15 July 2015
The Geological Society is
delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Fray as Executive Secretary.
Currently Director of Engineering and Technical Services at the Institution of
Structural Engineers, Ms Fray will take up her post in early October.
A Chartered Engineer and
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Ms Fray takes up her appointment
as the Society approaches a record membership of 12,000 geoscience
professionals. She will head a staff based in Burlington House, London, and the
Society’s Publishing House in Bath.
‘I am delighted to be
appointed the Executive Secretary of the Geological Society and am looking
forward to taking up my role’ says Ms Fray. ‘The Society has a renowned history
– it is the world’s founding geological society, and has constantly been at the
centre of the development and dissemination of scientific knowledge.
‘The geosciences are
critically important to global society and will be into the foreseeable future.
I believe that the Geological Society has an essential and highly valuable role
to play both as a learned society and professional body now and into the
future, and I am looking forward with a great deal of anticipation to working
with the President, Officers, Council, staff and the Fellowship to further and deliver
the Society’s aims.’
‘We are very pleased to
announce Sarah Fray’s appointment’ says the Society’s President, Professor
David Manning. ‘She has a wide understanding and considerable experience of the
challenges and opportunities faced by organisations such as the Geological
Society, and we are very much looking forward to welcoming her in her new
role.’
Ms Fray’s appointment follows
the retirement of current Executive Secretary, Edmund Nickless, who has held
the post for 18 years.
‘I want to take the
opportunity to sincerely thank Edmund Nickless for his long and loyal service
to the Society’ says Professor Manning.
For further information,
please contact:
Sarah Day
Earth Science Communicator,
The Geological Society
[email protected]
0207 432 0954
Notes:
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The Geological Society of London, founded 1807,
is a learned and professional body of over 11,000 Earth scientists with a remit
to investigate, interpret, discuss, inform and advise on the nature and
processes of the Earth, their practical importance to humanity, and, in the
interests of the public, to promote professional excellence. The Society offers
advice to Parliament and Government, at individual and corporate levels.
Registered Charity No. 210161.