The Council is made up of the President (who chairs its meetings), Vice-Presidents, Past Presidents, members who are elected for a period of three years, representatives from the branches and others.

The Council elects, from among its members, the Executive Board, which is the governing body of IStructE.

Council 2007-08

President
Sarah Buck

Vice-Presidents
Dr Graham Owens
Norman Train
Professor Roger Plank
John Nolan

Past Presidents
David Harvey
Michael Dickson
Mike Fordyce
Professor David Nethercot

Honorary Treasurer
Chris Bolton

Ordinary members
Piroozan Aminossehe (2007-10)
Chris Bolton (2005-08)
Bernard Boys (2006-09)
Kin Kuen Choy (2007-10)
Reuben Chu (2005-08)
Angus Cormie (2006-09)
Mark Crosby (2006-09)
Susan Giahi-Broadbent (2007-10)
Stephen Gregson (2006-09)
David Grove (2007-10)
Dr Bill Harvey (2005-08)
Iain Hill (2007-10)
Tristram Hope (2006-09)
Professor Tim Ibell (2007-10)
Paul Johnston (2007-10)
Dr Jim Kirkpatrick (2006-09)
Helen Kwan (2006-09)
Patrick Lam (2005-08)
Stephen Morley (2005-08)
Kirsten Morris (2007-10)
Dr Toby Mottram (2005-08)
David Narro (2006-09)
John Nolan (2005-08)
Mike Otlet (2006-09)
Paul Pang (2005-08)
Professor Gerry Parke (2006-09)
Gary Redman (2007-10)
Simon Wainwright (2005-08)
Ron Watermeyer (2005-08)
Robert Young (2007-10)

Branch Chairmen
Dr Chris Burgoyne - Bedfordshire & Adjoining Counties
Alan Hannaford - Devon & Cornwall
Mark Crosby - East Anglian
Mike Baker - East Midlands
Jonathan Haynes - Lancashire & Cheshire
Fergus Shaw - Midland Counties
Dr David Lilley - Northern Counties
Kerry Greeves - Northern Ireland
Erik Dirdal - North Thames
Martin Mannion - Republic of Ireland
Gibson McLagan - Scottish
Dr Jeffrey Fisher - South-Eastern Counties
Paul Bracey - Southern
Dr Patrick Ryan - Surrey
Robin Atkinson - Thames Valley
Stephen Davies - Wales
Simon Pitchers - Western Counties
Peter Kelly - Yorkshire

Co-opted members
Nick Forman
Richard Snell
John Staves
Alice Ward

Corresponding members
Professor James Jie Min Ding - People's Republic of China Group
Dr Peter Ho - Queensland Division
Kin Kei Kwan - Hong Kong Division
Professor C M Wang - Singapore Division

Executive Board

Attending by invitation
John Nolan
Professor Roger Plank