THE 760-member Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants (TSCA) has a new chairman.

GRAHAM FITZGERALD, client partner at Vantis, in Middlesbrough, takes over from Darlington's Lorna Christie.

Mr Fitzgerald, 32, went to Acklam Sixth Form College and Northumbria University, where he gained an honours degree in accountancy. He trained as a chartered accountant with Stockton firm Jewitt, Sparrow and Swinbank, before moving to Middlesbrough practice Walkers, which became part of Vantis in 2002.