Andrew Gowen Like many Year 12 graduates, Andrew was a little unsure of what career path he would choose post-TSS. Despite accepting a position with a law firm in Sydney after university studies, Andrew decided this was not for him. Instead he chose to tackle the global market by moving to London where he accepted a position with Lehman Brothers in 1997, staying with the company for nearly eight years, eventually managing their Consumer Equity Research project. Andrew then moved to a new position with Lazard Asset Management to help manage pension assets before joining OchZiff, one of the world’s largest hedge funds. He has been with the company over four years and specialises in managing their publicly listed consumer investments in Europe. While he thrives on London life, Andrew said he expects to be posted to New York/Chicago later this year.
Peter Greenup The School Captain of 1992 and third-generation member of the TSS family, Peter has achieved much since graduation. After gaining an Associate Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from USQ in Toowoomba, he joined Telstra working as a technician for five years before deciding to further his tertiary studies, undertaking additional studies at Bond University where he gained a Bachelor of Information Technology. During this period he also took on the role of resident master of Biddle House. Married to Kath in 2003, Peter has a stepson, Thomas (15), currently in Year 10 at BBC, and also has two nephews, Sam and Toby Greenup, currently fourth-generation students at TSS. From 2002 to 2008, Peter was IT System Administrator (Unix) at USQ before accepting his present position in the CSG industry with varying roles including land access consultant and project engineer. Peter and Kath live in Toowoomba, although Peter works primarily in Brisbane and travels extensively around Queensland.
Alex Handley Currently managing the family surveying business, Handley Surveys, Alex has worked his way up through the company after completing commerce and surveying degrees. The success of the company, which has its head office in Karratha, Western Australia, is reflected in it being selected as the WA Telstra Business of the Year and the KDCCI Business of the Year 2010, considerable achievement when pitted against 26 other large WA companies. With further offices being established in Perth and Gladstone, where Alex and his wife Chantal (Clifford) have just build a new home for their family of three boys, Handley Surveys provides surveying, dimension control and laser scanning services for the construction of Modular LNG projects. The company recently signed its larger-ever contract for the $48 million Gordon Project and is involved with the Chevron Wheatside project of similar value and BHP’S smaller Macedon LNG project. Completed projects include the Woodside Pluto Project and other expansion projects for Woodside’s North West Shelf operations. Alex has been an integral part of the family company, which has seen him selected to be part of the Australia Trade delegation to attend the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, where the company was offered many oneon-one opportunities with major global oil and gas industry participants. The company also has extensive projects in Thailand so the work is hectic, but rewarding, says Alex, who still stays in touch with many of his school friends. In fact, over the years the company has employed six Old Boys, including their current survey manager, former School Captain of 1991, Mitch Vansleeve. Chantal and Alex have been together almost since leaving school and with their sons, Charles, 6, Thomas, 4, and James, 2, try to spend as much time back in Queensland as possible where Alex catches up with the friends from School for a surf, round of golf and camaraderie.
Alex Handley working on a laserscanning project at Exmouth
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