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Governance

Our President

Steve Boshier FIRSE became the 99th President of the Institution on 28 April 2023

Steve is a railway signalling engineer with over 40 years experience. Steve plays a pivotal role as manager, asset integration and completions for Victoria's level crossings removal project, working to remove 110 dangerous and congested level crossings by 2030.

Steve says "I was fortunate to have chosen a railway signalling career early on life which has provided me with many opportunities during my long career within the transport industry. The IRSE has supported my training and education over these years through its' online body of knowledge, networking opportunities, various conferences and site visits to see numerous rail operations.

During my presidential year, my theme is global integration, with a particular focus around listening to the membership's needs and how we best provide the required process and technologies to support them. We are living in a high tech connected society these days and we need to look at how we best leverage the global expertise the IRSE membership can provide for the safe and efficient operation of railways."

IRSE Council, the governing body

The IRSE Council is the governing body of the Institution. The role of Council and the duties of Council members are defined in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Institution, but in summary, they make decisions on behalf of the members, as appropriate, in the running of the Institution, and generally have to ensure that the objectives for which the Institution has been established are progressed in a professional and satisfactory manner.

They are the Trustees of the Institution, which is a Registered Charity in England & Wales, and are also Company Directors, since the Institution is also registered as a UK company limited by guarantee. Certain local rules which are agreed by Council but sit outside the Memorandum and Articles of Association can be found in the Bye-Laws approved from time to time by Council. The current Bye-Laws can be found here.

Council members are elected by the corporate members of the Institution, i.e. Fellows, Members and Associate Members, for two year terms, and they can stand for election for subsequent terms if they wish to do so, as defined in the Articles referred to above. The results of the election process are announced at the Institution’s Annual General Meeting held in April and are reported in IRSE News.

The Council is supported by a number of principal Committees. Click here to view an explanatory diagram of these Committees.

If you are interested in becoming a member of Council a guidance document can be accessed here.

Council members 2023-24
PresidentSteve Boshier
Vice PresidentsJane Power, Bogdan Godziejewski, Rod Muttram
Members of Council from the class of FellowPeter Allen, Ian J Allison, Harvinder Bhatia, Michael Ewart, Yousef Kimiagar, Andrew Stringer, Gordon Lam, Pete Gracey, Clive Roberts
Members of Council from the class of MemberFiras Al-Tahan, Jane Copperthwaite, Rob Cooke, Paul McSharry, Roy Brammer, Jeet Dhelaria
Members of Council from the class of Associate MemberXiaolu Rao, Georgina Hartwell, Keith Upton
Co-opted Past PresidentsAndy Knight, Ian Bridges, Charles Page
Chief ExecutiveBlane Judd
TreasurerAndrew Smith