Council / Office Bearers
The direction and management of the affairs of the Institution is confined to Council, which consists of a President, a Vice-President, an Honorary Treasurer, the Immediate Past President and fifteen Councillors.
The President presides over all meetings of the Institution and Council at which he is present, and regulates and keeps order in the proceedings.
Councillors hold office for three years and thereafter are ineligible for election for one year. The members of Council are elected at the Annual General Meeting.
Each year therefore there are around five vacancies for new members on Council, and Members, Fellows and Companions are encouraged to put their names forward to participate in the future direction of the Institution.
Elected Members for the Current Session

President
Dr Andy Pearson, FIES

Vice President
Dick Philbrick, FIES

Past President
David Westmore, FIES

Executive Director
Prof Iain MacLeod, FIES

Honorary Treasurer
Prof Stuart Cameron, FIES
Members of Council

Prof Ian Arbon, FIES

Prof Tom Buggy, FIES

William Dunbar, FIES

Derek Ian Elder, FIES

Graeme Fletcher, FIES

Lewis Hammell, MIES

Robert Harley, FIES

John Hayden, FIES

Declan MacDonald, MIES

Ruth McIntosh, FIES

Paula Pappas, MIES

Dr Malcolm Robb, FIES

Andrew Stokes, MIES

Paul Sweeney, FIES

Kimberley Travers, MIES

Norman Wardil, FIES
Honorary Members of Council

President 2016 -2018
Karen Dinardo, FIES

President, 2010- 2012
Prof Gordon Masterton, OBE FREng FRSE FIES

President, 2008- 2010
Prof David Harrison, FIES

President 2006 -2008
Ernest Chambers, FIES

President 2004 - 2006
Crawford Gorrie, FIES

President 2001 - 2004
Prof Anthony Slaven, CIES

President 1999 - 2001
Carlo Dinardo, FIES

President 1991 - 1993
Ian Broadley, FIES

President 1983 -1985
Alexander Stephen, FIES
Past Presidents of the Institution are ex-officio honorary members of Council.