Council & Committee

The council is CIMA's governing body.

There are currently 55 members on Council; 37 are directly elected by CIMA members.

The remaining 18 are the president, deputy president, vice president, immediate past president and 14 co-opted members. Council meets five times a year to discuss and set policy.

CIMA governance committees meet at least four times a year.

Council 2021/22

Council 2021/2022
Ash P President	Kanaka M Deputy President
Ghosh S Vice President	Jackson N Immediate Past President
Abeyesekera M Region 14	McGunnigle A Region 3
Arianayagam Y Region 16	Mendis C Region 6
Barr P Region 8	Milne S Region 7
Bennett R Region 19	Mintzer A Co opted
Bittlestone S Co opted	Mistry H Region 4
Chan F Region 16	Moolman J Region 10
Connaughton L Region 9	Muchhala M Region 11
Davison N Region 5	Naseer I Co opted
De Alwis A Region 17	Nicholls J Region 2
Donaldson G Co opted	Nomura T Co opted
Freeman S Region 3	Owen J Region 1
Goddard A Region 15	Pandya R Co opted
Golden T Co opted	Perera S Region 14
Graham J H Region 6	Phillips RJ Co opted
Gunawardana C Region 14	Sargeant L Region 1
Hueppauff B Region 12	Saxton M Region 18
Jackson E Co opted	Singh V Co opted
Jessett N Region 4	Stephen K Co Opted
Johnson D Region 2	Thickett G Region 5
Jjuko G Region 10	Watson J Region 12
Landy C Co Opted	Wieronski W Co opted
Liu S Co opted	Wilhelmij P Region 17
Lowney M Region 3	Yan C Region 6
Luk A Co opted	Zheng J Co opted
Luswili D Region 10	Ziyard R Region 14
Marrinan K Region 11

Council 2021/22 breakdown membership

Council 2021/22 breakdown of membership
President:	Ash P
Deputy President:	Kanaka M
Vice President:	Ghosh S
Immediate Past President:	Jackson N (until AGM 2022)

Region 1 Central London and North Thames

Region 1 Central London and North Thames
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Owens J	2016	2022
Sargeant L	2014	2023

Central London and North Thames homepage

Region 2 South West England and South Wales

Region 2 South West England and South Wales
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Johnson D	2016	2022
Nicholls J	2020	2023

South West England and South Wales homepage

Region 3 East Midlands and East Anglia

Region 3 East Midlands and East Anglia
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Freeman S	2019	2022
Lowney M	2016	2022
McGunnigle A	2015	2024

East Midlands and East Anglia homepage

Region 4 West Midlands

Region 4 West Midlands
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Jessett N	2016	2022
Mistry H	April 2016	2023

West Midlands homepage

Region 5 North East England

Region 5 North East England
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Davison N	2013	2022
Thickett G	2020 (Dec)	2023

North East England homepage

Region 6 North West England and North Wales

Region 6 North West England and North Wales
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Graham J H	Sept 2015	2022
Mendis C	2020	2023
Yan C	2020	2023

North West England and North Wales homepage

Region 7 Scotland

Region 7 Scotland
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Milne S	2019 (Jan)	2023

Scotland homepage

Region 8 Northern Ireland

Region 8 Northern Ireland
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Barr P	2016	2022

Ireland homepage

Region 9 Republic of Ireland

Region 9 Republic of Ireland
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Connaughton L	2016	2022

Ireland homepage

Region 10 West, Central & Southern Africa

Region 10 West, Central & Southern Africa
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Jjuko G	2021	2024
Luswili D	2021	2024
Moolman J	2020	2023

Africa homepage

Region 11 Central Southern England

Region 11 Central Southern England
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Vacancy	2021	2023
Marrinan K	2021	2024
Muchhala M	2014	2022

Central Southern England homepage

Region 12 South East England

Region 12 South East England
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Hueppauff B	2020	2023
Watson J	2017	2023

South East England homepage

Region 14 South Asia

Region 14 South Asia
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Abeyesekera M	2021	2024
Gunawardana C	2021	2024
Perera S	2019	2022
Ziyard R	2021	2024

Region 15 North Asia

Region 15 North Asia
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Goddard A	2016	2022

Region 16 South East Asia

Region 16 South East Asia
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Arianayagam Y	2021	2024
Chan F	2016	2022

Region 17 Europe, North Africa & Middle East

Region 17 Europe, North Africa & Middle East
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
De Alwis A	2021	2024
Wilhelmij P	2019	2022

Region 18 The Americas

Region 18 The Americas
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Saxton M	2017 (Sept)	2022

Region 19 Australasia

Region 19 Australasia
	Date of first election	Vacates at AGM in
Bennett R	2018	2024

Australasia homepage

Co-opted members

Co-opted members
	Date of first co option	Vacates at AGM in
Bittlestone S	2018	2024
Donaldson G	2017	2023
Golden T	2021	2022
Jackson E	2021	2022
Landy C	2020 (Feb)	2022
Lui S	2021	2024
Luk A	2019	2022
Mintzer A	2021	2022
Naseer I	2017	2023
Nomura T	2020	2022
Pandya R	2020 (Feb)	2022
Phillips RJ	2021	2024
Singh V	2019	2022
Stephen K	2019	2022
Wieronski W	2019 (Nov)	2022
Zheng J	2015	2024

