Last year we announced changes to our committees, boards and panels that form our governance structure. These changes enabled us to reduce duplication and support clear decision making and sign off processes across the Society.

A year on from these changes and we’re delighted to share our successes from the process and our plans for this year to finalise the changes to benefit the Society and our wider community.

We have successfully merged previously separate committees, including our former Finance and Audit committees, to create one streamlined committee managing these areas. All new committees have met at least once and began working on their areas to support the new strategy and direction of the organisation. We’re also proud to share that all new terms of reference for our committees and panels include a ‘Member long-term leave’ clause, allowing us to support periods of leave for caring, maternity, paternity and/or illness.

We’re looking forward to continuing the momentum with more changes being finalised this year. These include:

• providing a refreshed composition of our trustee board with the appointment of  Independent Trustee roles (expected in July 2026)
• new student roles appointed to provide valuable opportunities to those at the start of their career, and provide as broad a voice as possible for the Society (advertised in Autumn Available Opportunities cycle)

We’re delighted with the progress made and will be taking lessons learned from this process into future changes, such as phasing work over a longer period to allow for input from all stakeholders and advisors.

If you’re interested in being part of a committee, panel, or board, please keep an eye on our Available Opportunities page, where all roles will be advertised in the Autumn 2026 cycle soon.