Following the retirement of long standing President Richard Evans last June, the Choir has invited Michael Shere-Massey to be our next Choir President and we are pleased to announce that following a visit to us last Thursday 29th October, Michael has accepted our invitation and is now the new Choir President.
Originally from Devon, Michael joined the Royal Air Force at 16 years of age and spent 28 years specialising in Air Radar and telecommunications rising to the rank of Senior Engineering Officer. Now a qualified commercial pilot, his RAF career included several postings including Northern Ireland and many years in Africa and elsewhere on humanitarian and military missions.
On his retirement from the RAF in 1986 he moved, with his wife, Sue and two daughters to Portskewett to join the International Communications Company, Mitel as a Technical Lecturer before being appointed head of Sales Support and Major Account Management. Since then he has been employed by Philips as Major Accounts Manager for British Steel and the BBC among others. Followed by employment with GEC Plessey he now runs his own Technical Consultancy with clients across Europe and the Middle East.
Now partially retired he is secretary to two Masonic Lodges and has recently been promoted to Provincial Grand Officer. As a former RAF reservist he served as Adjutant in the ATC based in Caldicot. Apart from flying, his other interests include classic car renovation, clay pigeon shooting and computing. Michael also has an Open University degree in Psychology.
We are sure that we have made the right choice in choosing Michael to be our next President. He has a hard task in following on from Richard but we are confident that he will, together with his enthusiasm to take on this role, bring new skills, expertise and energy to our choir with his obvious experience and talents.
Welcome to our Choir, Michael and we would not only thank you for accepting our invitation but wish you every success and enjoyment in what we hope will be a long and happy relationship with us.