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    2025 election results

    The College ran a host of different elections in 2025

    These included elections for Devolved Nations, Divisions, Faculties, Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee and Special Interest Groups.

    You can see which candidates won across all the College elections below.

    Elected candidates began their terms of office at the College's AGM on 25 June 2025.


    RCPsych in Scotland

    Devolved Council Member

    • Dr Amal Al Sayegh (elected without ballot)
    • Dr Ruairidh McKay (elected without ballot)

    RCPsych in Wales

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Izabela Jurewicz (elected without ballot)

    Devolved Council Member

    • Dr Muhammad Ismail Memon (elected without ballot)

    RCPsych in Northern Ireland

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Mark Finnerty (elected without ballot)

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Stephen Moore (elected without ballot)

    Devolved Council Member

    • Dr David Mongan (elected without ballot)

    Eastern Division

    Chair

    • Dr Kapil Bakshi (Elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Sepehr Hafizi (Elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Khansa Nabil (Elected without ballot)

    London Division

    Financial Officer

    • Dr John Lowe (Elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Stefania Bonaccorso (Elected without ballot)
    • Dr Saima Niaz (Elected without ballot)

    North West Division

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Wakil Ahmed (Elected without ballot)
    • Dr Joseph Meagher (Elected without ballot)

    Northern and Yorkshire Division

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Narendra Sharma (Elected without ballot)

    Education and Training Committee Representative

    • Dr Paul Walker (Elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Syed Faisal Badshah (Elected without ballot)

    South Eastern Division

    Chair

    • Dr Rajnish Attavar (Elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Rhian Bradley (Elected without ballot)

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar (Elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Kumaran Ramanathan (Elected without ballot)

    South West Division

    Education and Training Committee Representative

    • Dr Ross Runciman (Elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Partha Gangopadhyay (Elected without ballot)

    Trent Division

    Chair

    • Dr Aamer Sajjad (Elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Asad Malik (Elected without ballot)

    Education and Training Committee Representative

    • Dr Farina Tahira (Elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Rakhshanda Alam (Elected without ballot)

    West Midlands Division

    Chair

    • Dr Suchithra Thirulokachandran (Elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Imran Piracha (Elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Nudrat Rizvi (Elected without ballot)

    Middle Eastern Division

    Chair

    • Dr Yasser Saeed Khan

    Full list of candidates: Dr Yasser Saeed Khan, Dr Madonna Yanni, Dr Mehnaz Zafar

    Voter turnout: 46.4%

    Pan American Division

    Chair

    • Dr Ishrat Husain (Elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Professor Kenneth Kaufman (Elected without ballot)

    South Asian Division

    Chair

    • Professor Rajashree Ray

    Full list of candidates: Dr Sandip Deshpande, Professor Rajashree Ray

    Voter turnout: 35.8%

    Elected without ballot

    Chair

    • Dr Guy Northover

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Shermin Imran

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Jose Luis Mediavilla

    Elected by ballot

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Suzanne Coghlan
    • Dr Rahat Ghafoor
    • Dr Shereen Haffejee
    • Dr Sarah Jonas
    • Dr Dushyanthan Mahadevan
    • Dr Juliet Singer

    Full list of candidates: Dr Suzanne Coghlan, Dr Rahat Ghafoor, Dr Shereen Haffejee, Dr Sarah Jonas, Dr Dushyanthan Mahadevan, Dr Syed Murtaza Naqvi, Dr Savva Pronin, Dr Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo, Dr Carolina Schneider, Dr Juliet Singer.

    Voter turnout: 12.2%

    Elected without ballot

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Samantha Scholtz

    Elected by ballot

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Joan Brunton
    • Dr Nikola Kern
    • Dr Mrityunjai Kumar
    • Dr Caroline Reynolds
    • Dr Tomos Williams

    Full list of candidates: Dr Paul Bogowicz, Dr Joan Brunton, Dr Shereen Haffejee, Dr Nikola Kern, Dr Eimear King, Dr Nicus Kotze, Dr Mrityunjai Kumar, Dr Barry Mullan, Dr Caroline Reynolds, Dr Sonu Sharma, Dr Victor Stade Cohn, Dr Tomos Williams.

