Mr Kenneth Mealy has been announced as the new President of RCSI. Mr Mealy takes up office following the College’s biennial Council Elections. He replaces outgoing President, Professor John Hyland. Mr Kenneth Mealy is a Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in gastrointestinal (GI) surgery, based at Wexford General Hospital. He is Lead of the National Clinical Programme in Surgery and is Clinical Director of the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA). Professor Ronan O’Connell, Emeritus Professor of Surgery UCD and Consultant Surgeon at St Vincent’s University Hospital has been elected as the new Vice-President.