Programme

Bryanston-OB-Careers-and-Business-Networking-Evening--

The-Army-and-Navy-Club----

14-March-2016-

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Timetable

Session-Name- Speaker- Room- Time-

Art-and-Publishing- Eve-White- 1- 6:45,-7:10,-7:35pm-Business-Consultancy- Eric-Benedict-

Rebecca-Ormond-1- 6:45,-7:10,-7:35pm-

City-Finance- Jake-Van-Beever-Matthew-Craston-

1- 6:45,-7:10,-7:35pm-

Design-and-Engineering- Kristian-Krogh- 1- 6:45,-7:10,-7:35pm-Events- Jules-Omura- 1- 6:45,-7:10,-7:35pm-Film-and-TV- Claire-Dresser-

William-Overstall-1- 6:45,-7:10,-7:35pm-

Marketing-and-PR- Laura-Swire-- 1- 6:45,-7:10,-7:35pm-Networking- Agi-Heale- 2- 6:10-to-6:40pm-Property- Lance-Marton- 1- 6:45-7:10-7:35pm-Technology- Joff-White-

Will-Blake-1- 6:45,-7:10,-7:35pm-

-DropUin-Clinic- Agi-Heale- 2- 6:40-to-8:00pm-

-Drinks- All- 2- 8:00pm-

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Welcome to the Bryanston Career and Business Networking Evening 2016.

This event is run by the school’s development office and aims to help OBs share their experiences and knowledge in order to build a mutually beneficial professional network. There are opportunities for you to attend a workshop or join a roundtable discussion around a specific industry, as well as to meet face-to-face. The early part of the evening is geared towards those at or about to leave university, as well as second job seekers and career changers. The second and final part of the evening is an open forum to which all OBs are invited to mix and mingle over drinks and canapés from 8pm. Following the evening OBs can connect with each other through our LinkedIn group Bryanston School OB careers and business networking. By joining this group you will discover a rich source of contacts, get in touch with other OBs for career pointers and friendly advice, share knowledge, post discussion threads and stay in touch with other OBs working across a variety of industries around the world. We hope you find the evening interesting, rewarding and enjoyable.

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Networking Workshop--

An-introduction-to-professional-networking-

6:10U6:40pm-

Agi Heale (G ’05)

Business and Life Coach After leaving Bryanston in 2005, Agi travelled around the world before ending up at Leeds University, where she received a 2.1 in English Literature. She then spent six years in the City working in Financial Services recruitment. She resigned her role as a director managing three teams in March 2015. Since then she has started her own coaching practice specialising in clients going through transition e.g. setting up their own business, getting a promotion and making the most out of it, starting their careers etc. She is a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and has successfully completed ‘Coaching for Business’, which she studied at City University. She is also a Co-Active Coach with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). Agi is passionate about networking and believes that building a professional network is something everyone should be doing no matter the industry or role. For more about Agi, visit her website – www.agiheale.com or contact her on agi@agiheale.com.

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Roundtable-Session-Speakers-6:45-to-8:00pm-

Art-and-Publishing

Eve White Owner

Eve White Literary Agency

Eve was an actor until 2003, when she decided to form a literary agency. She worked alone for eight years but now employs another agent, Jack Ramm, and an assistant, Kitty Walker. She represents about 60 clients and loves how diverse their books are. Andy Stanton’s Mr Gum series has been read by millions of children in the UK and has been published in 30 other countries. Jane Shemilt (Daughter, 2014) and Ruth Ware (In a Dark, Dark Wood, 2015) were Sunday Times Bestsellers with their debut novels for adults and both were chosen for The Richard & Judy Book Club. Eve was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year in 2015.

Business-Consultancy

Eric Benedict

(C ’78) Managing Director

Enterprise Improvement

Group Alix Partners

Eric Benedict is a managing director in the Enterprise Improvement Group in London, having joined Alix Partners in 2008. He is an experienced turnaround professional with both advisory and line management experience focused on working with companies’ financial sponsors, boards of directors, and management to quickly diagnose causes of underperformance and then work hands-on to rapidly improve operating and financial health. Prior to joining Alix Partners, Eric was co-head of Alvarez & Marsal’s performance improvement team based in London. He was also previously a senior partner with both Ernst & Young and RSM Rhodes.

