New President

Roger Bland (left) and Andrew Burnett (right) – the incoming and retiring Presidents at the RNS end-of-year dinner, June 2018. Photograph by Sushma Jansari.

The new year brings not just a new programme of meetings but also bigger changes. After five years as President of the Society, Andrew Burnett has retired from this post and is replaced by Roger Bland. As a medallist of the Society, further information can be found about Roger’s career and numismatic interests here. The RNS is grateful to Andrew for his leadership and immense efforts on behalf of numismatics in the UK and beyond. His generosity towards and encouragement of junior scholars has been particularly appreciated, reflected not just in his personal interest but also in innovations such as the introduction of early career lectures in the RNS schedule of meetings, and changes to the deadline for submission of the Parkes Weber Prize (now December of each year) to fit better with assignment calendars of students in Higher Education. The Society, in turn, welcomes Roger to his Presidency and we all look forward to going forward under his leadership in the coming years.