NO.122
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Business and Commercial
Music
Politics
In March this year a team of three OWs
all worked on the same project at
McKinsey & Company, the management
consulting firm. It is completely unheard
of for all team members to be from a
single school (it is very rare for them even
to be from a single university).
JC Fayers (D, 90-95) croons: ‘Win Coll
rock band The Beards recently reunited for
their first live performance since 1996,
following a successful recording session in
Harlow in 2014. The band, consisting of
Robin Cooch (F, 89-94), Gerard
McLachlan (F, 89-94), Hamish Phillips (H,
90-95), Christopher Thomson (B, 89-94)
and myself, and managed by Roderick
Black (F, 89-94), performed at the Fiddler’s
Elbow in Camden, London, on 22nd May.
In attendance were many OWs, including
Julian Ebel (F, 90-95), Luis Dos Santos (D,
90-95), James Davies (F, 89-94), Thomas
McLachlan (D, 97-02), Nadim Dimechkie
(H, 90-95), Thomas Tibbits (F, 92-94),
David Luyombya (B, 89-94), Hughie
Phillips (H, 93-98) and Andrew Beejay (D,
89-94), as well as guests from St. Swithun’s
and Peter Symonds among others. The
possibility of an OTH-Commoner hot was
discussed outside The Grafton pub in
Camden but was prevented from occurring
by members of the band’s brass section.
The Beards would like to thank all OWs in
attendance and are sincerely hoping that it
is not another 20 years until they perform
together again.’
JGH Schneider (F, 00-05), the National
Organiser of Momentum, is joining the
Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s
office in a strategic communications role,
where he will be working alongside SPC
Milne (Coll, 71-74).
OWs who were unable to attend but
would like to keep in touch with the band
can reach them
at www.facebook.com/beardsrool.
George Nash (K, 02-07) has won a gold
medal in the Men’s Coxless IV at the Rio
Olympics, improving on the bronze he
won in London. He is the first
L to R – Kitson Symes (Coll, 04-06), Dara Olufon
(E, 00-05) and Jonty Olliff-Cooper (A, 96-01).
HR Percy (A, 70-74) has joined the
Board of KEH Group, which is owned by
the Al Humaidi family, one of the oldest
and most respected merchant names in
Kuwait.
Media
WRC Markham (K, 86-91) reports: ‘I was
one of the Live Produce