Changes within the SPG Executive Committee

It was a day of changes on 16 January 2023 at SPG Committee’s last meeting at Lockton’s offices in London.

After 6 years’ dedicated service to the Group as Honorary Treasurer Kem Masinbo-Amobi resigned as Treasurer. On behalf of the SPG Committee I express a heartfelt thank you to her for her time consuming work, her wisdom and prudence. Being Treasurer of an organisation like ours is no easy task with different interests to balance and reconcile and Kem always sought to discharge her responsibilities straightforwardly and with good humour. We wish her well.

It is with regret that during the days following the meeting Lubna Shuja, President of the Law Society of England and Wales, and Sushila Abraham resigned from the Committee.

Lubna served on the Group Committee for 16 years, is a former Chair, and remains a strong supporter of sole practitioners.

Sushila joined the Committee in 2000 and has been a loyal and staunch supporter of sole practitioners. Sushila was the first BAME Chairman of the Group and successfully encouraged others to follow. She organised a number of Conferences up until 2015, in particular the first abroad in Paris attended by almost 350 delegates. At the same time, she forged relationships with bodies such as SRA and LeO which the Group continues to benefit from.

On behalf of the Committee I extend a big thank you and good wishes to both.

Penny Raby succeeds as the Group’s new Honorary Treasurer. Penny has been a part of the Committee for many years and as a former Chair has an excellent understanding of how the Group works.

There are also three new Interim Officers. Kemi Mosaku is the Group’s new Diversion and Inclusion Officer and Sukhjit Ahluwalia is the newly appointed Marketing Officer and Conference Organiser. Rahil Chaudhuri is our new Regional and Association Groups Officer.

David Barton Editor