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RIBA in turmoil as Alan Jones steps down as trustee

By 2021-07-19T12:37:00

Alan Jones

President quits institute’s board as bust-up with chief executive goes public

RIBA president Alan Jones has resigned from the institute’s board in a protest over its decision to consider renewing the chief executive’s contract.

Jones is said by insiders to have been engaged in a battle of wills with Alan Vallance since soon after he was elected in 2018.

Jones’s high-profile resignation today, accompanied by an official statement, is the first time the matter has erupted so publicly.

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