Trustees are elected by the ASO Membership and serve a three year term. Vacancies are advertised to the Membership when they become available and an online ballot is run if nominations exceed the number of vacancies.
If you wish to contact a Trustee, please email the ASO Office.
Dr Nerys Astbury
Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Primary Card Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Professor Rachel Batterham
Professor of Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology
University College London Centre for Obesity
Dr Maria Bryant
Senior Research Fellow
Nutritionist and Methodologist at the Leeds Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Leeds
Mr Ken Clare
Self employed
Registered nurse and Chair of WLSinfo, the UK's largest patient obesity charity.
Dr Emilie Combet
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, University Of Glasgow
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, University of Glasgow
Professor Graham Finlayson
Chair of Communications, Partnership and Networks Committee
Associate Professor at the School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds
Dr Nicola Heslehurst
Lecturer/NIHR Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Senior Lecturer in Maternal Nutrition and NIHR Advanced Research Fellow at Newcastle University; Co-lead for the Early Life and Adolescence Programme in Fuse (The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health).
Dr David Hughes
Consultant Diabetes, Endocrinology & Bariatric Medicine
East Midlands Institute of Bariatric Medicine (Royal Derby Hospital)
Mr Patrick Mcginley
Head of Costing & SLR, Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Dr Alex Miras
Senior Lecturer Endocrinology
Endocrinology and Obesity Medicine at Imperial College London
Mary O'Kane
Clinical Specialist Dietitian
Consultant Dietitian (Adult Obesity), General Infirmary Leeds
Dr Rebecca Richards
Postdoctoral Research Associate and Practitioner Health psychologist
University of Cambridge
Dr Kath Roberts
Programme Manager Public Health England
Registered Nutritionist; Programme Manager, Public Health England; Honorary Lecturer in Public Health, University of Sheffield
Professor R James Stubbs
Professor Of Appetite And Energy Balance
Professor of Appetite, Energy Balance, University of Leeds
Dr Abd Tahrani
NIHR Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist
NIHR clinician scientist at the University of Birmingham (UOB) & Consultant in Obesity at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Dr Simon Williams
University Lecturer
Subject Leader for Public Health at the University of South Wales