YOMs Ambassadors

Four young Old Millhillians gathered at the National Liberal Club in late January for the very first meeting of the Young Old Millhillians’ Ambassadors, an initiative started by the Chair of the Club Peter Wakeham.

This quartet is chaired by Sive Ozer (School House 04-09) a corporate lawyer who left School House in 2009 and is also composed of Ciera Radia (Weymouth, class of 2012, now working as an investment fund analyst). Priestlians Ted MacDonald (left in 2016, now studying medicine at King’s College London) and Sam Chadwick (left in 2017, recently helping out as club administrator).

Each of them bring a range of varying skills and experiences to the table, yet also have in common their Mill Hill education and desire to strengthen the Old Millhillian community.

The YOMs Ambassadors has been set up to work on improving the offering to young Old Millhillians. The missions therein are to make activities more accessible and attractive, to recruit and engage new members whilst building bridges between all age groups.

A key part of the discussion was careers support for younger members. Peter Wakeham’s article for the recent Martlet captures thinking at the time regarding how the Club might respond to alumni needs at different life cycle stages.

The hypothesis was that member needs differ by stage and therefore Club initiatives and responses need to be tailored accordingly. For example, networking events are an excellent way of strengthening the OM community, and we would encourage anybody with experience in an industry and who sees potential for a networking event which does not yet exist to contact the club office to discuss this further.

Furthermore, all ideas from all YOMs and OMs are welcome. We look forward to working to make the Club offering even better for Young Old Millhillians in the future.

Samuel Chadwick (Priestley 12-17)