Elected as new chair to the trustees is Graham Walter. Graham has been a member of the Society of Genealogists since 2004, with an interest in family history research spanning 35 years. Professionally he is an IT manager with Nissan and Renault, and has also worked in insurance and banking organisations.
He is a professional member of the British Computer Society and in the family history community, volunteers with the society’s Educational Outreach programme attending various family history fairs and society open days, showing people how to make use of online services for their family history research.
Graham has also been an instructor at the British Institute run by the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History in Salt Lake City. He is a regular speaker in the genealogical community.