Board of trustees
The Board of Trustees are the guardians of the British Council’s purpose and are ultimately accountable for the organisation. Currently chaired by Gerard Lemos, they hold the Executive Board responsible for the organisation’s performance, strategy and policy. The Trustees meet six times a year and edited minutes of their meetings are available to the public.
Our Board of Trustees is currently chaired by Gerard Lemos CMG and there exists three formal sub committees: Audit (pdf 55kb), Remuneration (pdf 43kb) and Nomination (pdf 47kb).
Gerard Lemos CMG
Acting Chair of the British Council, Partner, Lemos&Crane
Alan Buckle
Deputy Chair of the British Council, Global Head of Advisory, KPMG
Nihal Arthanayake
Musician, Broadcaster and DJ
Zeinab Badawi
Broadcaster and journalist
Professor Pamela Gillies
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University
Sue Hoyle
Director of Clore Cultural Leadership Programme
Claire Ighodaro CBE
Independent Director
Tony Hall
Tony Hall has been Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden since 2001.
Brian Hanna CBE
Chair, British Council Northern Ireland Committee
Professor Steve Jones BSc PhD
Professor of Genetics
