Max Velmans (born 27 May 1942) is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at
Goldsmiths, University of London. He co-founded the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the
British Psychological Society in 1994, and served as its chair from 2003 to 2006. He was appointed National Visiting Professor for 2010–2011 by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, and in 2011 was elected to the British
Academy of Social Sciences.