View profile
  41. Dr Kirsten Rennie 2005-2006 Director View profile
  42. Mackean, John Mackintosh, Doctor 2005-2010 Director View profile
  43. Dr Margaret Denise Robertson 2005-2008 Director View profile
  44. Professor Peter Graham Kopelman 2004-2006 Director View profile
  45. Dr Krystyna Anna Matyka 2004-2010 Director View profile
  46. Dr Elizabeth Stock 2004-2005 Director View profile
  47. Professor Andrew Major Prentice 2004-2005 Director View profile
  48. Dr John Joseph Reilly 2004-2005 Director View profile
  49. Ashwell, Margaret Anne, Doctor 2004-2007 Director View profile
  50. Dr Matthew Allen Sabin 2004-2007 Director View profile
  51. Professor Carolyn Dawn Summerbell 2004-2011 Director View profile
  52. Dr Vidya Mohamed Ali 2004-2007 Director View profile
  53. Dr Andrew John Hill 2004-2005 Director View profile
  54. Professor John Wilding 2003-2014 Director View profile
  55. Dr Nicholas Finer 2003-2005 Director View profile
  56. Dr Samdra Isibor 2025-2026 Secretary View profile
  57. Professor Carolyn Summerbell 2024-2024 Secretary View profile
  58. Norgan, Nicholas George, Doctor 2003-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Non-trading company; Other human health activities; Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
12/06/2003
Registered office
Loughborough
Also a registered charity
Association for the Study of Obesity
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.

7 directors on the board

3.5y median 3.6y
average tenure
5.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

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 2

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
04796449
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/03/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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