Careers Panel 2024

Save the date in your diary for our upcoming Careers Panel – Wednesday 18th September at 7.30pm.  Last year we ran this event face to face at the Guildhall in London. However, to ensure easier and wider geographic participation, we will run this year’s event online – although that does sadly sacrifice the networking aspect over drinks and refreshments of such an event.

Committee Member, Fay Margo, has put together another tremendous and varied panel. I will send out a reminder at the beginning of September at which point I will be asking KSs to register attendance. But put that date in your diary NOW if you are interested!

Moderator
Fay Margo (KS 1997)
Fay studied at both Bachelors and Masters level French, Italian and Russian at Leeds University. She founded Brackendale Consulting, an international private equity marketing and communications agency, over ten years ago and is CEO. She previously worked as Investor Relations Manager at private equity fund Cipio Partners. Prior to this she was a private equity journalist, writing for publications including the Economist, the Financial Times group and the private equity trade press. Fay moderated the KSA Careers Panel in 2023 and is an accomplished panel moderator in her own field.

Panellists
Poppy Andrews (KS 2011) studied English Literature and History of Art at Birmingham University. Poppy is Head of Communications at the National Portrait Gallery in London, where she leads on all things PR, marketing and digital communications. She has worked in teams across national and international organisations, including Turner Contemporary, UBS and Imperial War Museums. Since joining the National Portrait Gallery, she has managed campaigns for some of the UK’s leading artists, including Paul McCartney and David Hockney.

Jonathan Baggs (KS 1999) studied English Language and Literature at Oxford University and is Community Partnerships Lead at Transport for London, responsible for TfL’s borough and community liaison work across south London. He has worked in transport and construction communications for 20 years, including 12 years on the development and construction of the Elizabeth Line, then five years as Regional Director at the Institution of Civil Engineers.

St. John Harold (KS 1990) studied Mathematical Sciences at the LSE and has held many leadership roles within transformational and operational digital environments, ranging from running operational teams of up to 150 people ensuring their safety, collaboration, wellbeing and security, to scaling digital teams from 1 to 12 people over two years. He is experienced in driving products from academic conceptual ideas to enterprise ready services using Artificial Intelligence capabilities (before it was popularised) and is specialised in Information Security. St. John was a submariner in the Royal Navy for six years.

Andy Roland-Price (KS 1996) studied Biochemical Engineering at UCL and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2007. He is Finance Director of Engitix Therapeutics, a drug discovery biotechnology company. This is his third start-up and he has a wealth of experience in building finance and operations teams. In the past, he has worked as a process engineer for Procter & Gamble and for organisations ranging from Centrica, Star Energy to Imperial College, where he was Group Financial Controller.

Alastair Stokes (KS 2011) studied Psychology at the University of Sheffield and HR Management at the University of Surrey. Earlier this year, he joined Hugo Boss in Stuttgart as the Senior Expert in HR Insights and Impacts.  He spent two years in the Royal Marines, before a serious injury cut short his military career. He worked as Operations Manager at Alex Thomson Racing, the record breaking British offshore sailor. Following his Masters in HR Management he worked in the People Consulting practice of EY.