Past Presidents
Serving as part of the PPMA Leadership community is alot of hard work, but it is also a great professional honour. We are proud of our history and we don’t want to ever forget that as we forge ahead into our future. We keep in touch with our PPMA Past Presidents and we do a quarterly update for those who wish to keep up with all that we are doing.
When the Association was created, it was known as the Society of Chief Personnel Officers in Local Government and known as SOCPO. In 2006 the Association was transformed. It’s focus extended to all of public services and our membership community today includes Central and Local Government, Blue Light, 3rd sector and other organisations.
Given the length of the association, we have sadly lost Past Presidents. For those we have been able to honour, you can click on their name to see an obituary.
Our roll call of Past Presidents is as follows.
| SOCPO Past Presidents | PPMA Past Presidents |
|---|---|
| D E Thomas – 1975
J Handel – 1976 A A Lawrence – 1977-78 F E Berry – 1979 R P F Hughes – 1980 D R Light – 1981 R Grove – 1982 C Bate – 1983 A Hood – 1984 R S Withers – 1985 B A McAndrew – 1986 Kevin Graves – 1987 Judith Lovelace – 1988 David B Metcalfe – 1989 Ron Patterson – 1990 Alwyn Rea – 1991 Alf Illingworth – 1992 John Tonks – 1993 David Phelps – 1994 Moira Holmes – 1995 Robert Cragg – 1996 Susan Thomas – 1997 Roger Bennett – 1998 Rita Sammons – 1999 Terry Gorman – 2000 Keith Handley – 2001 Francesca Okosi – 2002 Mary Mallett – 2003 Alan Warner – 2004 Jan Parkinson – 2005 |
Angela O’Connor – 2006 – 07
Phil Badley – 2007 Stephen Moir – 2007-09 Gillian Hibberd – 2009-10 Dean Shoesmith – 2010-11 Anne Gibson – 2011-12 Martin Rayson – 2012-13 Richard Crouch – 2013-14 Louise Tibbert – 2014-15 Barry Pirie – 2015-16 Sue Evans – 2016-17 Caroline Nugent – 2017-18 Karen Grave 2018-20 Steve Davies 2020-22 Gordon McFarlane 2022 – 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
If you would like more information on our structure, you can contact [email protected]
