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Ed Robson: After studying Politics and French at Bristol, which included a year living and working in Paris, I spent a couple of years working in Parliament, doing policy research for MPs. I got out after Brexit and have just finished law conversion. This summer I am off sailing around the Baltic, before starting as a trainee solicitor back in Bristol in September. I still dabble with the bagpipes, playing for the London Scottish regiment in weird and wonderful
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Lucinda Barrett-Cheney: After leaving school, I went to Oxford Brookes and studied Anthropology, before going into leadership and talent consulting. I’m currently working at Korn Ferry as UK&I PMO Country Leader. I bought a flat in London with Josh Lambkin last year.
Aidan Grounds: I studied Classics at Wadham College, Oxford. I’m now pursuing a career as a theatre and film producer. Throughout university I worked on films, including the Harry Potter series and Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus. Since graduating, I’ve set up a theatre company called Reading Rep and have worked at the Young Vic. Recently, I have produced plays including a UK and international tour of Avenue Q, and the world premiere musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s
places from Horse Guards Parade to Turkmenistan.
Charlie Street: After leaving Oundle, I had a gap year travelling round Europe and Asia, before attending Cambridge University to study Archaeology & Anthropology and latterly Business Management at Cambridge Judge Business School. I then moved down to London and began work at a venture capital fund in the City, investing in high-growth
Fantastic Mr Fox. I am currently Senior Producer at Nuffield Southampton Theatres. I live in Barnes with my girlfriend, Alexandra, whom I met at university.
Tom Hudson: Following Oundle, I've mainly been learning, travelling and working. I now have some post- nominal letters (MA MEng), speak very mediocre Spanish and have even learnt to juggle. I recently spent some time living in Nicaragua with Raleigh International and had a blast! I currently work in London for IBM as a digital strategist consultant, helping make the things you see in Black Mirror a less twisted reality.
Khadija Kachra: After leaving Oundle, I qualified as a nurse, working in Peterborough. I then started working alongside my siblings in the family company, mainly managing care homes. I
SMEs. I live in Clapham Old Town.
Barney Ward: Following an enjoyable gap year of skiing and travel, I studied Chinese and Spanish at Nottingham. This involved playing rugby in a prison and a year experiencing divergent forms of communism in Havana and Beijing, where I franchised an underground bingo club. Since university I have been living in London and working in marine liability insurance at Lloyds.
moved to London, where I started a new job and lived for too short a time with Harriet Scriven.
Caroline Kernick: After school I spent four years studying Jewellery Design at Central Saint Martins in London whilst working for Boodles jewellers in their shops and in Liverpool. I was then offered a job in Paris to work for Van Cleef and Arpels. I have been here six years and am now a senior member of the design team, working with astonishing, unique gemstones and incredible craftsmen to produce one- of-a-kind pieces. An avid yoga-practising traveller on the side, I like to sit behind my boyfriend on a motorbike and discover whatever part of the world we decide to fly to.
Sarah King: Following a gap year in India and South-East Asia, and a fun three years studying Philosophy at
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