OLD DECANIAN SOCIETY I DEAN CLOSE SCHOOL
The New Bursar:
Adrian Bowcher Many of you have already met with Adrian at Dean Close events throughout the last year or so, but as there has not been an OD news published since the summer of 2013, so this is an ‘introduction’ to the OD community. A bit of background: Adrian is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers with an MBA, and a Financial Services Diploma in Finance, from the CASS Business School (formally C.U.B.S.) London. He spent 16 years in the RBS Group, 10 years of which were specialising in distressed portfolios, re-energising branch teams, managing companies and portfolios following exceptional events e.g. fraud, mismanagement, or succession issues. In 2000, following a year of full time study for his MBA, he switched into the Non-Profit sector operating as Bursar, Business Manager and Finance Director helping international schools with business problems and / or developing profitable futures. Before joining Dean Close Adrian worked with schools in London, Switzerland, Brussels and Puerto Rico.
A note from the Bursar: “I joined Dean Close in January 2014, and have been highly impressed with Dean Close School, its community and its ambition. The entire community is what makes Dean Close the place that it is and I am pleased to see the new teams in the OD and Development departments are working on bringing all the various constituent groups in the Dean Close Community even closer together! I have been keen to invest in and support these plans, as well as continuing to support the OD Society to become more widely accessible and achieve their overarching goals. With the OD’s in mind we have commissioned the complete digitisation of the 128 years of the Decanian. Over the past 4 months in excess of 11,000 pages have been individually scanned, scrutinised, enhanced, and indexed. The new searchable library will be launched soon. Also, we are just implementing a new online retail and payment platform. Whilst starting off prudently, this will, in due course, enable OD’s to access a whole range of DCS merchandise, products and paraphernalia. If you have ever had commercial dealings with the School you will have heard of our trading subsidiary, Dean Close Services Limited. I have restructured DCSL and invested in its resources and infrastructure. We have just created the new position of Business Development Manager to report directly to me. This new recruit will drive our commercial plans in this respect. I am thoroughly enjoying working at Dean Close and very much look forward to meeting you at DC events in the future”.
“The entire community is what makes Dean Close the place that it is and I am pleased to see the new teams in the OD and Development departments are working on bringing all the various constituent groups in the Dean Close Community even closer together!”
Adrian
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