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4 Aug 202260 Seconds

Kathryn Stone OBE will succeed the Rt Hon Baroness Blackstone

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has announced Kathryn Stone OBE will succeed the Rt Hon Baroness Blackstone as its new chair on 1 September. Mark Neale, BSB director general, said: "Kathryn has been a Board member since January 2018 and she has provided invaluable advice and support to the BSB over the past four years. She has had a distinguished career in public life and I very much look forward to working with her in her new role as our Chair." Stone said she was “delighted” to have been appointed.

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