O'Briens of Bandon - 1875 to 2013

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David has a B.Sc. degree in Railway Operations, Railroad and Railway Transportation awarded by Glasgow University. He is also a member of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport with the insignia MCILT. He is very interested in the renovation of vintage buses and landrovers and owns his own company, Seaford and District Motor Services, to follow this interest. The company hires out vintage and modern vehicles from its fleet for a wide assortment of events and purposes. Three of these buses were bought by him whilst working in the London Bus Mark. Michael and Maura’s second son, Terence (Terry), was born in Streatham, South London in 1967. Like his older brother David, he attended Laleham Lea Preparatory School and The John Fisher Grammar School in Purley, Surrey before transferring to The Cardinal Newman Grammar School in Hove, East Sussex when his family moved to that area. He played rugby for both colleges and captained the Cardinal Newman 1st 15 for several successful years. He gained County Honours while playing for the Cardinal Newman School. He graduated from The University of East London in 1990 with a B Eng (Hons) degree in Chemical Engineering. He has since been awarded Corporate Membership of The Institute of Chemical Engineers with the insignia MIchemE. He was recruited by Anglo American de Beers (Gold Division) from University to work in South Africa. After an induction period in their New Business and Development Division at their Corporate Offices in Johannesburg he was transferred to one of their main mining areas with eight mines at Welkom in The Orange Free State as Senior Metallurgist/Development Officer. He met Cindy Reynders while in Welkom and they were married on 21st June 1997 in the R.C. Church of St. Dominic in Welkom in the diocese of Kroonstad, Free State South Africa. The celebrant of the marriage was Terry’s cousin, Fr. Jack O’Brien. Cindy was born in Welkom and is the second of four children born to Chris and Myrna Reynders from Welkom. After five successful years in Welkom he moved to Mali in 1996 to develop a new site at Sadiola, located in the West of the Country near the Regional Capital of Kayes, to oversee the building of and to commission the gold plant and other necessary facilities. Further development of the site eventually took place nearby at Yatella. He was appointed Managing Director when Yatella came online and was responsible for all operations on the enlarged site. The Company became Anglogold in 1998 and changed its name again to Anglogoldashanti in 2004 when it took over the Ashanti Mining Company. Terry was awarded the Medal of Honour by the President of Mali in 2009 as part of their celebrations to mark the 50th Anniversary of their Independence. The award was made in

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