Consumer Champion to Lead RCVS

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Consumer Champion to Lead RCVS

PR Newswire

LONDON, June 7, 2012

LONDON

,

June 7, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Nick Stace has been appointed Chief Executive and Secretary of the Royal

College of Veterinary Surgeons, and will take up his post on

3 September 2012

.

Mr Stace leaves CHOICE,

Australia's

equivalent of consumer group Which?,

after three and a half years as Chief Executive Officer. At CHOICE, Nick led the

modernisation of the organisation, this year taking it to the number one spot as

the most trusted media entity in

Australia

. A long-standing consumer champion,

Nick also held the post of Deputy CEO at Which?, he was a director at

Consumers' International and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Director of

Strategic Communications.

"I am delighted that Nick Stace will be joining the College," says RCVS President

Jerry Davies. "With his impressive track-record, I believe that we have a Chief

Executive who will lead the College into a new phase of modernisation and

development. I am grateful to the Interview Panel, led by Council member Dr

Barry Johnson, for all their hard work in securing this excellent appointment."

Nick Stace says: "It is an enormous privilege to be leading an organisation that

seeks to ensure

Britain

has the best vets in the world. The College has a special

place in the lives of every vet in the country, it also has a responsibility to

animals and consumers to set high standards and ensure they are met. I look

forward to helping the College continue to improve veterinary standards across

the country and to lead the College through its next stage of development."

The role of Chief Executive and Secretary is a new one - previously the

Registrar led the executive of the College. One of Nick Stace's first tasks will be

to assist in recruitment of the Head of Legal Services/Registrar, a new role.

NOTES FOR EDITORS

The RCVS is the regulatory body for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses

in the UK and deals with issues of professional misconduct, maintaining the

Registers of veterinary surgeons and of veterinary nurses and assuring

standards of veterinary education. It also has a 'Royal College' role, which

means that it is responsible for postgraduate veterinary and veterinary nursing

qualifications.

Contact details: Lizzie Lockett

RCVS

Belgravia House

62-64 Horseferry Road

London

SW1P 2AF

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

[e-mail]