Ruthven Gemmell WS is the new President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE).
His presidency is supported by Antonín Mokrý (Czech Republic) as 1st Vice-President, José de Freitas (Portugal) as 2 nd Vice-President, and Ranko Pelicarić (Croatia) as 3rd Vice-President.
Mr Gemmell was president of the Law Society of Scotland from 2006-07, and joined the CCBE as the Scottish representative to the UK delegation in 2007. Ruthven Gemmell takes over from Michel Benichou.
