LSE ALUMNI
Class notes This section allows alumni to share their latest news and achievements. If you would like to be included in a future issue, email alumni@lse.ac.uk.
1991
Entries are listed by year of first LSE degree received, with any additional degrees included in the entry. House style is to list simply BSc/MSc without the additional Econ.
1961
appointed Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Treasury by the Prime Minister in the 2012 Cabinet reshuffle.
years at Standard & Poor’s (S&P), first based in New York and then, since 1997, in London. His most recent position at S&P was as global head of sovereign and international public finance ratings.
Professor Shlomo Avineri (Visiting Research Student) was recently elected as a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
1968 Nicholas Bowen (BSc Econ) was elected president of the Chartered Institute of Linguists in spring 2012. Nicholas has recently retired from the post of programme director of the BA in International Business at Regent’s College.
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1985
Hilary Mantel (LLB) has been awarded the Man Booker Prize 2012 for her novel Bring up the Bodies. Hilary is the first woman and the first British author to win the prestigious literary prize twice. The Man Booker Prize is Britain’s most important literary award and promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the best book of the year.
1976
1971
Stephen Hays (MSc Accounting and Finance) is the founder and managing member of 120dB Films, a New York-based finance company specialising in senior secured loans to the independent film industry. Prior to this Stephen spent 18 years in the hedge fund sector including eight years as co-founder and general partner of Seneca Capital, an event-driven fund with a focus on risk arbitrage, distressed and eventdriven investing.
1988 Meredith Fuchs (BSc Econometrics and Economic History), was recently appointed as the general counsel of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Meredith joined the Bureau in 2011 as principal deputy general counsel before serving as chief of staff to the CFPB director.
Burkhard Varnholt (General Course) was recently awarded an honorary doctorate for International Relations from the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations at a ceremony which took place at the beginning of July 2012.
1992 Eugene Zapata Garesché (MSc European Studies) is the international adviser to the mayor of Mexico City and was recently appointed regional director for Latin America, for the World Cities Fund (Fonds Mondial pour le Développement des Villes: www.fmdv.net).
1993
1989
David Evennett (BSc Analytical and Descriptive Economics; MSc Government 1973), MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford, was 42
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David Beers (MSc Economic History) has been appointed special adviser to the governor at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario for an 18-month term from February 2013. Previously, David worked for 21
George Shevlin (LLM) was appointed as the political affairs officer at the Investment Company Institute in summer 2012. George’s role will see him work to reinforce the Institute’s relationship with key constituents on Capitol Hill, in the administration and with other organisations. George has over 20 years’ experience in Capitol Hill, most recently serving as executive director and staff director to the House Democratic Caucus.
After leaving LSE, Sarah Ebner (BSc Government and History) worked for the Daily Express and Daily Mail and also as a researcher and producer on BBC’s Newsnight. She now works for The Times, writing and editing their education blog, School Gate, and looking after their very successful Good University Guide.