Governance
IAH is registered as a limited company and a charity in the UK. In late 2022, IAH’s Council instigated a review of the Association’s governance model and will update this where needed. The aim of this review is to ensure that the roles and responsibilities of Council members, and of directors and trustees of the company, are clear, so that IAH continues to meet UK regulatory and financial requirements effectively and continues to be best-placed to fulfil its mission and charitable commitments. Updates on the process will be provided in IAH’s News and Information Magazine.
Council
IAH Council members are appointed by the full membership in elections that take place every four years. There are eight Vice Presidents, appointed to provide stewardship of IAH interests in each of the world’s regions; an Executive Committee; and the immediate past President. Council is responsible for IAH’s policies and strategic direction, ensuring that these serve the Association’s charitable objectives, “to advance public education and promote research (and the useful results of such research) in the study and knowledge of hydrogeological science“.
Our current Council team was elected in September 2024.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee has powers delegated by Council for day-to-day management of the Association. The Executive Committee consists of the President, the Secretary General, the Vice President for Finance and Membership (the “Treasurer”), and the Vice President for Science. Members of the Executive Committee are also directors of IAH Ltd, the company registered for the Association in the UK.
Directors and trustees
To comply with UK banking requirements at least half of the directors must now be UK-based. Additional UK-based non-executive directors, former senior personnel within IAH, have therefore been appointed to IAH Ltd by the Executive Committee and Council.
Advisors to Council
IAH has a small team of “Advisors to Council” representing different parts of the Association. The Advisors are called upon as necessary and do not have any voting rights on Council.
Secretariat
IAH’s officers are supported by a small UK-based Secretariat.
For further information contact info@iah.org.
Directors
Dr Teodóra Szőcs
IAH President
Jane Dottridge
Secretary General
Marco Petitta
Vice President, Programme and Science Coordination
Julian Conrad
Vice President, Finance and Membership
John Chilton
Non-Executive Director
Nick Robins
Non-Executive Director
Council
Dr Teodóra Szőcs
IAH President
Prof. David Kreamer
IAH Past President
Jane Dottridge
Secretary General
Marco Petitta
Vice President, Programme and Science Coordination
Julian Conrad
Vice President, Finance and Membership
Bartolomé Andreo Navarro
Vice President, Western and Central Europe
Luis Camilo Suescún
Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean
Valentina Rakhimova
Vice President, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Professor A.K. Sinha
Vice President, Asia
Sarah Bourke
Vice President - Australasia and the Pacific
Joanna Doummar
Vice President, Middle East and North Africa
Seifu Kebede Gurmessa
Vice President - Sub Saharan Africa
Grant Ferguson
Vice President, North America
Jared van Rooyen
Representative for Early Career Hydrogeologists
Advisors to Council
Ian Davey
Executive Manager
Dr Cliff Voss
Executive Editor - Hydrogeology Journal
