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Council

Council is the overarching governing body of the Academy. It is made up of the President, the Vice-Presidents, and 15 Ordinary Members.

2025-26 council

Professor Susan J Smith PBA

President of the British Academy

Chair

Professor Christina Boswell FBA

Vice-President (Public Policy)

Professor Rana Mitter OBE

Vice-President (Public Engagement)

Professor April McMahon

Treasurer

Professor Mike Heffernan FBA

Vice-President (Social Sciences)

Professor Patrick Haggard FBA

Foreign Secretary

Professor Margot Finn FBA

Vice President (Research and Higher Education Policy)

Professor Lindsay Farmer FBA

Vice-President (Publications)

Professor Cyprian Broodbank FBA

Vice-President (British International Research Institutes)

Professor Judith Still FBA

Vice-President (Humanities)

Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Hilary Graham FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Desmond King FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Dame Henrietta Moore FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Gillian Clark FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Brian Cummings FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Anne Haour FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Li Wei FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Kathy Sylva FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Charles Baden-Fuller FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Aditi Lahiri FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Sharon Monteith FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Martin Eimer FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Lynda Nead FBA

Ordinary Member

Professor Susan Michie FBA

Ordinary Member

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