Executive Committee

The Executive Committee meets quarterly and has a remit to elect members and nominate regional advisors, examiners and assessors for advisory appointments committees.

It also submits nominations for the Clinical Impact Awards as well as recommendations for Fellowship.

You may also view the Terms of Reference for the Executive Committee.

Full list of Executive Committee members

Member Year of joining Position
Dr Rafey Faruqui 2021 (E) Chair
Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar 2019 (E) Vice Chair
Prof. Catherine Kinane 2021 (E) Financial Officer
Dr Hesham Elnazer 2019 (A) Academic Secretary
Dr Jawad Adil 2022 (A) Deputy Regional Advisor
Dr Pankaj Agarwal 2022 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Arif Ahmed 2019 (E) Committee Member
Dr Taiwo Ajayi 2023 (A) Recruitment Lead
Dr Daniela Almeida Borges 2022 (EX) PTC Rep
Dr Jay Amin 2020 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Caroline Ardron 2022 (A) Wellbeing Champion
Dr Rajnish Attavar 2021 (A) Division Mentoring Lead
Dr Rajnish Attavar 2022 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Sophie Atwood 2021 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Sudarsan Balakrishnan 2019 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Ivona Bialas 2019 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Devika Colwill 2019 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Mayura Deshpande 2022 (A) Deputy Regional Advisor
Dr Vijay Durge 2019 (E) Committee Member
Dr Osama Hammer 2020 (A) Regional Adviser
Dr Rosarii Harte 2019 (E) Committee Member
Dr James Jeffs 2019 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Chaya Kapugama 2022 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Umama Khan 2018 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Michael Kingham 2022 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Belinda Lennox 2022 (A) Regional Representative
Ms Karen Morgan 2018 (S) Committee Manager
Dr Bosky Nair 2019 (C) QI Representative
Dr Smita Pandit 2021 (A) Regional Adviser
Dr Alastair Reid 2022 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Simmi Sachdeva-Mohan 2021 (C) Leadership and Management Committee Lead
Dr Ravjot Shah 2022 (A) SAS Doctor Representative
Dr Sachin Shetty 2019 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Catherine Smith 2022 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Gerti Stegen 2019 (A) Regional Representative
Dr Shah Tarfarosh 2023 (EX) PTC Rep
Dr Andrea Tocca 2022 (A) Regional Adviser
Dr Angeliki Tziaka 2021 (A) Regional Representative

Members with dual roles not noted above

  • Dr Arif Ahmed - Communication Strategy Lead
  • Dr Vijay Durge - Equality Champion

Executive Committee meeting dates

The dates for the forthcoming meetings are:

DateTimingsDescription
Friday 13 January 202310am-12 noonElected Members and Academic Secretary only
Thursday 23 February 202310am-12 noonExecutive Committee Meeting
Friday 16 June 202310am-2pmExecutive Committee Meeting including Strategy Meeting
Thursday 5 October 202310am-12 noonExecutive Committee Meeting
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