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Our current ACPGBI Council members are listed below, except for the Executive Committee who are listed on a separate page.

The Council is made up of:

Executive Committee members
Regional chapter representatives, non-surgical representatives (oncology, radiology and chair of the ACPN), a representative from the ASGBI and an international representative
President of The Dukes’ Club (or their representative)
President of AUGIS
Chairs of the Independent Healthcare Committee, Early Years Consultant Network, Patient Liaison Group and The Pelvic Floor Society

Chapter Representatives

East Anglia	Ioanna Panagiotopoulou
Ireland	Ailín Rogers
Mersey	Ramya Kalaiselvan
North Wales	Michael Thornton
North East Thames	Michael Machesney
Northern	Neena Randhawa
Northern Ireland	Damian McKay
North Western	Derek McWhirter
North West Thames	Emma Carrington
Oxford	Nick Symons
Scotland (East)	Peter Vaughan‑Shaw
Scotland (West)	Raymond Oliphant
South East Thames Chapter Representative	Piero Nastro
South Wales	Leigh Davies
South West Thames	Philip Bearn
South Western	Rajesh Thengungal Kochupapy (TK)
Trent	Bala Bharathan
Wessex	Francesco di Fabio
West Midlands	Debbie Nicol
Yorkshire	Dibyendu Bandyopadhyay

ACPGBI Representative for TPFS	Mark Chapman
ACPN Chair	Cheryl Hides
ASGBI Representative	Jonathan Epstein
AUGIS President	Andrew Smith
EDI Chair	Kirsten Boyle
Early Years Consultant Network Chair	Sreelakshmi Mallappa
Independent Healthcare Committee Chair	Colin Elton
Oncology Representative	Jenny Seligmann
Pathology Representative	Nick West
Patient Liaison Group Chair	Sarah Squire
Pelvic Floor Society Chair	Tom Dudding
President, Dukes’ Club	Ioanna Drami
Radiology Representative	James Stephenson