I am delighted to serve our local Institute as President for a second time. I am supported by Council colleagues who each bring something unique. Our common purpose is commitment to seeing the Institute thrive.

Our immediate priority is ensuring that our Institute continues. The stark facts are that we need more of our membership to be engaged with us and we need new members to join the Council.

Otherwise, the likely outcome is to merge with another local Institute. This would mean no local exam centre, no local CPD events and no local networking. Frankly, none of us want this to happen and there are good reasons:

Every year we organise CPD events relevant to the development of both general and Financial Services local members and which gain high approval ratings from those who attend We encourage members to meet people in our own and other professions across the region We are on hand to provide mentoring support to new members starting their careers Through our Annual Dinner and other social events, we aim to encourage collaboration and friendship