Congratulations to Harriet Gordon; the new BSG President Elect
Celebrating success!
We are delighted to welcome and congratulate the new President Elect Dr Harriet Gordon, who will start in office from June 2024 and will go on to become President from June 2026.
Harriet is a Consultant Gastroenterologist, starting as a Consultant in Winchester in 2000. Her involvement with the BSG began with the Training committee as Programme Director, and since then she has been BSG Workforce Lead, followed by Director of the Medical Workforce Unit RCP. Since then, she has continued to address the medical workforce crisis as Chair of the RCP Flexibility and Wellbeing group and the AoMRC Flexible Careers Committee, looking at opportunities throughout a medical career and into retirement. She set up the RCP Emerging Women Leaders Programme in 2018, was an elected member of SWiG as well as the BSG council, has served as a BSG Trustee, followed by an RCP Censor.
She is excited at this opportunity to take the BSG forward.
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