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S eptember’s Annual General Meeting has brought about a rotation of the Institute’s of cers. Our new President is Douglas Murray . Douglas has been an active member since joining the IBD in 1980. Appointed as a Fellow of the Institute in 2012, Douglas has been involved in the delivery of three Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conferences, serving on the committee and chairing the technical programme team. He is also currently a member of our Board of Examiners with speci c responsibility for coor- dinating the Distilling Examinations. With Diageo, Douglas has been Master of Distillation and Blending since 2000. He is Brand Ambassador for the Distilled Spirit Sector and frequently holds master classes in spirit production throughout the world. An established ‘guru’ on operations, he has contributed to numerous publications and events globally. He has contributed to the Scotch Whisky Association Technical Committee, Spirit-Europe Technical Liaison Group, Scotch Whisky Research Institute Management Group and the International Barley Hub Industrial Group. For his services to the whisky industry he was made a Keeper of the Quaich. In his spare time, Douglas has over 45 years of commitment to the British Red Cross and has been awarded their Medal of Honour for devoted service. We welcome Ian Roberts as Deputy President. Ian has been a member of the brewing industry for 30 years having worked in roles across breweries in many places including Europe, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. He is currently the Supply Chain Director for Lion leading all their brewing and logistics operations around the globe. Ian has been a member of the IBD since joining in 1994. Ian has presented materials at regional meetings and multiple conventions – notably the rst convention to be held in Vietnam.He was Chairperson of the Asia Paci c Section for two years (2016-2018), serving on the IBD Council during this time. After a year as president, Dr Tim Cooper , Managing Director of Coopers Brewery in Australia, steps aside and takes the position of Immediate Past President. We thank Tim for all his hard work (and travel!) over the last year. We wish Douglas, Ian and Tim well for their two-year appointments as President, Deputy and Past President respectively. Last, but not least, we say a big thank you to Professor Katherine Smart who has given so much to the IBD, rst as Deputy, then President and, most recently, Immediate Past President. Katherine and her team at Cambridge University will play host to next year’s IBD Young Scientists Symposium, so it isn’t farewell to her quite yet! steve curtis editor All change at IBD
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