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President from 1 July 2007 is Richard Hands of Haywards
Heath. 
Richard was
born in Surrey, but has been a Sussex resident for forty years. He qualified as
a Chartered Accountant rather a long time ago.
Most of his professional life was spent in industrial management covering many
sectors, from building products through defence to retailing and financial
services. He spent many years working for large
internationally-known groups. Before his retirement Richard was a small
business advisor with Business Link.
He has travelled widely in his work and lived abroad in Switzerland and
Brazil. Richard is married to Rosemary and they have
three sons and six grandchildren. Their fourth and eldest son died of Motor
Neurone Disease in 2003.
Richard’s hobbies are sailing other people’s boats, model
engineering, plumbing and starting new constructional projects. |
