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GENERAL NEWS
New chairman for RVC Council
Baroness Young of Old Scone has been appointed as the new Chairman of RVC Council, taking over from Lord Curry of Kirkharle, who stood down at the end of July 2019
The Council, RVC’s governing body, focuses on matters of strategy and policy compliance,
risk and accountability.
Baroness Young brings a wealth of experience and insight to the role, having served for eight years as Chancellor of Cranfield University and held a number of chief executive and chairman roles in public sector, charitable and educational organisations.
Baroness Barbara Young, commented: “It is a great privilege to be asked to join a world-class veterinary college with its outstanding record for research, teaching and clinical service. I look forward working with a great team of staff and wonderful students.”
Over the years, this has included NHS healthcare groups in Scotland and London, the RSPB, English Nature, the Care Quality Commission and Diabetes UK. Baroness Young was also Vice-Chairman of the BBC and is currently chairman of the Woodland Trust.
Her work has had international reach; she helped found Birdlife International – of which she is Vice-President – and she is President of the South Georgia Heritage Trust.
Stuart Reid said: “I am delighted to welcome Baroness Young to our community here at the RVC. She joins us at an exciting time and I can think of no more fitting successor to Lord Curry as the College sets out on the next phase of its journey. We will benefit enormously from her experience.”
Baroness Young will be building on the foundations laid by Lord Curry during his seven years as Chairman of the Council. During his tenure, Lord Curry commissioned and implemented a comprehensive review and modernisation of governance structures, whilst guiding the RVC through one of the most remarkable periods in its history. He presided over our
225th anniversary celebrations; oversaw the most significant investment in the College’s two campuses since its foundation; secured international reaccreditation of its veterinary degree programme, and achieved first place in the QS Global University Subject rankings.
Lord Curry said: “I regard it as an immense privilege to have had the honour of being Chair of the Council of the RVC and to have
been supported by such a professional team, led by Stuart Reid, at such an important point in its history. The RVC fully deserves to be at the top of the world rankings. The RVC Council, too, has been a huge source of help and encouragement.”
Find out more about the RVC Council and its work on our website: www.rvc.ac.uk/council
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