Former Pupils News Rebecca Garforth - Class of 1990 Bath School of Art & Design Rebecca won the Tigerprint Award at the 2016 New Designers exhibition in London. We congratulate her on being one of just 16 designers from across the UK to have been presented with an award, for her project 'Amsterdam to Paradise Valley'. The judges praised the project's use of colour and quirky sense of humour, saying: "Her work is bold, confident and clean. We were won over by her fun and passionate personality and her diverse yet commercial portfolio." As well as a cash prize, Rebecca also won a paid two month placement with Tigerprint, which will prove an excellent and invaluable tonic for the first part of her career as a graduate designer. Photograph via New Designers.
Ronan Cassidy - Class of 1978 Returns for Bablake Prize-Giving Ronan, who was appointed Chief Human Resources and Corporate Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc at the start of this year, is a member of the Executive Committee of RDS, located in The Hague, The Netherlands. In this role, he is responsible for Human Resources, External Relations, Security, Health, Real Estate and Aircraft. Educated at Bablake between 1978 and 1985, Ronan then read Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford University, before joining Shell in Aberdeen in 1988 in Human Resources. With leisure interests in hiking, reading, wildlife, rugby and cricket, at work he has held a variety of leadership roles in Human Resources across the Upstream and Downstream businesses. After initially working in UK in Exploration & Production (North Sea) and at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex (Ellesmere Port), he spent much of the 1990s in China (Beijing), was VP HR for the global Retail business, Executive Vice-President for Strategy & Regional Coordination covering HR in USA, India, China, the UK and the Netherlands, and Executive Vice-President HR Downstream (Trading, Manufacturing and Marketing). Before moving to his current role, he was Executive Vice-President Upstream (Exploration & Production). Ronan came back to Bablake in September, to attend Prize-Giving and whilst here also hosted a twilight careers session . 5