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The Institute is governed by its Council, which sits in full Controlling Council session annually and in Executive Council session every quarter.
Controlling Council 2024/25
| Chairman | Luis Bernat FICS | 
| Vice Chairman | Krishanan Subramaniam FICS | 
| President | Punit Oza FICS | 
| Immediate Past President | Kevin Shakesheff MBE FICS | 
| Australia & New Zealand Branch | Tony Pegum FICS | 
| Bulgaria Branch | Vihren Zahariev FICS | 
| Canada Branch | Hugo Brent FICS | 
| Cyprus Branch | Constantinos Silitziotis FICS | 
| Denmark Branch | Palle Klug FICS | 
| East Africa Branch | Elijah Ndungu Mbaru FICS | 
| East Anglia Branch | John Foord FICS | 
| East India Branch | Capt. John P. Menezes FICS | 
| Germany Branch | Marc Buchholz FICS | 
| Greece Branch | Stavroula Tape FICS | 
| Hong Kong Branch | Capt. Sanjeev Verma FICS | 
| Humber Branch | Thomas Boothby FICS | 
| Ireland Branch | Clodagh O'Reilly FICS | 
| Liverpool Branch | Andy Banks FICS | 
| London & South East Branch | Jonathan Marks FICS | 
| Middle East Branch | Ali Canani FICS | 
| Mumbai Branch | Ashok Gogia FICS | 
| Netherlands Branch | Rod Schlick FICS | 
| North East of England Branch | Gillian Clark FICS | 
| Pakistan Branch | Syed Adnan Ahmad Mahmoodi FICS | 
| Scotland Branch | Vacant | 
| Singapore Branch | Elaine Yu FICS | 
| South Africa Branch | Gosceline Gordon FICS | 
| South Wales and the West Branch | Matthew Kennerley FICS | 
| Sri Lanka Branch | Kingsley Abeywickrama FICS | 
| Turkiye Branch | Ismail Sahin FICS | 
| West Africa Branch | Capt Samuel Olarewaju FICS | 
| Chairman | Glenn Murphy FICS | 
The Executive Council has delegated powers to make timely executive decisions on behalf of the full Controlling Council. It meets four times a year.
Current Executive Council Members
| President | Punit Oza FICS | 
| Chairman | Luis Bernat FICS | 
| Immediate Past President | Kevin Shakesheff FICS | 
| Vice Chairman | Krishnan Subramaniam FICS | 
| Membership Committee Chairman | Gertrude Ohene-Asienim FICS | 
| Federation Council Chairman | Allan Seedhouse | 
| Education and Training Committee Chairman | Norman Lopez FICS | 
| Australia & New Zealand Branch | Tony Pegum FICS | 
| East Anglia Branch | John Foord FICS | 
| Germany Branch | Marc Buchholz FICS | 
| Greece Branch | Stavroula Tape FICS | 
| London & South East Branch | Jonathan Marks FICS | 
| Middle East Branch | Ali Canani FICS | 
| North East of England Branch | Gillian Clark FICS | 
| Norman Lopez FICS | ETC Chairman | 
| Jan Bartels FICS | |
| Dr Ana Casaca FICS | |
| Jonathan Challacombe FICS | |
| Dr Konstantinos Galanis
FICS | |
| Sharad Gupta FICS | |
| Muthu Jagannath (Jagan) FICS | |
| John Prasad Menezes FICS | |
| Catherine Moodie FICS | |
| Nagarajan Rajasubramanian FICS | 
| Gertrude Ohene-Asienim FICS Chairman | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gertrude-ohene-asienim-fics-77144a3b | |
| Peter Molloy FICS | ||
| Ravee Tittei FICS | ||
| Janani Yagnamurthy FICS | https://www.linkedin.com/in/janani-yagnamurthy-fics-b2256298 | |
| Louis-Pierre Trottier MICS | ||
| Felipe Fuscaldo MICS | ||
| Jyoti Reshamwala MICS | ||
| Guy Main FICS | ||
| Georgia Semiakaki FICS | ||
| Jagmeet Makkar FICS | 
| Marc Buchholz FICS | https://de.linkedin.com/in/marc-buchholz-a41569313?trk=people-guest_people_search-card | 
| Kevin Shakesheff FICS | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kevin-shakesheff-mbe-06ab111a0?trk=people-guest_people_search-card | 
| Thankachan Mandapathil Joy FICS - Co-opted | |
| Gillian Clark FICS | |
| John Grange FICS - Co-opted | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/john-grange-10843818 | 
| Joseph Richardon FICS | Chairman | https://ie.linkedin.com/in/josrichardson | 
| YK Chan FICS | https://hk.linkedin.com/in/y-k-chan-31234471 | |
| Jonathan Marks FICS | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jonathansmarks?trk=public_post_feed-actor-name | |
| Jeffrey Blum FICS | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeffreydblum | |
| Susan Oatway FICS | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/susan-oatway-fics-792112 | |
| Jagmeet Makkar FICS | https://hk.linkedin.com/in/skillsplus-jagmeet-makkar | |
| Keith Lawrey | Adviser | 
The Federation Council acts as the representative body and Trade Association for Company Members
Federation Council 2024/25
| Chairman | Allan Seedhouse | Frank Armitt & Son Ltd | 
| Immediate Past Chairman | John Grange FICS | Grange Shipping | 
| Robert Churcher | Tamlyn Shipping | |
| Neil Flower | Cory Brothers Shipping Agency Ltd | |
| Seb Gardiner FICS | Peel Ports Logistics | |
| Glyn Smy FICS | MSC (UK) Ltd | |
| John Watt FICS | Denholm Port Services Ltd | |
| Richard Platts | Kestrel Liner Agencies Limited | |
| Gavin McCabe FICS | Cockfield Knight & Co Ltd | |
| Andrew Dobson FICS | Casper Shipping Ltd | |
| Co-opt | Charlotte Kirk FICS | ITIC | 
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