The Society of Research Software Engineering is registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with Charity Number 1182455.

The Society is governed by a constitution document which defines its overall purpose and some key aspects of how it operates. The trustees of the society have responsibility for making sure our activities and resources are well-directed to meet these charitable aims.

The Society has chosen to adopt the Charity Governance Code and conducts a governance review at least once per year in order to continually improve our governance. Information on our governance procedures and how we use the Charity Governance Code will be published in our trustee annual report.

Each trustee is expected to undertake at least one core role to ensure the smooth operation of the Society. For details of each role, please see the role descriptions page.

Current Board of Trustees

Read below for the roles and subgroups assigned to the individual trustees.

Contact Us

If you want to contact any of the subgroups of the trustees, you may use the following email addresses:

• All Trustees – [email protected]
• Governance – [email protected]
  • Mike Simpson – President
  • Samantha Ahern – Vice President
  • Laura Crawford – Vice President
  • Martin O’Reilly – Treasurer
  • Will Haese-Hill – Secretary
  • Steve Thompson – Vice-Secretary
• Conference &Events – [email protected]
  • James Tyrell – Events Lead
  • Christine Stawitz – Second
  • Iain Barrass – RSECon Steering Group Chair
• Finance – [email protected]
  • Martin O’Reilly – Treasurer
  • Steve Thompson – Vice-Treasurer
• Web & Infrastructure – [email protected]
  • Adrian Nenu (Lead)
  • Ryan Pepper (Second)
• Membership – [email protected]
  • Ryan Pepper (Lead)
  • James Tyrell (Second)
• Code of Conduct committee – [email protected]
  • David Beavan (as President)
  • Samantha Ahern (as Vice President)
  • Mike Simpson (as Vice President)
  • Stef Piatek (as Secretary)
  • Mark Basham (as lead of EDIA subgroup)
• Funding and Policy – [email protected]
  • Elena Breitmoser
  • Christine Stawitz
  • Samantha Ahern
  • Michael Donnay

Working Groups

• Communications & Publicity – [email protected]
  • Gillian Sinclair (Lead)
  • Mark Basham
  • Mike Simpson
• EDIA (equality, diversity, inclusivity and accessibility) – [email protected]
  • Mark Basham (Lead)
  • Laura Crawford
  • Steve Thompson
• Mentoring Programme – [email protected]
  • Elena Breitmoser (Lead)
  • Isabel Fenton
• Elections – [email protected]
  • Samantha Ahern (Lead)
  • Mike Simpson
• Special Interest and Regional Group co-ordinators – [email protected]
  • Will Haese-Hill (Lead)
  • Gillian Sinclair – Regional RSE Groups
  • Michael Donnay
• Leaders Network
  • Samantha Ahern
  • Michael Donnay

RSE Conference Committee

The Conference Committee are a team of volunteers and trustees responsible for delivering the Society’s annual RSE Conference in the UK.

RSE Conference Committee Structure

Trustee Elections

Because of our origins as a grass-roots association, we wanted to put the members in control so we have adopted a governance model with trustees directly elected by the membership. To strike a balance between continuity and new input, one third of the trustees are up for re-election or replacement each year.

Advisory Group

We have an external advisory group, which is governed by the Advisory Group Terms of Reference.

Annual Reports and AGMs

• 2023-2024: Trustees Annual Report and Accounts | AGM recording
• 2022-2023: Trustees Annual Report | Accounts | AGM recording
• 2021-2022: Trustees Annual Report | Accounts | AGM recording
• 2020-2021: Trustees Annual Report | Accounts | AGM recording
• 2019-2020: Trustees Annual Report | Accounts | AGM recording

Past Boards of Trustees

Timeline of Trustees

• RSE Society Trustees 2024-2025
• RSE Society Trustees 2023-2024
• RSE Society Trustees 2022-2023
• RSE Society Trustees 2021-2022
• RSE Society Trustees 2020-2021
• RSE Society Trustees 2019-2020

Past RSE Association Committees

UK RSE Association Committee 2016
UK RSE Association Committee 2015-2016
UK RSE Association Committee 2013-2015