Management Committee

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About the SoA board

The Management Committee is responsible for the direction of the SoA and makes all major policy and strategy decisions.

The Management Committee is made up of democratically-elected members who are unpaid volunteers. Voting members are directly elected by the Membership and each serve a term of three years. Read more about Management Committee elections.

Chairs of SoA groups whose membership makes up more than 5% of the total membership also sit on the Management Committee but do not have a vote.

Members wanting to raise policy matters can email the Chief Executive, Nicola Solomon or Management Committee Chair, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin. For individual queries on professional matters please contact our advisory team

You can find minutes of Management Committee meetings and other corporate documents in the Governance pages.

Elected members

Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin

Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin

Chair of the Management Committee

Term: 2024-2026

Harriet Evans

Management Committee

Term: 2022-2025

Helen Fields

Management Committee

Term: 2023-2026

Charles Harris

Charles Harris

Management Committee

Term: 2021-2024

Abie Longstaff

Abie Longstaff

Management Committee, CWIG Chair

Term: 2022-2025

Nadine Matheson

Management Committee

Term: 2023-2026

Juliet McKenna

Juliet McKenna

Management Committee

Term: 2021-2024

Nicholas Rankin

Management Committee

Term: 2022-2025

Hugh Roberts

Hugh Roberts

Management Committee

Term: 2021-2024

Nikesh Shukla

Management Committee

Term: 2023-2026

Julia Williams

Management Committee

Term: 2023-2026

Group chairs

Vineet Lal

Vineet Lal

Co-chair of the Translators Association

Katrina Naomi

Chair of the Poetry and Spoken Word Group

Claire Watts

Claire Watts

Chair of SoA in Scotland

Photograph © Camila França

Ian Giles

Co-Chair of the Translators Association

Abie Longstaff

Abie Longstaff

Management Committee, CWIG Chair

Term: 2022-2025

Christopher Meredith

Christopher Meredith

Barney Norris

Barney Norris

Chair of the Script Writers Group

Rhona Snelling

Chair of the Educational Writers Group