Entrepreneur Evening 2025

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Jonathan is currently responsible for technology at a large veterinary chain, and aiming to bring the way you interact with your vet into the 21st century.

Jonathan Howell (KGS Parent)

Jonathan has been involved in technology startup and high growth phase companies for more than 20 years, in industries ranging from travel at lastmintue com, collaboration software at Huddle, online furniture sales at MADE.com, to taking used car sales online at Cazoo. He is currently responsible for technology at a large veterinary chain, and aiming to bring the way you interact with your vet into the 21st century.

Balancing a teaching career with broadcasting is something Tom finds hugely rewarding, and he’s passionate about helping young people explore and pursue their own interests alongside their studies.

Tom Diamond (KGS member of staff)

Tom Diamond is a Modern Languages teacher and, in the school holidays, is a part-time sports broadcaster After graduating from the University of Exeter, Tom began podcasting and blogging about his lifelong passion - Torquay United This opened the door to work experience at talkSPORT, where he later secured a parttime role as a broadcast assistant

Tom’s enthusiasm for presenting and reporting led to a trial with BBC Radio Devon, where he now works as a commentator and reporter, covering football and rugby across the region. Balancing a teaching career with broadcasting is something Tom finds hugely rewarding, and he is passionate about helping young people explore and pursue their own interests alongside their studies.

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The Alumni Office at KGS

The current department was formed two years ago and looks after the thousands of Kingstonians connected to Kingston Grammar School. These include former students, parents, members of staff and governors.

An important part of our work is involved in working closely with the Careers Department to support our current students across the entire age range to make well-informed decisions about their career paths. A significant part of this is our specialist Careers events. There are two further events planned in addition to this evening:

Careers in Finance – Thursday 5 March, 6.30pm Careers in Law – Thursday 7 May, 6.30pm

If you would like to come along to these events please do click the link on our events page https://alumni kgs org uk/events Details will be coming out shortly via the Weekly Bulletin

We are always looking for alumni to support our mentoring programmeworking with our students to aid their progress in specific career fields. If you would like to be part of this developing and expanding programme, please contact Anna Lewis Monsma in the Alumni office at alewismonsma@kgs org uk

Thank you again for coming along to support this evening

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