New High Sheriff to be guest speaker at Chamber lunch

May’s lunch is to be graced by the presence of Annie Brewster, the new High Sheriff of Hertfordshire.

The High Sheriff, who was previously the first female Mayor of St Albans and the first woman to chair Hertfordshire County Council, will be guest speaker at the Chamber lunch on Thursday, May 23, at the Herts County Showground, Redbourn.

The lunch, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, will be from 11.45am to 2.15pm.

Chamber Managing Director Donna Schultz said: “Having Annie join us as a guest speaker is a true honour and I very much look forward to welcoming her to our event.

“I’m sure our member businesses will be very interested to hear what she has to say.”

Annie, a former international athlete who was unexpectedly invited to enter local politics 16 years ago, has chosen the theme for her year as “Sport for Good”.

She will be speaking to the May Chamber lunch about the start of her role as High Sheriff, sport, and the work she plans to do with the Hertfordshire business community to support their various initiatives that do good in our county.

After officially taking up the post of High Sheriff on April 17 at St Albans Cathedral, Annie said: “I am so excited to be given this amazing historic honour and cannot wait to work with all the wonderful people who underpin our mighty county.

“As a local magistrate, trustee of the domestic abuse charity Future Living and an ex-politician, I have a good idea about the county’s challenges, but I am about to learn so much more.”

Tickets to the Chamber lunch cost £50 plus VAT for members, with non-members also welcome for £60 plus VAT.