Board of Trustees Committees
These Committees are key bodies concerned with policy, regulations and resources and are comprised solely of Trustees to carry out detailed work outside the full meetings of the Board of Trustees.
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Chemists' Community Fund Committee
Audit and Risk Committee
The primary function of the Committee is, operating under delegated authority, the oversight and scrutiny of all audit and risk management matters, including the balance of risk and compliance, ensuring that the RSC has in place an adequate system of internal control and risk management to fulfil its statutory obligations for good governance, and that these systems are adhered to and deliver the strategy. The Committee also has responsibility for ensuring that the internal control framework is operating appropriately.
Membership of the Committee
Position | Name | Retires |
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Chair | Dr Mandy Cooke MRSC | 2025 |
Appointed Trustees | Professor Jeremy Sanders CBE FRSC FRS | 2025 |
Dr Stephen J Byard CSci CChem FRSC | 2027 | |
Co-opted Trustee | Dr Rehana Sidat CSci CChem FRSC | 2027 |
Appointed Members | Mark Hepworth | 2027 |
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Ellen Friel | 2025 |
David Burch ACMA | 2027 |
Chemists' Community Fund Committee
To consider and respond to all matters relating to the Chemists' Community Fund on behalf of the Board of Trustees, including reporting on an annual basis the activity, developments and actions of the Fund. The Chemists' Community Fund Committee working practices, annual budgets and delegated authority are agreed the Board of Trustees. (The Chemists’ Community Fund is the working name of the 蹤獲扦 Benevolent Fund, a linked charity to the RSC).
Membership of the Committee
Position | Name | Retires |
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Chair |
Professor Marina Resmini FRSC |
2027 |
Appointed Members | Oliver Thomas | 2025 |
Terry Farebrother CChem MRSC | 2025 | |
Dr Fraser Scott CSciTeach CSci CChem MRSC |
2026 | |
Dr Murray Brown CSci CChem MRSC | 2025 | |
Dr Leanne B Josefsen MChem | 2027 | |
Paul Day | 2027 | |
Co-opted | Remya Norris CChem FRSC | 2025 |
Disciplinary Committee
To investigate the conduct of any member of the 蹤獲扦 in accordance with the requirements of the By-laws and the Regulations made thereunder by the Board of Trustees. The Disciplinary Committee is a Sub-Committee of the Board of Trustees.
Membership of the Committee
Position | Name | Retires |
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Chair | Julia Hatto BEM CSci CChem FRSC | 2026 |
Vice-Chair | Liz Moran CChem FRSC | 2025 |
Appointed Members |
Dr Andy Rudge CSci CChem FRSC |
2025 |
Dr Joseph Pajak CSci CChem FRSC |
2025 |
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Bhairavi Galan CChem MRSC |
2026 |
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Lynne Butcher CChem FRSC |
2027 |
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Professor Annie Powell CChem FRSC |
2026 |
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Members to represent the public interest | Eleanor Ferguson | 2025 |
Joanna Downham | 2025 | |
Andrew Wilson | 2025 | |
Cynthia Mora-Spencer | 2025 | |
Richard Hughes | 2025 |
Inclusion and Diversity Committee
The primary function of the Committee, operating under delegated authority from the Board of Trustees, is to ensure the RSC realises its full potential to advance excellence in the chemical sciences through inclusive practices that seek to increase the diversity of our community. The Committee’s purpose is not to monitor or evaluate internal (RSC) HR practices.
Membership of the Committee
Position | Name | Retires |
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Chair | Professor Robert Mokaya OBE FRSC | 2026 |
Elected Members | Vacancy | |
Dr Leonie Jones MRSC |
2025 |
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Appointed Members | Dr Baljit Thatti FRSC | 2027 |
Professor Sabine Flitsch FRSC | 2027 | |
Dr Steve Smith CChem FRSC | 2025 | |
Professor Donal Leech CChem FRSC | 2026 | |
Professor Rachel O'Reilly FRS CChem CSci FRSC | 2027 | |
Independent Member |
Jenny Dyer | 2027 |
Co-opted Member |
Simon Holt | 2026 |
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Dr Ioana Latu | 2027 |
Nominations Committee
The primary function of the Nominations Committee is to ensure the most appropriate use of skills available from within and outside the RSC membership, through appointments and/or election of members to the Board of Trustees and RSC Boards and Committees which report directly to the Board of Trustees.
Membership of the Committee
Position | Name | Retires |
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Chair | Dr Annette Doherty OBE HonFBPhS FRSC | 2026 |
Appointed Members | Remya Norris CChem FRSC | 2025 |
Professor Jeremy Sanders CBE FRSC FRS |
2025 |
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Professor Donal Leech CChem FRSC FICI |
2026 |
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Dr Phillipa Cranwell CChem FRSC |
2026 |
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Dr Sharali Malik EurChem CChem MRSC |
2025 |
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Dr Rowena Fletcher-Wood CChem MRSC |
2026 |
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Professor Adrian Dobbs CChem FRSC |
2026 |
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Professor Elizabeth Page CChem FRSC |
2026 |
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Dr Marcia Philbin CChem FRSC |
2027 |
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Independent Member |
Christopher Knibb | 2027 |
Performance Management and Remuneration Committee
The primary function of the Committee is operating under delegated authority, to manage on behalf of Board of Trustees the appointment and termination of employment of the Chief Executive, as may be necessary from time to time.
The Committee also has responsibility for setting objectives and reviewing the performance of the Chief Executive, setting his/her salary in accordance with RSC’s performance management procedures and providing general direction to the Chief Executive on people management issues, providing guidance on specific matters of importance or difficulty.
Membership of the Committee
Position | Name | Retires |
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Chair (Honorary Treasurer) | Claire Gallery-Strong CSci CChem FRSC | 2025 |
President |
Dr Annette Doherty OBE HonFBPhS FRSC |
2026 |
President Elect | Professor Robert Mokaya OBE FRSC FRS | 2026 |
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