National Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (NAMS) appoints Executive Committee and Executive Director

The Council of Mathematical Sciences (CMS) is delighted to announce an important step towards the creation of a National Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (NAMS) with the appointment of the Executive Committee and Executive Director to carry out the feasibility and set-up phase. The proposed academy will represent and advocate for the mathematical sciences and people who work in them including educators, practitioners and academics. It will operate across the whole of the mathematical sciences, including mathematics, statistics and operational research.

The Executive Committee will lead a focussed programme of work, to put in place the structures required for a National Academy to be set up and able to begin its work by the first half of 2025. There will be consultation and discussion in the mathematical community at stages before then.

Executive Committee:

The response to the advertisement for nominations for the Executive Committee for the “proto-Academy” demonstrated the cross-community appetite for the Academy. We are delighted at the extent of interest, and the range and quality of the (about 80) nominations. As a result, the CMS have made the following appointments as members of the Executive Committee:
• Nigel Campbell (Chair)
• Sophie Carr
• Nira Chamberlain
• Tom Coates
• Christine Currie
• Ineke de Moortel
• Cathy Hobbs
• Ruth Kaufman
• Sara Lombardo
• Terry Lyons
• Jil Matheson
• Lynne McClure
• Bernard Silverman
• Simon Yun-Farmbrough
In addition, the Executive Committee will also comprise:
• ex-officio, a representative (name to be confirmed) of the Knowledge Exchange Hub (which is the new name of the Connected Centres Network),
• as an observer, a representative of the CMS Board – the CMS Board proposed that Alison Etheridge, Chair of the CMS, do this, and
• Christie Marr, the new Executive Director.
As with the Executive Committee, the Executive Director role was advertised. After a competition, we are delighted as a result to announce that Dr Christie Marr has been appointed as Executive Director for the “proto-Academy”. Christie will be seconded from her current position as Deputy Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. She starts in mid-November 2022.