BMC National Council

National Council acts as a representative body of the members, consulting with and constructively challenging the Board of Directors, and holding the Board to account on behalf of the members.

It represents the interests of the members to the Board, and provides an intermediary forum between the Board and the members, being consulted upon decisions by the Board in relation to membership and ensuring effective communications between the Board and the members.

Its voting membership comprises locally elected area representatives and some members of the Board of Directors. Specialist committee chairs and other Board members can attend as observers along with representatives from organisations who work closely with the BMC. National Council meets at least four times a year.

The current voting members and observers are:

Voting members

Lynn Robinson	President
Anthony Eccles	Cymru North Wales Area Rep
Dan Lane	Cymru North Wales Area Rep
CJ Griffiths	Cymru South Wales Area Rep
Steve Quinton	Cymru South Wales Area Rep
Mike Parsons	Lakes Area Rep
Fiona Sanders	Lakes Area Rep & Council Nominated Director
Robert Dufton	London & South East Area Rep
Chris Stone	London & South East Area Rep & Council Nominated Director
David Jones	Midlands Area Rep
Claudia Sarner	Midlands Area Rep
Mark Anstiss	North East Area Rep
Bill Beveridge	North West Area Rep
Carl Spencer	North West Area Rep
David Brown	Peak Area Rep
Alison Cairns	Peak Area Rep
Helen Wilson	South West Area Rep
Philip Wilson	South West Area Rep
Mick Green	Yorkshire Area Rep
Andy Syme	Yorkshire Area Rep & Deputy President

Observers

Andy Tickle	Access Management Group
John Simpson	Child Safeguarding Group
Peter Salenieks	Clubs Committee
Rab Carrington	Competition Climbing Performance Group
Cressida Allwood	Equity Steering Group
Iain Dickinson	Finance & Audit Committee
Ian Carr	Guidebook Committee
David Jones	Huts Group
Ian Parnell	International Committee
Martin Wragg	Land Management Group
Martin Nash	Technical Committee
Andy Newton	Training & Youth Committee
Gareth Pierce	Chair, BMC Board of Directors
Matthew Bradbury	Senior Independent Director
Paul Drew	Independent Director
Amanda Parshall	Independent Director
Jonny Dry	Nominated Director
Huw Jones	Nominated Director
Jonathan White	Nominated Director
Dave Turnbull	BMC CEO
Nick Colton	BMC Deputy CEO
Rich Emerson	Association of British Climbing Walls
John Cousins	Mountain Training UK
Guy Jarvis	Mountain Training England
Mike Rosser	Mountain Training Cymru
Ruth Hall	Plas y Brenin

READ: National Council minutes and summary notes

READ: National Council Code of Practice

READ: Draft Terms of Reference for Members’ Council

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