MANSFIELD: The Institute of Builders' Merchants will invest its first lady president, Rebecca Mason, at its AGM on 17 April 2010, at St John’s Hotel, Solihull.

Ms Mason joined the Institute’s Board of Governors in 2006 with considerable training knowledge and experience within a number of industry sectors. She is currently employed as human resources manager at the Ridgeon Group. Her responsibilities include dealing with the day to day HR caseload as well as the implementation of various HR initiatives.

Joining Ms Mason as president will be Andrew Pine as vice president and governors Dawn Wilkinson, Phil White, Steve Sellick and Chris Pateman.

Guest speaker at the AGM will be Dave Jordan, business development manager at Ridgeons, who will provode an overview of 'The Code For Sustainable Homes and Modern Methods of Construction'.