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Dr James Anthony Ritson Friend
Dr James Anthony Ritson Friend was previously a director of Mental Health Aberdeen (until 2018) and 3 other organisations. Source: Companies House records.
Director at Action on Smoking and Health (Scotland) · Director at Mental Health Aberdeen
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- 4 previous roles
- Served alongside 159 people
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Roles
4 roles across 4 organisations-
Action on Smoking and Health (Scotland)Director · 2008-2016
Official record · Companies House
- Source
- Companies House
- Organisation
- Action on Smoking and Health (Scotland)
- Role
- Director
- Appointed
- 2008-04-14
- Ended
- 2016-09-22
- Record reference
- Company SC141711
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Mental Health AberdeenDirector · 2003-2018
Official record · Companies House
- Source
- Companies House
- Organisation
- Mental Health Aberdeen
- Role
- Director
- Appointed
- 2003-04-03
- Ended
- 2018-05-01
- Record reference
- Company SC100864
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Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland LTDDirector · 2001-2016
Official record · Companies House
- Source
- Companies House
- Organisation
- Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland LTD
- Role
- Director
- Appointed
- 2001-05-30
- Ended
- 2016-11-25
- Record reference
- Company SC129114
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