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ANGUS
FARQUAR APPOINTING
R&A
COMMERCIAL SECRETARY
Angus Farquar
has been appointed to the new position of Commercial Secretary to
the R&A effective from 1st August 2000.
This new position
reflects the increasing importance of the commercial side of the
R&A’s worldwide involvement in golf as Peter Dawson, the R&A
secretary said:
“In line with
our policy of using our funds for the development of golf, we have
been aware for some time that a member of staff was needed to be
responsible for the commercial affairs of the R&A on a day-to-day
basis. We are therefore delighted to appoint Angus Farquar to the
post of Commercial Secretary, a function he has effectively been
administering for the past 18 months in tandem with his position
of Assistant Secretary (Championships).”
The Commercial
Secretary, reporting directly to Peter Dawson, will be in charge
of the commercial fund raising activities of the R&A through
licensing, merchandising, brand development, publishing, television,
radio and internet contracts and all new business ventures.
Angus Farquar,
35, is a native of St Andrews and gained a degree in psychology
at Edinburgh University followed by a post graduate degree in marketing
at Strathclyde University before joining the R&A staff in 1989.
He was appointed Assistant Secretary (Championships) in January
1993. He now lives in Perth and is a member of the New Golf Club,
St Andrews
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