ALUMNI NEWS

Careers And Education

n Duncan BLACK (1980) leads the Financial Regulation practice at Fieldfisher LLP, and has recently been appointed as a Fee-paid Financial Services Member of the Upper Tribunal, Tax and Chancery Chamber n Andrew BROWN (2014) has started a new position as Research Scientist in Computer Vision and Machine Learning at Meta, New York n Louis CAPLIN (2014) has started a new position as Senior Policy Adviser, Energy Response at HM Treasury n Kalpana Jennifer CHARI (2010) has graduated from Imperial College London with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) n Fred HOLKER (2017) has started a new position as Director of the School Exclusion Project n Jonathan LEADER MAYNARD (2005) has started a new position as Parliamentary Academic Fellow in UK Parliament n Sam MAHBOUBIAN (2001) has been promoted to Partner at Linklaters n Hermione OLDHAM (2016) has been promoted to Assistant Producer at Arrow International n Peter THICKETT (2014) has joined TRIPTK as a Strategy Director n Anna WIRSZYCZ (2013) is now an Associate Director Wealth Manager at Coutts Bank

Latymerian Authors And Creatives

n Isobel ADOMAKOH YOUNG (2011) was Guest Artistic Director at the King’s Head Theatre (London Islington) this spring!

n Calam LYNCH (2013) has joined the cast of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , alongside fellow Latymerian Augustus PREW (2006). Augustus (pictured) is also playing Tony Adams in ITV’s Nolly!

n Alan MCQUILLAN (1966) has had one of his photographs shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Art’s Summer Exhibition in London –for the second year in a row!

Inspiring Latymerians

n In February, four Latymerian creatives - Architect Oli BRENNER (2013), animator, illustrator and footwear designer, Jocie JURITZ (2010), make-up and prosthetics artist in TV, theatre and film, Naomi SERENE (2002), and sought-after fashion photographer and filmmaker, Oliver PEARCH (2008) visited us on King Street to speak to students about their careers and passions on Creative Industries Day!

n Sam MILLER (1979) has launched his new book Migrants: The Story of Us All n Maddie MORTIMER (2014) has been shortlisted for the 2022 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year award, for her novel Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies n Dr Martin NIXON (1982) has published a book on Italian Architecture - Architecture, Opportunity, and Conflict in Eighteenth-Century Sicily n Graham SEEL (1968) has published Conflicted Faith, his devotional commentary on the Holy Sonnets of John Donne. n Ruby THOMAS (2009) has now had three of her incredible plays performed at The Hampstead Theatre – Either, Animal Kingdom, and most recently, Linck and Mülhahn

On International Women’s Day 2023, we were delighted to welcome Lily ROSENGARD (2013) live from New York, as she spoke to students from Latymer and our partner schools.

Lily is a Global Education Policy and Advocacy Specialist at Plan International, which focuses on education in emergencies for girls and young women. During the talk, Lily discussed their work and career to date, from leaving Latymer to addressing the UN last October on youth engagement and the digital gender gap!

Martin WADE (1961) celebrated his 80th birthday in February with a special lunch that included fellow Latymerians in attendance. Here he is pictured (R) alongside his sister, and his school friend, Peter LEWIS (1962).

Professor David PRICE (1974), who is also a Governor of the Latymer Foundation, has celebrated a noteworthy year.

David has reached 40 years of service at University College London (UCL), where he is a Professor of Mineral Physics. After 15 years in post, David has just stepped down as UCL Vice-Provost for Research and Innovation, but is enjoying new appointments to the Council of Loughborough University, and as an international advisor to Tohoku University in Japan. David was also awarded an OBE in the New Year’s honours list.

Holly SOMMERS (2016) has released a five part podcast series for the International Science Council, Science in Times of Crisis. The series delves into the complicated relationship between geopolitics and science, asking what we can learn from the past, what are the challenges of the present, and what diplomatic solutions we can begin implementing in the future to ensure a more resilient science sector.

Chair of the US Latymerian Council, Mark BULLIMORE (1980), recently met up with Jan BIEGALA (2022), a former US Latymerian Bursary holder.

Jan is currently finishing his gap year, and will join Bsc Economics and Management at Bocconi in Milan later this year.

Hugh BROWN (1969)

“At the princely age of 73, I’m still racing motorcycles! I currently hold eight UKTA (UK Timing Association) land speed records on my 1970 Triumph Bonneville production motorcycle - as pictured.

These records have been obtained for top speed and ¼ mile racing in 2019 and 2021 at Elvington airfield in North Yorkshire. My top speed for the mile is currently 117.946 mph, but I hope I can better that speed this year.

Production racing has strict regulations meaning modified chassis, oversize engines, and non-standard pump fuel are not allowed. However, engine internals can be modified to try to obtain extra power.

I fully restored and tuned the motorcycle myself, with many changes to the standard internals of the engine, including experimental parts.

Both changes to the dynamometer and the experimental tuning I performed have provided me with a good power boost, but I have one calculated change to make before the next records’ meeting - so it is back to the dynamometer for now to see the results... fingers crossed!”

Recent Nuptials

n Taymoor ATIGHETCHI (2007) with his bride, Sophie.

n Edo LAWRENCE (2011) with his new wife, Aluet. At Edo’s wedding Latymer’s Director of Music, Tony Henwood, saved the day when the original Organist failed to show! Tony was at home when the call came, but was at St Peter’s Church, Hammersmith in a flash! The Lawrence family kindly donated to the Latymer Foundation’s Bursaries Appeal as way of thanks.

n Damian VESEY (2004) was joined by a whole host of Latymerians from the Class of 2004 at his wedding to Lucy!

n Matt WHITCHURCH (2011) and his new wife, Syd.

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