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Memory Stir
Memory Stir Katy Berrill
Nigel Gibbs
2004-06
1968-75
writes: 'On Friday 07 October the 2006 Leavers held a reunion at Drake & Morgan, St Pancras, London to celebrate 10 years since we left school. The evening was well attended with a real mix of people from the year group, some of whom hadn't seen each other since the end of our time at BMS. It was great to see so many people make such an effort to turn up. We've had a fair few weddings, engagements and children between us, and an impressive range of career and professional achievements to date. We agreed that another reunion in five years is a must and we hope to get even more of the year group and their partners together. Thank you to all those who attended, it was a great evening sharing memories and creating some new ones!
1971/72 4A ‘Fast Stream’ 45 years later!
Front Row - L to R Pete Wood Agribusiness Trader and Business Entrepreneur. Worked for Cargill, and once traded the whole of the Australian wheat crop. Grew a nursery business to produce 100 million plants a year. Now a keen sailor and skier. Peter Linthwaite Worked in corporate/ investment banking and private equity in UK, Scandinavia and Asia. Currently senior partner of 350 Investment Partners and previously CEO of BVCA.
Rear Row - L to R Phil Stephens Anaesthetist in Brisbane, Australia. Played water polo for a combined university team in the 1980s, and consistently in a Brisbane league until 2013!
Bill Avery 1951-57 writes; 'Richard Webb (1947-54), retired banker from Woodbridge Suffolk (R), and Bill Avery FCA, retired financial executive from Furry Creek BC Canada (both School House), enjoy lunch and memories in Covent Garden in October 2016. Are there still a few OBMs from the 1940-50s around who might remember us?
Rod Selkirk Worked in Private Equity Investment. Recently retired as a Partner at Bridgepoint. Was Chair of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), when Peter Linthwaite was CEO. Mike Francescon Geotechnical Director for Tony Gee, a UK Civil Engineering Consultancy. Recent work as an 'expert witness' for projects in the Middle East. Also a lay preacher. Brian Derby Professor of Materials at Manchester University. Had 15 minutes of fame being interviewed on Radio 4 on whether you could 3D print a dodo. Nick Hawkins Politician and Corporate Barrister. MP from 1992 to 2005. Elected to Surrey Heath in 1997, with the second largest majority in the country. (Succeeded by Michael Gove). Has worked in a wide range of corporate legal roles since then, including six months in the Sultanate of Oman. Still playing cricket.
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Steve Fitzsimons Long career as a solicitor, currently completing a PhD in Classics. Won £250,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Wayne Andrews Long career in the foreign exchange market, including more than 20 years in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Dubai, running the Treasury and Investment Divisions for a number of Middle Eastern banks. Currently relocating back to the UK. Now running a training and consultancy business in the sector. Still very tall. Dick Ledger Former Geography teacher and U15 XI cricket coach. Lay preacher, secret Peterborough United fan, and weather station buff. Has weather report data dating back to 1979. Chris Mattock Jersey's first ever Consultant in Haematology and Blood Transfusion since 1993. Has brought modern cancer cure rates to the Island for patients with Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma and upgraded the Jersey Blood Donor Service. Keen sailor. Nigel Gibbs Worked for BP in materials science and engineering, and facilitating change. The latter subsequently freelance. Totally rebuilt health from a severe mental health condition through natural means. Now OBM reunion organiser, free spirit and generally good egg. Get in touch with me by using the following: nigel@nigelgibbs.org