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Business-Consultancy

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Rebecca Ormond (Pk ’94) Business Performance &

Leadership Price Waterhouse Cooper

After Bryanston, Rebecca Ormond (née Johnson), read Law and then English at Jesus College Cambridge, before training as an actor. During her 10 year acting career, she built up a second career in management consultancy with PwC, working first in London on internal change, and later in New York on the strategy for their consulting and deals practices around the world. She returned to London and moved into PwC's Human Capital Team to manage UK projects related to their people agenda, before moving to her current role in Business Performance & Leadership where she focuses on organisational design, leadership and engagement. She is married with two sons and lives in North London.

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City-Finance---

Matthew Craston Founder

Finance Map

Following a 30 year career in investment banking and fund management with the likes of Chase Manhattan, SBC Warburg, UBS and ECM Asset Management, Matthew set up Finance Map in 2015. He teaches undergraduates and graduates, and professionals wishing to change career, the technical knowledge that they will need to secure a job in the financial sector. The teaching takes the form of a one-on-one tutorial using bespoke materials he has created. An increasing number of companies are asking Matthew to provide his financial training to their employees. He also delivers classes tailored for sixth form pupils in schools. The Finance Map website is www.financemap.co.uk.

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City-Finance--

Jake Van

Beever (P ’93) Director

Rothschild Wealth

Management

Jake started his career in wealth management in 2008, joining Bank of Scotland Investment Service as a client manager in their High Value Team. In 2010 he moved across to Lloyds, after the HBOS/Lloyds merger, to be a Senior Private Banker in their newly formed Key Clients team focussing on Ultra High Net worth private clients, joining Rothschild in 2013. Prior to a career in banking, Jake served for 10 years as an officer and helicopter pilot in the Army Air Corps after graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA (Hons) in Business Management and French. Jake is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) and holds the Private Client Investment Advice & Management Certificate. Rothschild is a family-controlled independent global financial advisory group. They provide strategic, M&A, wealth management and fundraising advice and services to governments, companies and individuals worldwide. Rothschild have been at the centre of the world’s financial markets for more than 200 years.

Design-and-Engineering

Kristian Krogh (C ’97) Partner Lighting Design

Collective

Kristian is a partner and lighting design director at Lighting Design Collective in London, Kristian gained a BA Hons in Product and Furniture Design from Kingston University; he started his career working in the field of product design, working for the Design Department of IKEA in Sweden. Kristian has over 15-years-experience-in-product-and-lighting-design-ranging-from-custom-made-lighting-products-to-site-wide-lighting-solutions-for-corporate,-retail,-government,-residential-and-leisure-clients.-Before-joining-LDC,-he-was-a-founding-partner-of-EQ2-Light-leading-the-studio-with-projects-around-the-globe.--His-background-in-product-design-and-Scandinavian-roots-drives-his-attention-to-design-simplicity-and-functionality.-His-approach-is-to-compliment-rather-than-applying-spaces-with-light;-something-he-has-been-practicing-in-Scandinavia-and-London.---Kristian-has-worked-on-and-completed-architectural-projects-from-Haiti-to-Hong-Kong-across-a-plethora-of-project-types.

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Events--

Jules Omura (D ’01) Founder

and Managing Director

IRITS

After leaving Bryanston in 2001, Jules studied for a BA in French and Music at Royal Holloway University of London, spending his year abroad at Université Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne), and for an MA in Cultural Memory at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Subsequently, Jules worked as a Researcher at Sound Strategies, a business consultancy specialised in music and sound, before starting his career in the event industry.

