BGS Board

The BGS Board held its final meeting on 1 April 2011, at which the NERC Chief Executive Prof Alan Thorpe was present. We are in the process of forming a new advisory body for BGS that will be compatible with the evolving nature of the way in which NERC works with its research centres. The aim is for the new structure to be in place by early autumn 2011.

Non-executive members of the BGS Board

BGS is very grateful for all the support and advice that it has received from non-executive members of the BGS Board since its formation in 1998 as the successor body to the Programme Board. Recent membership of the BGS Board has included (with dates of service):

  • Mr Derek Davis, (formerly of the DTI), Board Chairman 2005–2009
  • Professor Jon Gluyas, Professor in CCS and Geo-Energy, Durham University, Board Chairman 2010–2011
  • Mr Peter Bide, Independent Member 2006–2011
  • Ms Tricia Henton, Environment Agency, Member 2010–2011
  • Mrs Rosemary Johnson-Sabine, Vice President Exploration, Tethys Petroleum, Member 2003–2009
  • Mr Dave Lovell, Executive Director, EuroGeographics, Member 2008–2011
  • Mr Robert Missotten, Chief of the Global Earth Observation Section, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Member 2010–2011
  • Mr Edmund Nickless, Executive Secretary, Geological Society of London, Member 2009–2011
  • Dr Sue Paterson, Independent consultant in Oil & Energy, Member 2009–2011
  • Mr Jeff Smith, Managing Partner, Wardell Armstrong, Member 2001–2008
  • Professor Stephen Sparks, Chaning Wills Professor of Geology, University of Bristol, Member 2007–2011
  • Professor Peter Styles, School of Earth Sciences & Geology, Keele University, Member 2002–2009
  • Professor Lynda Warren, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law, Aberystwyth University, Member 2005–2011