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The British Association for the Study of the Liver
The British Association for the Study of the Liver is an active UK company (number 05017662), incorporated 2004, with 12 current directors including Dr Benjamin Easton White and Dianne Elizabeth Backhouse. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
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Who leads it
- Dr Benjamin Easton WhiteDirector · since 2025
- Dianne Elizabeth BackhouseDirector · since 2025
- Dr Ryan Malcolm BuchananDirector · since 2025
- Dr Antonio RivaDirector · since 2025
- Dr Vishal PatelDirector · since 2024
- Dr Louisa Jayne VineDirector · since 2024
- Dr Deepak JoshiDirector · since 2024
- James Alexander RichardsDirector · since 2023
- Dr Patrick Thomas KennedyDirector · since 2023
- Dr Ian Alston Cooper RoweDirector · since 2018
- Dr Victoria SnowdonDirector · since 2018
- Dr James Walter FergusonDirector · since 2016
Previous officers 60
- Dr Omar Ahmed Ahmed Elshaarawy 2023-2025 View profile
- Dr Michael Edward Douglas Allison 2022-2025 View profile
- Rajeshwar Prosad Mookerjee 2022-2024 View profile
- Dr Shilpa Chokshi 2022-2025 View profile
- Dr Rebecca Jones 2021-2023 View profile
- Professor Michael Anthony Heneghan 2020-2022 View profile
- Dr Kathryn Mary Drysdale 2020-2023 View profile
- Dr Mark Andrew Aldersley 2019-2023 View profile
- Dr Varuna Romesh Aluvihare 2019-2022 View profile
- Professor Guruprasad Padur Aithal 2019-2021 View profile
- Professor Fiona Oakley 2019-2022 View profile
- Michelle Beverley Clayton 2019-2025 View profile
- Professor Brian Ritchie Davidson 2019-2023 View profile
- Dr Timothy James Kendall 2018-2025 View profile
- Professor Matthew Edward Cramp 2017-2025 View profile
- Dr Wiliam Thomas Henry Gelson 2017-2020 View profile
- Dr Timothy James Scott Cross 2017-2025 View profile
- Dr Ahmed Mohamed Elsharkawy 2016-2026 View profile
- Dr Simon Matthew Rushbrook 2016-2022 View profile
- Professor Darius Firoze Mirza 2015-2017 View profile
- Dr James Patrick O'Beirne 2014-2016 View profile
- Dr David William Michael Patch 2014-2017 View profile
- Professor John Gerard O'Grady 2014-2015 View profile
- Fiona Irene Fry 2014-2019 View profile
- Professor Derek Michael Manas 2013-2019 View profile
- Dr Andrew Peter Ustianowski 2013-2016 View profile
- Professor Robert David Goldin 2013-2018 View profile
- Dr Graeme James Mackay Alexander 2011-2017 View profile
- Professor Geoffrey Mark Dusheiko 2011-2014 View profile
- Professor Graham Russell Foster 2011-2013 View profile
- Dr Phillip Macdonald Harrison 2011-2014 View profile
- Amanda Jane Louise Clements 2011-2014 View profile
- Shilpa Chokshi 2009-2011 View profile
- Professor Peter Hayes 2009-2011 View profile
- Shilpa Parmar 2009-2011 View profile
- Dr Nathan Alun Davies 2008-2011 View profile
- Dr William James Houghton Griffiths 2008-2018 View profile
- Bathgate, Andrew John, Doctor 2008-2011 View profile
- Dr Ashley St John Mark Brown 2008-2013 View profile
- Dr Mark Hudson 2007-2015 View profile
- Dr John O'Grady 2007-2009 View profile
- Pramendra Maulayah 2005-2008 View profile
- Dr Kenneth James Simpson 2005-2023 View profile
- Patricia Frances Lalor 2005-2008 View profile
- Isobel Jane Cox 2005-2009 View profile
- Dr Nick Sheron 2005-2008 View profile
- Professor David Emrys Jeffrey Jones 2005-2008 View profile
- Prof Stefan Georg Hubscher 2005-2011 View profile
- Professor Mark Harris 2005-2007 View profile
- Thompson, Richard, Doctor 2005-2011 View profile
- Collier, Jane Davina, Doctor 2005-2008 View profile
- Professor James Max Neuberger 2005-2007 View profile
- Professor Humphrey Julian Francis Hodgson 2005-2005 View profile
- Dr Dermot Gleeson 2005-2009 View profile
- Michael James Paul Arthur 2004-2004 View profile
- Margaret Myszor 2004-2005 View profile
- Dr Stephen David Ryder 2015-2018 View profile
- Professor Rajiv Jalan 2008-2011 View profile
- Afford, Simon, Doctor 2005-2005 View profile
- Dr Mark Thursz 2004-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/01/2004
- Also a registered charity
- The British Association for the Study of the Liver
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.
12 directors on the board
- Dr James Walter Ferguson Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Benjamin Easton White Director · appointed 2025
- James Alexander Richards Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Vishal Patel Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Louisa Jayne Vine Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Ian Alston Cooper Rowe Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Victoria Snowdon Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Deepak Joshi Director · appointed 2024
- Dianne Elizabeth Backhouse Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Ryan Malcolm Buchanan Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Antonio Riva Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Patrick Thomas Kennedy Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Dr James Walter Ferguson Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Ian Alston Cooper Rowe Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Victoria Snowdon Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Dr James Walter Ferguson Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Benjamin Easton White Director · appointed 2025
- James Alexander Richards Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Louisa Jayne Vine Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Ian Alston Cooper Rowe Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Victoria Snowdon Director · appointed 2018
- Dianne Elizabeth Backhouse Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Ryan Malcolm Buchanan Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Antonio Riva Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Vishal Patel Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Deepak Joshi Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Patrick Thomas Kennedy Director · appointed 2023
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Michael Edward Douglas Allison Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Michelle Beverley Clayton Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Dr Ahmed Mohamed Elsharkawy Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
- Professor Matthew Edward Cramp Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Dr Shilpa Chokshi Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Dr Timothy James Scott Cross Director · appointed 2017 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05017662
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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