The Campaign for Real Ale appoints new national chairman

17th February 2010, 8:21am

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has appointed a new National Chairman to lead its 110,000 members.

Colin Valentine, former CAMRA national vice-chairman and branch chairman of CAMRA's Edinburgh and South East Scotland, has taken over the role from Paula Waters, who will remain on CAMRA's board of directors, the national executive.

Mike Benner, CAMRA's chief executive, said: "The appointment of Colin Valentine is an exciting one for the Campaign, and we've no doubt Colin will provide the strong leadership and direction necessary when tackling the major issues affecting the future success of the organisation."

Valentine commented on his new position: "I am overwhelmed that my fellow directors have chosen me to lead the Campaign. I have a very hard act to follow having taken over from CAMRA's first female Chairman and I can only hope that, as CAMRA's first Scottish Chairman, I carry on the good work. Even with record number of members signing up, we still face challenging times and I aim to be as strong a champion of the pub-goer as Paula was."

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