Governance

2009 AGM 

The RSA held its 255th Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 7 October 2009 at 5pm in the Great Room at the RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London.

Download the RSA AGM 2009 minutes (PDF, 68KB)

Introducing the New Fellowship Council

Important and exciting changes have been implemented for the governance of the RSA, with the introduction of the new Fellowship Council. The new Council will represent the interests of the Fellowship, help Fellows to work with the RSA in the development of projects and activities, and work to ensure that Fellows’ projects are aligned with the charitable aims of the Society. An early task for the Fellowship Council will be to agree a new Fellows’ Charter that will outline the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of Fellowship.

Fellow elected candidates and Trustees nominated candidates are now in place and have been announced and endorsed by the Trustees.

Policy and General Conditions for Handling RSA Fellows’ Networks and Fellows’ Activities


In order to help encourage Fellows to get together, collaborate and innovate, the RSA has revised its guidelines on Fellow-led special interest groups and local networks. These guidelines have been approved by the RSA Trustee Board. View further information about these guidelines.

RSA Trustee Board 

Trustees are responsible under RSA bye-laws and charity law for ensuring that the charitable objectives of the society are carried out and that the organisation is run in an appropriate, legal way.

The Trustee Board meets approximately five times a year.

The Trustee Board

Luke Johnson, Chair
Naaz Coker, Interim deputy chair
Lord Best OBE, Treasurer
David Archer
Sean Blair
Stephen Lambert
Zena Martin
David McCoy
Andrew Summers CMG
Hanif Virji

Members of the Trustee Board can be contacted by email.  All emails will be read by a member of the Board, who will reply as soon as possible.