Dr Judge appointed as interim Chief Executive of RPA

Following the recent announcement that Tony Cooper (CEO of the RPA) was taking early retirement, Minister for Agriculture, Jim Paice, has today announced that his succesor is to be Dr Richard Judge who will take up his role from Monday 2nd August 2010. Dr Judge will be acting as an interim CEO for 3 to 6 months whilst a permanent successor is sought. Further information is available on the DEFRA website.