    Voter turnout: 11.7%

    Elected by ballot

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Gbolagade (Akin) Akintomide
    • Dr Toby Greenall
    • Dr Joy Patterson
    • Dr Kumaran Ramanathan
    • Dr Hina Tahseen
    • Dr Graeme Tosh
    • Dr Yousuf Zakaria

    Full list of candidates: Dr Gbolagade (Akin) Akintomide, Dr Arokia Antonysamy, Dr Rita Elena Bsaibes, Dr Toby Greenall, Dr Omer Malik, Dr Joy Patterson, Dr Mehtab Rahman, Dr Kumaran Ramanathan, Dr Hina Tahseen, Dr Graeme Tosh, Dr Yousuf Zakaria

    Voter turnout: 12.7%

    Elected without ballot

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr William Lee

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Maria Filippidou
    • Dr Omar Mahmoud
    • Dr Nida Munawar
    • Dr Claudia Murton
    • Dr Emma Phillips
    • Dr Mostafa Shalaby

    Elected by ballot

    Chair

    • Dr Alex Thomson

    Full list of candidates: Dr Alex Thomson, Dr Michael Yousif

    Voter turnout: 14.1%

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Radhika Oruganti

    Full list of candidates: Dr Ramanand Badanapuram, Dr Zehanah Izmeth, Dr Derek Marshall, Dr Radhika Oruganti

    Voter turnout: 12.0%

    Elected without ballot

    Chair

    • Dr Andrew Molodynski

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr William Hall
    • Dr Azmathulla Khan Hameed
    • Dr Ward Lawrence
    • Dr Amrith Shetty
    • Dr Hina Tahseen

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Saeed Alam

    Elected by ballot

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Hina Tahseen

    Full list of candidates: Dr Azmathulla Khan Hameed, Dr Omer Malik, Dr Maung Oakarr, Dr Naresh Rasquinha, Dr Amrith Shetty, Dr Hina Tahseen

    Voter turnout: 11.4%

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Ajay Bhatnagar
    • Dr James Jeffs
    • Dr Omer Malik
    • Dr Rajesh Mohan

    Full list of candidates: Dr Ajay Bhatnagar, Dr James Jeffs, Dr Omer Malik, Dr Rajesh Mohan, Dr Naresh Rasquinha

    Voter turnout: 11.5%

    Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Hussien Elkholy (Elected without ballot)

    Philosophy Psychiatry

    Chair

    • Dr Temi Metseagharun (Elected without ballot)

    Private and Independent Practice Psychiatry

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Jonathan Hellewell (Elected without ballot)

    Rainbow Psychiatry

    Chair

    • Dr Elinor Hynes (Elected without ballot)

    Transcultural Psychiatry

    Chair

    • Dr Saima Niaz

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Faria Khan

    Volunteering and International Psychiatry

    Chair

    • Dr Mostafa Shalaby

    Full list of candidates: Professor Yasir Abbasi, Dr Mostafa Shalaby

    Voter turnout: 18.9%

    RCPsych in Northern Ireland

    • Dr Conor Brown – PMPT Representative (Elected without ballot)
    • Dr Patrick Kielt – PMPT Representative (Elected without ballot)

    Eastern Division

    • Dr Osagbai Eriki – Member Representative (Elected without ballot)
    • Dr James Rand – PMPT Representative (Elected without ballot)

    London Division

    PMPT Representative

    • Dr Farheen Ebrahim
    • Dr Rohan Krishnan
    • Dr Eve Morrison
    • Dr Poh Wang

    Full list of candidates: Dr Alexia Caramitsos-Tziras, Dr Farheen Ebrahim, Dr Sirous Golchinheydari, Dr Malwattage Lara Tania Jayatilaka, Dr Rohan Krishnan, Dr Eve Morrison, Dr Shivam Sharma, Dr Poh Wang

    Voter turnout: 16.2%

    Member Representative

    • Dr Kainat Khan (Elected without ballot)

    Northern and Yorkshire Division

    • Dr Harry Waterman – PMPT Representative (Elected without ballot)

    Member Representative

    • Dr Shegufta Huq
    • Dr Joanne Wallace

    Full list of candidates: Dr Ben Dempster, Dr Shegufta Huq, Dr Joanne Wallace

    Voter turnout: 11.7%

    South West Division

    • Dr Natasha Hobbs-Lakin – PMPT Representative (Elected without ballot)