We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Richard Blythe as EPL’s Editor-in-Chief, starting on 1 May 2024. Professor Blythe holds a personal chair in complex systems at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He studied Physics at the University of Bristol, UK, participating in an exchange year at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, before pursuing a PhD in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics at Edinburgh. The EPL Association warmly thanks Professor Alessandra Lanotte who is acting as Editor in Chief from 1 January until 30 April.