Council

Induction information for Trustees, Officers and Council Members

The Charity Commission has published a Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005). In future, the Society’s activities will have to be reported in even greater detail in the Year End Accounts Annual Report. In addition to the details that we already report, there are instructions to include the following:

(a) Methods of recruitment and appointment of Trustees
(b) Job descriptions and responsibilities of the Trustees
(c) Policies adopted for the induction and training of Trustees
(d) Organisational Structure of the Society and how decisions are made
(e) Objectives and activities
(f) Achievements and performance

The following information forms the ‘induction pack’ and this is made available to all new Trustees. In addition to the annual presentation by the Accountants to Council on Trustees’ responsibilities, this will form part of the Trustees' training. It deals with most of the additional requirements demanded of the Society by the Charity Commission.

1. Introduction and Welcome
2. Constitution
3. Trustees' Code of Conduct
4. Officers’ Job Descriptions
   President
   Honorary Secretary
   Honorary Treasurer
   Honorary Archivist
   Vice President
5. Charity Commission
   The Essential Trustee: Introduction
   The Essential Trustee: What you need to know
6. Charity Commission
   The Hallmarks of an Effective Charity
7. Trustees Annual Report & Financial Satements
8. Policies
   Reserves and Investment Policy
9. Risk Assessment

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Officers

 

Carlos Heras-Palou

President 2025

 

 

Grainne Bourke

Immediate Past President

Grainne is a Consultant in plastic reconstructive and hand surgery in Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. Her specialist interests include children’s hand surgery, nerve injury in children and adults, microsurgery and Hand and Upper Limb Transplantation. She is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Leeds leading the hand and plastic surgery academic team. Her research interests include nerve injury, repair and imaging. She is a member of the Leeds' Children Hospital Board.

 

Wee Lam

Vice President 2025

 

Ian McNab

Honorary Secretary 2022 - 2024

Ian is a specialist Consultant Hand Surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and John Radcliffe Hospital and has served on the BSSH Council for a number of years. He specialises in carpal tunnel syndrome, tendon problems, hand and wrist injuries and arthritis, and has an interest in complex wrist problems.

 

Zaf Naqui

Honorary Treasurer 2022 - 2026

Zaf is the Clinical Director and Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon at the Manchester Hand Centre, Salford Royal Hospital. His interests include hand trauma and wrist pain. He also serves as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester.

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Elected Council Members

 

Jane McEachan

Council Member 2022 – 2024

Jane is a Consultant Hand Surgeon based in Fife. 

 

 

Sumedh Talwakar

Council Member 2022 – 2024

Sumedh is a Consultant Hand Surgeon based in Wrightington.

 

Rebecca Shirley

Council Member 2022 – 2024

Rebecca is a Consultant Hand Surgeon based in Stoke Mandeville.

 

 

 

Jonathan Jones

Council Member 2023 - 2025

Jonathan is a Consultant Hand Surgeon based in Peterborough.

 

 

Fortune Iwaguwu

Council Member 2023 – 2025

 

 

 

Hywel Dafydd

Council Member 2023 – 2025

 

   

 

Sarah Tucker 

Council Member 2024 -2026

Sarah is a Plastic Consultant  and Reconstructive Surgeon based in Oxford.

 

 

Edwin Prashanth Jesudason

Council Member 2024 -2026

Edwin is a consultant and hand & orthopaedic surgeon in Wales.

 

 

Ian Dougie Russell

Council Member 2024 -2026

Ian is a Consultant Hand Surgeon in Swansea.

 

The Officers and Council Members listed above are the Trustees of the Society.

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Ex Officio Council Members

 

Meg Birks

Education and Training Committee Chair 2022 - 2024

Meg is a Consultant Hand Surgeon based in Sheffield.

 

Alexia Karantana

Chair - Research Committee 2023-2026

Alexia is a Alexia Karantana is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Hand Surgery at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham and Clinical Associate Professor of Hand Surgery at the University of Nottingham

 

 

Chrishan Mariathas

Chair - Global Partnerships Committee 2023-2026

 

 

Mark Brewster

Chair - Hand Diploma and Masters Committee 2022-2024

Mark is a Consultant Hand Surgeon in Birmingham.

 

 

 

Andreea Lupu

Chair - Audit Committee 2023 - 2025

Andreea is a Consultant Hand Surgeon based in Northumbria.

 

Grey Giddins

Chair - Committee of Management for the Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 2022 - 2027

Grey is a BSSH Past Presdient and Consultant Hand Surgeon based in Bath.

 

 

James Beford

Chair - Trauma Committee 2023-2025

 

 

Steve Hodgson

Honorary Archivist 2021 - 2025

After hand fellowships in the USA and at Wrightington Steve has worked as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a Hand interest in Bolton since 1993. His main interests are hand and wrist trauma, and supporting the development of hand surgery services in low income countries.

 

 

Chye Yew Ng

Chair Interface Committee in Hand Surgery 2021-2023

C.Y. is a Consultant Hand Surgeon based at Wrightington Hospital. He has particular interests in peripheral nerve injuries and scaphoid pathologies.

 

Robin Horton

PPI Representative

Retired IT Consultant, 4D relational database expert, large scale project manager for public and private sector, performance monitoring expert; Former Charity trustee; Former Chairperson of the Somerset Standards Committee; Former member of the British Computer Society; Former member of the Institute of Management Services; Member of the Somerset Constitution & Standards committee. Co-Opted member of Somerset County Council. Member of Neighbourhood Planning committee.