Overall governance of the BOA is exercised by a Council of 18 elected Trustees and 15 ex officio members:

The Trustees comprise 6 Officers and 12 elected Council Members.

• The 6 Officers – the Presidential Line (Past President, President, Vice President and Vice President Elect), the Honorary Secretary and the Honorary Treasurer are elected by Council. 
• Trustee Council members are elected by postal ballot of all Fellows.
• The Trustees have voting rights; holders of ex officio posts do not. The full Council in 2012 consisted of 29 members, some members serving in a dual capacity.

See table below for the full list of Trustees for 2012

All new Trustees are issued with the Charity Commission booklet on their duties and responsibilities.  They also receive a pack of briefing papers as recommended by the Charity Commission; are asked to sign the Trustees’ Conflict of Interest form; and to provide information for the Register of Interests.  A more comprehensive Trustee induction process, including a presentation covering our full range of business and desk-side briefings by the BOA staff, has been put in place.

Council devolves designated responsibilities to a number of Committees, Subcommittees or Working Parties.  Their chairs and members are appointed by Council on the recommendation of the Executive, normally following an open application process against job descriptions. The President, Vice President and Honorary Secretary are ex officio members of all Committees. 

 

The current members of Council are as follows:

Tony Hui (Elected Member)	Don McBride (Elected Member)​	John Timperley (Hon.Treasurer 2012-2014)​	Tim Briggs (Vice President)​	Alistair Ross (Editor, BON)​	​   Neil Thomas (Chair, Council of Management, JBJS)	Barry Ferris(Elected member)
Joe Dias (Past President)​	David Limb (Ex Officio, Chair of EdCom)​	David Stanley  (Hon. Secretary)​	Ratukondla Ravikumar (Elected Member)	Martyn Porter(President)​	Colin Howie(Vice President Elect & Elected Member & Chair,Scotland)​	Andy Carr (Chair, Research Board)
Mark Goodwin (Ex Officio, Chair, SAC)​	John Hodgkinson   (Elected Member)​	Phil Turner (Elected Member)​	Nick Welch (Ex Officio, Chair, PLG)​	Declan O'Doherty (Chair, Wales)​	Ian Winson (Elected Member)​	David Beverland(Chair, N. Ireland)
Keith Willett (National Clinical Director for Trauma Care)​	​David Clark (Chair, BODS)	David Machin (President, BOTA)	Martin Gargan (Elected Member)​	Gordon Matthews (Elected Member)​	Ananda Nanu (Elected Member)​	Alistair Stirling (Elected Member)​

 

 The Trustees are made up of the Council Officers (President, Immediate Past President, Vice President, Vice President Elect, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary and the elected Council Members. As such, the current Trustees are as follows:  

Martyn Porter (President)	Ian Winson
Joe Dias (Immediate Past President)	John Hodgkinson
Tim Briggs (Vice President)	Phil Turner
Colin Howie (Vice President Elect)	Ratakondla Ravikumar​
John Timperley (Honorary Treasurer)	Martin Gargan
David Stanley (Honorary Secretary)​	Alistair Stirling
Barry Ferris	Gordon Matthews
Ananda Nanau	Tony Hui​
Don McBride​	​

 

Council meets 5 times per year. The meeting dates for 2012 are as follows: