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]
  • David Beavan – President
  • Fliss Guest – Vice President
  • Mike Simpson – Vice President
  • Gillian Sinclair – Secretary
  • Stef Piatek – Vice Secretary
  • Martin O’Reilly
  • Godwin Yeboah
• Conference &Events – [email protected]
  • Twin Karmakharm (2025 Conference Lead)
  • Samantha Ahern (Events Lead)
  • Pip Grylls
  • Fliss Guest
  • Martin O’Reilly
  • Mike Simpson
• Finance – [email protected]
  • Martin O’Reilly (Treasurer)
  • Godwin Yeboah (Vice-Treasurer)
• Web & Infrastructure – [email protected]
  • Godwin Yeboah (Lead)
  • Twin Karmakharm (Second)
  • Mary Chester-Kadwell
• Membership – [email protected]
  • Samantha Ahern (Lead)
  • Mike Simpson (Second)
  • Mary Chester-Kadwell
  • David Beavan
• Code of Conduct committee – [email protected]
  • David Beavan (as President)
  • Fliss Guest (as Vice President)
  • Mike Simpson (as Vice President)
  • Gillian Sinclair (as Secretary)
  • Mary Chester-Kadwell (as lead of EDIA subgroup)

Working Groups

• Communications & Publicity – [email protected]
  • Mike Simpson (Lead)
  • Lyndsey Ballantyne (Second)
  • Gillian Sinclair
• EDIA (equality, diversity, inclusivity and accessibility) – [email protected]
  • Mary Chester-Kadwell (Lead)
  • Samantha Ahern
  • Abie Alexander-Ikwue
  • Stef Piatek
  • Jamie Quinn
  • Louise Brown
  • Rachel Alcraft
  • Samantha Finnigan
• Mentoring Programme – [email protected]
  • Abie Alexander-Ikwue (Lead)
  • Stef Piatek (Second)
• Elections – [email protected]
  • Abie Alexander-Ikwue (Lead)
• Special Interest Group co-ordinator – [email protected]
  • Gillian Sinclair (Co-lead)
  • Lyndsey Ballantyne (Co-lead)

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 | Accounts (draft) | 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 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