Appeal committee

Appeal committee
Chairman	Vacancy
Vice chairman	Karen McArthur#
Members	Andrew Burman#
	Rosaleen Butterworth*
	Sue Davie*
	Jonathan Page#
Staff support	Janice Hughes (S)
* = non member of council
# = lay member
(S) = staff

Appointments committee

Appointments committee
Chair	Nick Jackson ipp
Vice Chair (Without Portfolio elected Member)	Michael Lowney
Members	Paul Ash p
	Melanie Kanaka dp
	Sarah Ghosh vp
Immediate Past Committee Chair	Amal Ratnayake pp
Without portfolio elected members	Mustafa Muchhala
	James Owen
Secretary	Yasmine El Ramly (S)
* = non member of council
ipp = immediate past president
p = president
pp = past president
dp = deputy president
vp = vice president
(S) = staff

Benevolent fund committee

Benevolent fund committee
Chair	Andrew McGunnigle
Vice Chair	Matt Miller*
Members	Mike Agate*
	Bob Beedham*
	Fergal Foley*
	Amarjeet Hans*
	Rona Van Hoepen*
	Kavinda de Zoysa*
Secretary	Melissa Parker (s)
* = non member of council
(S) = staff

Disciplinary committee

Disciplinary committee
Chairman	Rosalind Wright#
Vice chairmen	Helen Riley # Robin Somerville# Judith Way#
Members	Joseph Campbell*
	Michael Campbell#
	Paul Carcone*
	Gary Dewey*
	Melissa D'Mello#
	Angie Loveless#
	Bridget Makins#
	Michael McCulley
	Sandra Murray*
	Pamela Ormerod#
	Jacki Pearce#
	Jennifer Quirke*
	Suzanne Smith*
	Emma Sweeney*
	Ian Watts*
Staff support	Janice Hughes (s)
* = non member of council
# = lay member
(S) = staff

General charitable trust

General charitable trust
Chairman	Glynn Lowth* (pp)
Vice Chairman	Rod Hill* (pp)
	Bob Beedham
	Ivan Court*
	Francesca Windsor*
Secretary	Baljeet Basra (s)
pp = past president
* = non member of council
(S) = staff

Global member engagement committee

Chair	Imran Khalil Naseer
Vice Chair	Sinead Dillon*
Secretary	Paul Turner (s)
Members	Nigel Davies*
	Kavinda de Zoysa*
	Patricia Duru*
	Elizabeth Lilker*
	Chris Newman*
	Martin Saxton
	Keren Stephen
	Karthik Venkatesh*
	Justin Ye*
	Alexandra Zens*
* = non member of council
(S) = staff

Investigation committee

Investigation committee
Chairman	Angela Horne#
Vice chairman	Graham Humby#
Members	Morounke Akingbola*
	Catherine Audcent#
	Paul Brittain*
	Elizabeth Corcoran*
	Alison Fisher#
	Mike Foster#
	Alison Harvey#
	Cheryl Little*
	Alison Lyon#
	Damien O'Kane*
Staff support	Janice Hughes (s)
* = non member of council
# = lay member
(S) = staff

Membership committee

Membership committee
Chair	John Zheng
Vice Chair	Aidan Goddard
Secretary	Peter Steel (s)
Members	David Johnson
	Sheila Lewis*
	Michael Lowney
	Karen Marrinan
	Karen Newbury *
	Suresh Perera
	Wojciech Wieronski
* = non member of council
(S) = staff

Panel of assessors for the practising certificate

Panel of assessors for the practising certificate
Chairman	Allison Walker*
Vice chairman	Bryan Johnson*
	Andre Baron*
	Fiona Bevan*
	Steven Bicknell*
	Daniel Chan Chong*
	John Elliot*
	Paul Glover*
	Amarjeet Hans
	Dean-Johnathan Hollis*
	Sue Nicolson*
	Tom Orchard*
	Donald Owens*
	Huw Roberts*
	Pradeepan Velayuthan*
	Michael Watson*
* = non member of council

Panel of CPD assessors

Panel of CPD assessors
Chair	Karen Newbury*
Members	Joanna Bailey*
	John Bent*
	Daniel Boguslawski*
	Sue Parsons*
* = non member of council

Pension and assurance scheme (superannuation fund) - trustees

Pension and assurance scheme (superannuation fund) - trustees
Chairman	Steve Carter*
Trustees	Richard Mallett*
	Peter Fullam*
	Gillian Lees ~
	Janice Howard ~
	John Windle*
Employer Representatives	Scott Spiegel (s)
	Baljeet Basra (s)
Secretary	Richard Harris, Xafinity Consulting Ltd
* = non member of council
# = member of council
S = staff
rs = retired staff
pp = past president

Professional standards committee

Professional standards committee
Chair	John Graham
Vice Chair	Anna Corry*
Secretary	Peter Steel (s)
Members	Joe Anichebe*
	Nic Davison
	Nigel Iyer*
	Nick Jessett
	Juliette Oliver~
	Sheleen McCormack*
	Maryvonne Palanduz*
	Vinesh Singh
	Garry Thickett
Chairman, panel of assessors for the practising certificate	Allison Walker*
	Nicole Ziman~
* = non member of council
~ = non CIMA Member
(S) = staff