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www Singapore, but he will be spending more time in Kuala Lumpur for work. He tells us that his father, Ean (N 74), is in good health and still takes an active interest in the School, while his brothers, Meng Wei (Sc 01) and Meng Jun (Sc 06), are both well and happily settled in Singapore. Meng Jun is successfully pursuing his career as a musician and producer, and has recently featured on Spotify.
Azmi Merican (Ldr 79) has taken up a new career as a rug designer and exhibited a collection at the
A few of the OOs from the Middle East region gathered in Dubai on 8th March for a brunch. In Dubai what other event could possibly suit? Your correspondent was joined by Alex Morriss (Lx 99), brother of my contemporary, Adam (Lx 86), who also makes it out here on business from time to time in his work for Belmond. Alex has been working for Expedia Group for more than a decade now and is enjoying life in Dubai as Director of Business Development for them.
Ken Maw (D 77) has been in Dubai long enough, I hope he will not mind me saying, to qualify as an old hand – in professional terms,
Maison et Objet Fair in Paris this September (under the name of Azmas Rugs, which has a presence on Facebook and Instagram). He sees it as a corporate social responsibility project to assist Indian farmers to supplement their incomes through their skills as weavers.
Ed West (C 88) has been spending increasing amounts of time in KL, particularly training senior bankers in pitching, presenting and handling the media, and would love to meet up with other OOs there. It is, however, a long commute from his
Middle East
By Joss Williams (D 86)
of course! His work in insurance and consultancy goes from strength to strength. His daughter attends the
actual home in Buckingham, where he lives with his wife and three children. Back in the UK, he has seen Hugo James (St A 88), who is thriving, managing a very successful property-focused fund.
Stephen Kunzer (G 84) has now left Singapore and is living back in the UK – as is Edward Brown (D 83), who after short stints in Zurich and San Jose, California, says that he is currently living in a squat in South London and although “homeless, penniless and unemployed”, is, in the words of Lord Darlington,
same school in Dubai where I worked until July 2019, alongside Cameron Wake (L 04), whom I also knew as a pupil when I briefly taught at Oundle in the English department. Cameron is doing enormously well in education, where his rigour, enthusiasm for learning and wish to bring out the best in every pupil make him an outstanding teacher.
I have just moved to Amman in Jordan to take up the post of Principal of Amman Baccalaureate School. The list of OOs in the Middle East is suspiciously short, so I would love to hear from any others who are out here.
NEWS FROM ABROAD
Northern & Southern Europe
Robin Apthorpe (S 59) has met a large number of OOs in the last year. He attended the London Dinner, where he sat next to John Lord (C 60). He also attended the OO Sunshine Club Lunch, which Sir John Timpson (S 60) attended for the first time. David Lewellyn (Sc 59) made it again this year, along with Chris Pocock (Sc 60), who sadly passed away in May of this year. Robin also met up with John Westcombe (St A 60), Brian Trent (Sc
58), Richard Waters (Sc 59), Andrew Gordon-Stewart (Sc 57), Gavin Choyce (N 61), Vic Thomas (Lx 59) (who had faithfully flown in from Nigeria), Ian Carmichael (Sn 60), Richard Gibbs (St A 59), Roger Staniforth (N 60), Ken Moore (S 58) and James Macfarlane (S 61). However, the real highlight of Robin’s year was meeting HRH Princess Eugenie at the 100th anniversary of the RAF Club. Robin also saw Andrew Walker (C 60) and Noel
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