The Council of BSHM is elected at the AGM in October to serve for the whole of the following calendar year.  The Council for 2023 is as follows:

• President: Sarah Hart
• Vice President: Chris Hollings
• Secretary: Fenny Smith
• Treasurer: Simon Gardiner
• Membership and new members Secretary: Dorothy Leddy
• Meetings Co-ordinator: Brigitte Stenhouse
• Education Officer: Ciarán Mac an Bhaird
• Communications officer: Dorothy Leddy
• Web Admin: Troy Astarte
• Elected (ordinary) Council Members:  Máté Szabó, Deborah Kent.
• Co-opted Council Members:  June Barrow-Green (JMC) .

The Journal Editor for 2023 is Isobel Falconer, who is not a member of Council.