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WHERE IS Nicola Roy (nee Irvine) (2003) CEO. My legal practice is in the field of international
Singapore, Southeast Asia
arbitration, through which I have appeared before
tribunals all over the world and have sat as
arbitrator. I am passionate about diversity and
inclusion in the workplace and society, and speak
YOUR STAR? Honours List, I was awarded the Medal of Honour
widely on the subject. In the 2021 Hong Kong
for services to the legal profession.

Murray Darling (1980)
Asia, the Middle East Bangkok, Thailand
and Africa
The third instalment in our ongoing
feature covers FPs residing in Asia,
the Middle East and Africa.
As you can see, we have fewer FPs
living in this region and even less
My husband’s job took us to Singapore in 2016,
who have consented to hear from
with our 3 month old baby. It was all quite
Heriot’s. If you know of any former
challenging at first, as a brand new mum, in a
pupils located in these areas, please
country that was new to me! However, Heriots
do ask them to check in with the After graduating from Edinburgh University
truly has a wonderful worldwide community as, in
Development Office to ensure we are (Economics), I joined Colgate-Palmolive as a
my first week here, I bumped into a fellow Herioter
in touch with them. This will allow us marketing trainee in London. After Pepsi-Cola
(and hockey player) – Kay Smart (née Garden) –
to keep the global connection alive Europe, I joined Diageo, living in New York,
completely by chance while pushing buggies round
and kicking! Kingston Jamaica and Bangkok. I completed my
the Botanic Gardens. What a difference it made to
career at Starbucks (VP International Product &
The next edition of Quadrangle will have that contact from home and school. After the
Marketing in Seattle; MD of Thailand &
see us celebrating FPs in Europe. birth of my second daughter, I was encouraged to
Singapore). Now, I live with my American wife,
If you are a former pupil and reside start my own business running baby and toddler
Angela, in Bangkok and partly Folly Beach, SC,
in this region, please do get in touch music playgroups. Despite COVID-19, lockdown
USA. Cultural curiosity made me travel to 86
to feature in the next edition and tell and the birth of our third daughter, the business
countries and all 50 US states. We love to help
us your story. has adapted and continues to grow. We have been
rescue dogs & cats and have many of our own as
here for 5 very happy years now and are ever
we enjoy our retirement while I now mainly live
grateful for the opportunities “The Little Red Dot”
life wandering the golf course with friends.
has offered us.
Śraddhāpa Welsh (1999)
Justin D’Agostino (1990)
Tamsui, Taiwan
Hong Kong, China

Asia, the Middle East and Africa

I have been living and working in Hong Kong since
2009 together with my partner. After leaving school
in 1990, I did a gap year in Auckland, a law degree
in Aberdeen and joined the international law firm Since my time at Heriot’s, my two passions in life
Herbert Smith Freehills, where I am now the global have been Buddhism and languages. About ten