Who's on Council

Council members

Dr Lade Smith CBE

President
Dr Trudi Seneviratne

Registrar
Professor Subodh Dave

Dean
Professor John Crichton

Treasurer
Dr Julie Anderson

Vice President, College and Chair, RCPsych in Northern Ireland
Dr Jane Morris

Vice President, College and Chair, RCPsych in Scotland
Professor Alka Ahuja

Vice President, College and Chair, RCPsych in Wales
Dr Sai Achuthan

Chair, South West Division
Dr Rais Ahmed

Chair, Leadership and Management Committee
Dr Suhana Ahmed

Chair, London Division
Dr Nishanth Babu Mathew

Chair, North West Division
Dr Mohan Bhat

Chair, Old Age Psychiatry
Dr Richard Braithwaite

Chair, ECT and Related Treatments Committee
Dr Angela Carballedo

Chair, European International Division
Dr Mayura Deshpande

Elected Member
Dr Mary Docherty

Clinical and Strategic Director, CCQI Board
Dr George El-Nimr

Chair, Faculty of Neuropsychiatry
Professor Rafey Faruqui

Chair, South Eastern Division
Dr Emily Finch

Chair, Addictions Faculty
Sheena Foster

Carer representative
Dr Muhammad Gul

Chair, West Midlands Division
Dr Ian Hall

Elected Fellow
Dr Neil Horn

Chair, African Division
Dr Claire-Marie Hosein

Chair, Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee
Professor Oliver Howes

Chair, Psychopharmacology Committee
Dr Declan Hyland

Elected Member
Professor Kenneth Kaufman

International Division Chair, Pan American Division
Professor Tim Kendall

Clinical and Strategic Director, NCCMH
Professor Steve Kisely

International Division Chair, Western Pacific Division
Dr Ashish Kumar

Chair, Eating Disorders Faculty
Dr Manoj Kumar

International Division Chair, South Asian Division
Dr Shahid Latif

Chair, Trent Division
Dr Elaine Lockhart

Chair, Child and Adolescent Faculty
Professor Gin Malhi

Chair, Publications Management Board
Dr Livia Martucci

Chair, Perinatal Faculty
Dr Sandeep Matthews

Chair, Forensic Faculty
Professor Dasha Nicholls

Clinical and Strategic Director, CCQI Board
Dr Sunil Nodiyal

Chair, Social and Rehabilitation Faculty and Chair, Northern and Yorkshire Division
Dr Jo O'Reilly

Chair, Medical Psychotherapy Faculty
Nathan Randles

Patient representative
Dr Abdul Raoof

Chair, Conference and Advanced Learning Committe
Dr Lily Read

Chair, Speciality Doctors Committee
Dr Abdi Sanati

Chair, Professional Practice and Ethics Committee and Elected Fellow
Dr Indermeet Sawhney

Chair, Intellectual Disability Faculty
Dr Kallur Suresh

Chair, Eastern Division
Dr Alex Thomson

Chair, Liaison Faculty
Dr Jon Van Niekerk

Chair, General Adult Faculty
Dr Ovais Wadoo

International Division Chair, Middle Eastern Division
Professor Allan Young

Chair, Academic Faculty

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