This is a brief description of the Executive Committee roles and the current post-holders. More detailed information about the roles can be found on this page.
Chair 2025-2028
Hannah Jones
The Chair provides strategic leadership to the BALEAP Executive Committee and to the wider BALEAP community in line with BALEAP's mission and values. The Chair has oversight of various sub-committees and working parties as approved by the Executive Committee. The Chair is automatically a member of the BALEAP Accreditation Scheme Committee. The Chair, together with the Treasurer, has responsibility to ensure that the legal requirements for reporting of BALEAP activity to Companies House and the Charity Commission are followed. The Chair manages and maintains relationships with external bodies as appropriate.
Deputy (Incoming/Outgoing Chair)
Occupied by the incoming or outgoing chair, this role facilitates transitions to the Chair role and assists in carrying out the duties listed above. Elections for Chair are for a five-year term, with the first and last years in deputy role.
Outgoing Chair 2025-2026
Conrad Heyns
Events Officer 2025-28
Kathryn Redpath
The main responsibility of the Events Officer is to organise three Professional Issues Meetings (PIMs) a year. The Officer also provides support and guidance to the organisers of the Biennial Conference and liaises on other events that are organised by BALEAP providing a wide range of events to the EAP community.
Treasurer 2025-28
Ben Brown
All Executive Committee members have an equal share of responsibility for the financial health of the organisation. To facilitate key decision-making, the Treasurer collates financial management data from online systems (currently Xero, Stripe and the BALEAP Bank Account) and provides the Executive Committee with financial information on a regular basis. The Treasurer is supported by the BALEAP administrator, who is the first port of call for membership, event and accreditation payment queries and who processes incoming payments.
Web Officer 2023-26
Joanne Raynor
The main aim is to maintain an overview of the functionality of all areas of the BALEAP website including the online shop for membership subscriptions and event registrations, and trouble-shoot as required.
BAS Chair 2022-2025
Karin Whiteside
The BALEAP Accreditation Scheme (BAS) is designed to establish and sustain the standard required of specialist courses in English for Academic Purposes to enhance the student experience. The Chair manages the scheme and supports BAS assessors to visit institutions applying for accreditation and to write reports which assess the EAP provision against the agreed criteria for the scheme. Because of the complex nature of BAS the role of Chair is only open to BAS assessors with experience of the scheme.
TEAP Officer 2023-26
Bee Bond
The TEAP officer is responsible for ensuring BALEAP contributes to enhancing the student academic experience through providing leadership and support in developing teaching quality across the sector. Because of the complex nature of the TEAP scheme this officer role is only open to those with direct experience of the scheme.
Research and Publications Officer 2024-27
Angelos Bakogiannis
The remit of the Research and Publications Officer position is to facilitate, support and give recognition to research within BALEAP for the benefit of the BALEAP membership as a whole. The role aims to widen representation and showcase work from the UK and beyond. This involves facilitating members’ access to EAP research and scholarly activity and encouraging its application to practice and developing methods of supporting research within the BALEAP community. It includes stimulating and extending the research knowledge base amongst BALEAP members through initiatives that support members in conducting their own research, maintain networks for collaboration and data collection, and support the publication and dissemination of findings.
Testing Officer 2023-2026
Ania Ziomek
The Testing Officer is responsible for promoting assessment literacy among BALEAP members and BALEAP member institutions.
Information and Publicity Officer 2023-26
Lisa Hanson
The IP Officer is responsible for all public-facing aspects of BALEAP’s work, including the content of the website and maintaining links with other organizations. This role works in conjunction with the Web Officer (who facilitates the technical aspects of our web presence).
SIGs Officer 2025-2028
Helen Hickey
The SIGS Officer is responsible for liaising between the BALEAP Executive Committee and the BALEAP SIG Committee members, supporting SIGs to undertake appropriate activity on behalf of their members, and ensuring that SIGs follow the guidelines provided by the Executive Committee.
Ordinary Members
Elected Ordinary Members play an active role in supporting the work of the Executive Committee. They attend committee meetings and take on responsibilities as appropriate, aligned with their areas of interest and expertise.
Ordinary Member 2023-26
Natasha Ingall
Ordinary Member 2023-26
Laura Connolly
Ordinary Member 2023-26
Andrew Hewitt
Join the Executive committee
If you would like to get involved with the BALEAP committee, members can stand for one of these posts when they are due for election. Elections take place before the AGM in April.
