BMJ  2004;329:128 (17 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7458.128-b

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BMJ group appoints acting editor and acting chief executive

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The BMJ Publishing Group has appointed Stella Dutton, its executive director, as acting chief executive of the group, and Dr Kamran Abbasi, the BMJ's deputy editor, as the journal's acting editor.

The temporary appointments follow the resignation of Dr Richard Smith as editor of the BMJ and chief executive of the publishing group. Dr Smith, who leaves the BMJ on 29 July, is to become chief executive of a new European arm of the UnitedHealth Group, a US health-care company (29 May, p 1276).

While Dr Smith filled the dual role of chief executive of the BMJ Publishing Group and editor of the BMJ, the two roles are now to be separated.

Mrs Dutton, who takes up the role of the group's acting chief executive, is also chairwoman elect of the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers. After graduating from . . . [Full text of this article]

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Kamran and Dutton will make the bmj more enlightening.

Dr.Naseem A. Qureshi MD, IMAPA, LMIPS
bmj.com, 17 Jul 2004 [Full text]

Bon voyage Rich, Welcome Stella and Kamran

Takeo Saio
bmj.com, 21 Jul 2004 [Full text]

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