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Trustee election results 2025 announced

We are pleased to announce the newly elected members of our Executive Committee. Alongside a small team of employees, BISA is run by volunteer trustees who sit on our Executive Committee.

In May 2025 eligible members voted for new trustees to fill the vacant positions of Vice Chair, EDI Officer and ordinary trustees. This year’s election turnout was the highest since we began keeping records, and the results have been ratified by the BISA Executive Committee. We are therefore pleased to report that the following have been elected:

Vice Chair – Victoria Basham (Cardiff)

EDI Officer - Jamie Hagen (Manchester)

Ordinary trustees:

  • Nick Caddick (Anglia Ruskin)
  • Marianna Charountaki (Lincoln) - Second term
  • Andrew Dorman (KCL)
  • Una McGahern (Newcastle) – Second term
  • Simon Rushton (Sheffield) – Second term

Lee Jarvis withdrew from the election.

Everyone at BISA is looking forward to working with the new trustees. Congratulations on being elected! We’ll be publishing an interview with each trustee who has not been a part of the Executive Committee previously to help you get to know them and their areas of expertise a little better. In the meantime, you can still read their manifestos. 

New and returning trustees will begin their terms on 1 August 2025 joining existing trustees under the Chairship of Juanita Elias (Warwick). We will be saying goodbye and a big thank you to current Chair Kyle Grayson, who will become BISA President for the next two years, and to Dan Aylward, Ilan Baron and Laura McLeod who have completed their terms.

For more information about the elections visit our elections page