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overseas, and then as a Squadron Administration Officer also in the Regimental Operations Team. I captained the regimental Alpine ski racing team and have represented the Army and the RLC at polo on several occasions. I have carried on with target rifle shooting since school and am a member of the Army team, as well as shooting with the OO Troubleshooters when possible. I am currently nine months deep into
the 22-month Ammunition Technical Officer course, with the goal being to qualify as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Operator (bomb disposal) in April 2020. I met my girlfriend, Suki, whilst I was at Sandhurst and we got engaged in November last year. We are due to marry in September 2020.
Toby Marsh: I spent four years at the University of St Andrews after Oundle. During my time there I established an arts magazine and freelanced in design, working with brands and organisations in London, while simultaneously completing several solo art exhibitions and commissions. Graduating with an MA in Classics and an honorary life
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Andrew Black: Since leaving Oundle, I have completed my undergraduate degree in Human Sciences at Oxford University, followed by a master’s in Environmental Technology at Imperial College. This led to me concentrating on sustainability and since 2014 I have been living in Zurich. I was in sustainable finance there. Then I worked in a start-up focused on helping corporations become more gender equal. Now I am working in an environmental finch focused purely on climate change, helping investors understand the risks from climate change. I am lucky enough to travel around Europe with my job and this year have worked on a special project with the United Nations to help financial institutions integrate climate change into their investing processes. I do come back to London often and otherwise keep
membership to the university for my contribution to the arts, I joined JustAddRed in 2013. A London tech accelerator, the company is the brainchild of Toptable’s founders and some of London’s leading tech experts. In 2014 I became Creative Director of JustAddRed and the award-winning Positive Luxury and PetsPyjamas. In 2015 I founded my own studio, Toby Marsh Creative (TMC), specialising in brand and design. Since then I have been lucky enough to work with some of the world’s biggest names and most ambitious challengers. With partners from London to Shanghai, the studio works with positive brands to build sustainable value and create experiences that go beyond profit. The studio has grown to a team of five with plans to expand again this year. Every day brings a new challenge, but I love what I do, especially as I get to enjoy it with a lot of my Oundle friends, to whom I remain as close now as I was 10 years ago.
Tom McKay: On leaving Oundle, I read Veterinary Medicine at
Nottingham, qualifying in 2014. My time at Nottingham was varied; work experience seemed to fill it, but there was still time to keep up my love of the outdoors, organise charity expeditions and even a stop in School House to give a talk to potential vet students. I still enjoy wildlife watching and travel, and try to get away as often as possible, even if it does mean having to combine it with work. Race horses were a small price to pay for my time in New Zealand and my time with the mountain gorillas in Rwanda truly was the realisation of a dream. My first position was with a veterinary practice in Ledbury, working throughout the Three Counties as a mixed vet. The variety of patients was only trumped by the variety in clients! After two years in Ledbury, I moved to a practice in Bakewell, Derbyshire, where I continued to work with all species of animal. Vetting in the Peak District certainly gives you an understanding of where the stories of James Herriot came from. In January 2019 I moved to my current practice in Metheringham, Lincolnshire, working as a partner.
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myself fit with lots of Swiss activities, like cycling, skiing, and swimming. I often get questions about what it was like being at British boarding school, which my Swiss colleagues find fascinating and amusing; CCF, shooting, uniforms and boarding houses all captivate and delight.
Jon Edwards: If you asked the Upper Sixth me to describe the last 10 years, he would say I had “wasted my 20s”, with more than a little
derision. He wouldn’t be completely wrong. The plans I made in the
School for a short commission in the Army and a respectable, well-paid
job in engineering lie in tatters and I started my first proper ‘career job’
(as past me would have called it) at
27. What this reading is lacking,
however, is any sense of proportion. Those ‘life plans’ were made at a
time when I didn’t have to confront
any of my limitations, physical (joint problems made Army service www