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British Society for Middle Eastern Studies

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

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Previous officers 58

  1. Dr Alaa Shehabi 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Miriyam Aouragh 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Dr Hanaa Almoaibed 2023-2026 Director View profile
  4. Waseem Farooq 2023-2026 Director View profile
  5. Dr Jose Ciro Martinez 2023-2026 Director View profile
  6. Dr Nazanin Shahrokni 2023-2023 Director View profile
  7. Dr Hana Sleiman 2023-2024 Director View profile
  8. Lucy Sarah Garbett 2021-2024 Director View profile
  9. Dr Hanem El-Farahaty 2020-2023 Director View profile
  10. Dr Malaka Shwaikh 2020-2023 Director View profile
  11. Professor Neve Gordon 2020-2024 Director View profile
  12. Dr Teodora Todorova 2020-2023 Director View profile
  13. Dr Rafeef Adel Ziadah 2020-2023 Director View profile
  14. Dr Nicola Perugini 2020-2023 Director View profile
  15. Dr Saeb El Kasm 2020-2020 Director View profile
  16. Marral Shamshiri-Fard 2020-2023 Director View profile
  17. Professor Haleh Afshar 2019-2022 Director View profile
  18. Dr Mustapha Lahlali 2019-2020 Director View profile
  19. Dr Zahra Tizro Kolangarani 2019-2021 Director View profile
  20. Dr Giuseppe Andrea Teti 2019-2022 Director View profile
  21. Stuart John Laing 2018-2018 Director View profile
  22. Bruce Edward Stanley 2018-2018 Director View profile
  23. Maria Soledad Aghdiran Marsh 2018-2018 Director View profile
  24. Aula Hariri 2018-2018 Director View profile
  25. Professor John Terrell Chalcraft 2018-2023 Director View profile
  26. Professor Tim Jacoby 2018-2023 Director View profile
  27. Dr Ebtihal Mahadeen 2017-2019 Director View profile
  28. Dr James Edward Worrall 2017-2019 Director View profile
  29. Professor Gary Richard Bunt 2017-2018 Director View profile
  30. Anthony Gregory Shapland 2017-2018 Director View profile
  31. Professor James Dickins 2017-2022 Director View profile
  32. Dr Alam Bachari Saleh 2017-2022 Director View profile
  33. Dr Isik Mina Toksoz 2017-2019 Director View profile
  34. Professor Noha Mellor 2017-2019 Director View profile
  35. Heidi Jane Minshall 2017-2018 Director View profile
  36. Frances Mary Guy 2014-2018 Director View profile
  37. Vincent Durac 2013-2018 Director View profile
  38. Dr Katerina Dalacoura 2013-2014 Director View profile
  39. Francesco Cavatorta 2013-2014 Director View profile
  40. Dr Jeronimo Willem Gunning 2013-2018 Director View profile
  41. Prof James Dickins 2013-2014 Director View profile
  42. Robert Thomas Macnaughtan Lowe 2013-2019 Director View profile
  43. Hilary Elizabeth Kalmbach 2013-2019 Director View profile
  44. Dr Benjamin Tobias Dodge 2013-2015 Director View profile
  45. Oliver Bast 2013-2017 Director View profile
  46. Paul Graham Starkey 2013-2020 Director View profile
  47. Simon Gervase Chamberlin 2013-2014 Director View profile
  48. Ewan Stein 2013-2017 Director View profile
  49. Professor Ian Richard Netton 2013-2014 Director View profile
  50. Idriss Jebari 2013-2015 Director View profile
  51. Frederic Volpi 2013-2017 Director View profile
  52. Alastair Dan Barr Newton 2013-2014 Director View profile
  53. Ronak Husni 2013-2015 Director View profile
  54. Beverley Milton-Edwards 2013-2014 Director View profile
  55. Mu'Awiya Muhammad Derhalli 2013-2017 Director View profile
  56. Professor Barbara Allen Roberson 2013-2014 Director View profile
  57. Mehmet Asutay 2013-2019 Director View profile
  58. Tom Birtwistle 2013-2014 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of professional membership organizations
Incorporated
24/10/2013
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
British Society for Middle Eastern 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.

16 directors on the board

4y median 3.5y
average tenure
12.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (16)

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
08747770
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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