SBIC governance

SBIC Bylaws define President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer, as the elected officers of the society. All officers' terms start on October 1 and end on September 30. The President serves a two-year term and the Secretary and Treasurer serve four-year terms. The President-Elect serves one year before taking over the office of President. Contact the society for the contact information of the individuals below.

Name	Role	Term (From - To)
Hongzhe Sun, Hong Kong, Hong Kong	President	2024 - 2026
Clotilde Policar , Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Paris, France	Past President	2024 - 2046
Kara Bren, University of Rochester, USA	Secretary	2023 - 2027
Janet R. Morrow, University at Buffalo, USA	Treasurer	2024 - 2028

JBIC Editor-in-Chief

Nils Metzler Nolte, Bochum 2020-2024

The Editor-in-Chief of JBIC is appointed by the SBIC Council for a specified term and is a non-voting member of the SBIC Council. See the link for the complete list of Editors of JBIC and membership of the Editorial Advisory Board.

STANDING COMMITTEES

The major elected committee of the society is the SBIC Council. The Council serves effectively as a representative executive committee in helping the President make decisions about society initiatives. The Council consists of eight elected members serving staggered four-year terms. SBIC Officers participate ex officio in Council discussions. The President may appoint up to four additional Council members. The memberships of Council and other appointed committees are listed below.

COUNCIL

Name	Term (From - To)
Elzbieta Gumienna-Kontecka, University of Wroclaw, Poland	2021 - 2025
Dinorah Gambino, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay	2021 - 2025
Elisa Tomat , Tucson, Arizona, USA	2022 - 2026
Mi Hee Lim, KAIST, Korea	2022 - 2026
Jens Müller, University of Münster, Germany	2023 - 2027
Wee Han Ang, National University of Singapore, Singapore	2023 - 2027
Gerard Roelfes, University of Groningen, Netherlands	2024 - 2028
Rachel Codd, University of Sydney, Australia	2024 - 2028
Roland Sigel, Zurich, Switzerland (Program Committee/ICBIC IOC)

Non-voting Members

Name	Role	Term (From - To)
Nils Metzler Nolte, Bochum	JBIC Editor-in-Chief	2020 - 2024
Abhishek Dey, Kolkata, India	Chair of the AsBIC Steering Committee	2023 - 2025

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE

The Nominations Committee is only involved in identifying the slate of nominees for the SBIC elections.

Name	Role	Term (From - To)
Takashi Hayashi, University of Osaka, Japan	Chair	2022 - 2025
Abhishek Dey, IACS, Calcutta, India	Member	2022 - 2025
Amie Boal, Penn State Univ, USA	Member	2022 - 2025
Paola Turano, University of Florence, Italy	Member	2024 - 2027
Sonja Herres-Pawlisv, RWTH Aachen University, Germany	Member	2024 - 2027
Alejandro J. Vila, IBR- University of Rosario, Argentina	Member	2024 - 2027

SOCIETY HONORARY MEMBERS

Harry Gray
Richard Holm
Karl Wieghardt
Bernhard Lippert
Jan Reedijk
Helmut Sigel

POLICIES & PROCEDURES

The Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry was originally established as a Private Limited Company in the United Kingdom. The Certificate of Incorporation (for Company No. 3096782) was signed on 31 August 1995. At that time both a Memorandum of Association and the Articles of Association were established. The Articles of Association form the SBIC Bylaws and these dictate the operation of our society unless formally superseded or amended by Council action. In 1999, the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) was contracted to manage society business (and in 2006 to host the society website). In 2020, the management transferred to MCI USA.