 Bond has held posts on university funding bodies, including the University Grants Committee and its successor, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, and the Joint Medical Advisory Committee.He was President (1999 to 2001) and Interim President (2009 to 2010) of the British Pain Society, Member of the Council (1981 to 1983 and 1996 to 2008) of the International Association for the Study of Pain, and its President from 2002 to 2005.He was Chairman of the Head Injuries Trust for Scotland from 1988 to 1999.