The Council of BSHM is elected at the AGM in October to serve for the whole of the following calendar year.  The Council for 2021 is as follows:

• President: Sarah Hart
• Immediate Past President: Mark McCartney
• Secretary: Fenny Smith
• Treasurer: Klaas Sijbrandij
• Membership Secretary: Ken Lord
• Meetings Co-ordinator: Isobel Falconer
• Education Officer: Snezana Lawrence
• Communications & New Members: Dorothy Leddy
• Webmaster: Troy Astarte
• Elected (ordinary) Council Members:  Brigitte Stenhouse, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird. 
• Co-opted Council Members:  June Barrow-Green.

The Journal Editor for 2021 is Benjamin Wardaugh, who is not a member of Council.