Courtesy of Jane Nicholson / Gino Martini / industrial Pharmacy Journal
On 26 August 2024, John Jolley, aged 79 years, of London. Mr Jolley was a former member of the Society.
John Jolley obtained a BSc Honours degree in pharmacy and a research fellowship at Boots, where he worked on formulation development, during which time he published several technical papers.
John then joined Beecham Products UK as a management trainee and was later appointed general manager of a Beecham subsidiary in Ireland. He then returned to Beecham headquarters in London, where he worked as special products adviser to the divisional managing director for Beecham Products.
Later, John joined Boehringer Ingelheim UK as technical director and remained there for 15 years before leaving to establish Pharma Consult, an International technical and training consultancy working with associates in the United States, as well as countries across Latin America and Asia.
During his varied career, John held positions with responsibility for clinical research, product registration, manufacturing, distribution, quality assurance and general management. He was a good supporter of the local Slough branch of the then Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) and several meetings of the branch were held in Boehringer Ingelheim when he was running the factory.
As chair of the Industrial Pharmacists Group of the then RPSGB, John was its delegate to the European Group (EIPG) and acted as the meeting chair of European Industrial Pharmacists Group for the 2009 General Assembly.
John was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and, in 2003, was elected to serve on the RPS council as its treasurer.
In 1998, he became consultant lead assessor of the Chartered Quality Institute. In 2015, he was invited to join the worshipful Society of Apothecaries and granted freedom of the City of London.
Jane Nicholson and Gino Martini
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Francis Michael Judge (1937–2024)
I was saddened to hear of the death of John Jolley, a former Treasurer of the Society. John had been a well known and active member of the Industrial Pharmacists Group in the Society, serving as Chairman and hence as an advisor to the Society on industrial pharmacy policy. During the difficult times surrounding the granting of a New Charter in the early 2000’s, John advocated, along with others, the introduction of a two Board model of governance. Although this model was in due course rejected, compromises were eventually reached although at the cost of fractious elections to the Society’s Council and a change in the main Officers. As a senior and experienced pharmacist, John was the natural choice for the Society’s Treasurer, and he provided great support and a steadying hand to me during those difficult times.
John was also a Liveryman and great supporter of the Society of Apothecaries where he advocated developing qualifications in Good Pharmacy Practice. As always, he expressed a keen interest and support for his profession, and it was always reassuring to have his calm logic on your side. He will be much missed.
Nicholas Wood
President 1993-4 & 2004-5.