Following Tuesday’s elections at NFU Scotland in St Andrews, Fife farmer Allan Bowie will lead a new presidential team and a fresh group of board directors.
Sticking to well-established rules Mr Bowie can serve for two years as president before being up for re-election but there are constitutional changes as regards the vice-presidents.
It was agreed on Monday at St Andrews that newly appointed vice-presidents can initially serve a two-year term before reverting back to being re-elected annually.
Andrew McCornick, as a new vice-president, will be due for re-election at the NFU annual meeting in 2017.
Rob Livesey, who has already served two years as vice-president, will be due for re-election at next year’s meeting.
Mr McCornick was previously chairman of Dumfries and Galloway region, where the role has now been taken up by Gary Mitchell from Stranraer.
Mr Mitchell, who held the chairmanship of the union’s milk committee, has been replaced by Graeme Kilpatrick from Craigie Mains, Kilmarnock.
The new regional board chairman for East Central is Roddy Kennedy from Aberfeldy, replacing James Adam from Dunfermline.
He is joined on the board by his cousin, Martin Kennedy, also from Aberfeldy, who steps up to chair the LFA committee, replacing Lachlan Maclean from Mull.
The new chairman for Orkney and Shetland region is Paul Ross from Sandwick who follows on from Brian Moss from Holm.
There were two further changes to the NFUS committee leadership.
Linlithgow farmer Jamie Smart, who also operates the union’s vehicles helpline, returns for his second stint as chairman of the union’s Legal and Technical Committee, following on from John Smith of Campbeltown.
The new combinable crops committee chairman is Ian Sands from Balbeggie with Andrew Moir from Laurencekirk stepping down having served his five-year term.
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