Council elects new team of Officers
The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has a new President, Vice-President and Treasurer.
At the Council’s meeting on 9 June, Nicholas Wood was elected to
succeed Gill Hawksworth as President, Hemant Patel was elected to replace
Alison Ewing as Vice-President and John Jolley was elected Treasurer
in succession to Linda Stone. Dr Hawksworth, Miss Ewing and Mrs Stone
had each been in post for one year, Dr Hawksworth remains an Officer
of the Society as its immediate past president.
  
Left to right: Nick Wood, Hemant Patel and John Jolley |
In the election of the President, Mr Wood received 13 votes and Dr Hawksworth
11. In the election of the Vice-President, Mr Patel received 14 votes
and Miss Ewing nine. In the election of the Treasurer, Mr Jolley received
14 votes and Mrs Stone nine.
Mr Wood, who served on the Council from 1985 to 1996 and was elected
again last year, has been president previously, in 1992–93, and
was vice-president in 1991–92.
Mr Patel, a Council member since 1993, was president for 1998–99
without having previously served as vice-president.
Mr Jolley, newly elected this year, previously served briefly on the
Council as a co-opted member from November 1998 to May 1999.
The Council reappointed Ann Lewis as Secretary of the Society.
A fuller report of the election of Officers will appear in next week’s Journal.
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