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    ICAS chief to head up Law Society

    ICAS chief to head up Law Society

    High profile exec moves across professional bodies

    Author Date published April 23, 2006 Categories

    Des Hudson, former chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
    of Scotland, has been named as the new head of the Law Society, which represents
    126,000 solicitors in England and Wales.

    Hudson had been chief executive of ICAS since the beginning of last year.

    Hudson is a qualified solicitor. Before joining the Scottish institute he was
    chief executive of Scottish Media Group’s publishing division and managing
    director of Britannia Life in Glasgow.

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