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Film-and-TV--

Claire Dresser

(née Cartlidge Pk ’87)

Chief Policy Officer BBC

Claire joined the BBC as the secretary to the Editor of Picture Publicity. She had been working as a freelance photographer in the film industry and had just completed a secretarial course as a backup in case she was ever out of work. Twenty-seven years later, she is now responsible for BBC Television’s Business Administration and is a member of the TV Board. In the intervening years she has worked across the Corporation in the News, Corporate Affairs, Marketing and Communications, Internal Communications, Future Media and Technology and latterly BBC Television divisions. In her current role as Chief Administrative Officer to the Director of BBC Television, Claire is responsible for the governance of BBC Television, running TV’s executive office and leading on strategy and project reviews on behalf of the Director and Managing Directors TV. She also manages Television’s editorial compliance, complaints & correspondence teams and Television’s awards entries.

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Film-and-TV-----

William Overstall (C ’95) Freelance

SFX Technician

William has been working in the film industry for over 15 years. Graduating from Central Saint Martins with a degree in sculpture, William has developed his skills further, specializing in prop making, prosthetics and special effects. William’s work has led him to travel and meet incredible people within the film and television industry. His work has been featured in films including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Prometheus, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more recently, the Oscar and Bafta nominated film The Martian. He was part of award winning teams for the HBO television series The Pacific as well as Game of Thrones.

Marketing-and-PR-

Laura Swire (née Chisholm) (G ’96)

Director Hanover

Communications -Hanover is an independent consulting firm that specialises in advising global brands, businesses and organisations on reputation, communications and public affairs. Laura is a director at Hanover and leads the Advocacy Team providing strategic counsel on political and regulatory environments, reputation management and campaigning. She has worked with clients including Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, the John Lewis Partnership and Lucozade Ribena Suntory. Laura has previously worked for Carlton Television, HBOS plc, and was Head of the Home Affairs Section in the Conservative Research Department. She has a degree in Modern History from Somerville College, Oxford.

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Property--

Lance Marton (D ’88) Director Central

London Retail Savills

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Lance works within the Commercial sector advising on occupational leases in Central London retail market. He deals with properties in the West End, Mid Town and City, acting for both landlords and tenants. He has advised many intuitional landlords including Blackstone, Shaftesbury Plc, Qatari Diar, Derwent London, Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), Legal & General, St Martins, UBS, Candy & Candy, Cheval and Romulus and worked on a range of significant property developments including Chelsea Barracks, the Seven Dials Estate in Covent Garden and St Katharine Dock and Landmark Place in the City. Savills is a leading global real estate service provider listed on the London Stock Exchange with over 500 offices and associates throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Ranked the property industry's number 1 employer by The Times for the ninth consecutive year.

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Technology-

Will Blake (P ’96)

Director of Technology

and Analytics CRU

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Will is Director of Technology and Analytics at CRU, an information services and business advisory company for the mining, metals and fertilizer industries. Will is a member of the Executive Board with responsibility for driving technology strategy and ensuring it aligns with the overall business strategy. The technology remit includes digital development, data analytics and visualisation, infrastructure and IT services.

Will is a member of the British Computing Society and holds a BSc in Geology from Bristol University and a MSc in Geophysics from Durham University.

Living in London, Will is married with two children and enjoys open water swimming and running.

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Technology--

Joff White (P ’83) Technical Producer and

Production Manager Sky Sports

Joff is a technical producer and production manager at Sky Sports and has spent the last 25 years working in the UK broadcast industry predominantly within outside broadcast productions.

He manages production, operations and technology requirements for individual events and sport strands. He is responsible for managing budgets, partner relationships, facility providers, signal delivery and health and safety across events at home and in Europe.

In the last year Joff has delivered the Champions League Final in Berlin, Wladimir Klitschko v Tyson Fury in Dusseldorf and for the Champions Cup, Stade Francais v Munster in Paris.

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Bryanston Careers

Bryanston will continue to remain a valuable resource for you throughout your lifetime. As an OB you can rely on the school to continue to help provide you with a network of contacts around the world and in all manner of professions. We hold regular career events where you can develop important professional networks, meet potential mentors, employers and hone your job-seeking skills. You can also maintain your professional skills through our Business Breakfast events where you can hear from keynote speakers on a range of topics relevant to business leaders.

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Development Office Bryanston School Blandford Forum

Dorset DT11 0PX

www.bryanston.co.uk

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