My Current Toys

Famous People I Know and relevant links

Ian Worboys - Managing Director, Gazeley Properties, a subsidiary of Walmart. Grew up with Ian in Reigate, Surrey. His sister Jill was one of my first girlfriends...lol.
http://www.tiaca.org/content/AEC2005/ian.asp

Tim Worboys. Executive Director Stonemartin plc. Brother to Ian & Jill...see above.
http://www.practicalfm.co.uk/shownews.asp?search_type=id&id=72140

Liz Kettle - Actress - She was at Warminster (boarding) school with me 1975-77. I saw her a few times in Inspector Morse but she has done a lot more.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450580/

Alison McDougall - Managing Director - TigerRed Partnership. At Warminster school.
http://www.dma.org.uk/Content/Dir-Company.asp?Prf=2523
http://www.tigerred.com/index.html

Colin Cox - Actor - also at Warminster school with me. Now in America. http://www.willandcompany.com/bios/cox.html

Adrian Newey - Designer of Formula 1 Cars - At University with him 1977-80 Southampton
He did aeronatics & astronautics, drove a Ducati 900 and had a Lotus Elan...at University !!!
Now reportedly on $10Million a year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Newey
http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-newadr.html
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~debating/pdebates/newey211103.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/4416342.stm

John Inverdale - TV Sports Presenter - also at Uni with me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Inverdale
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/rugby_special/1840410.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/sport/johninverdale.shtml

Duncan Billing - Chief Marketing Officer, Hasbro Toys, USA. University friend and captain of Southampton University Rugby Club.
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/billing_duncan_1135530.aspx

Simon Poland - Actor - University friend. Simon was an accomplished cricket & tennis player too.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688857/

Chris Davies - Patent and Trade Mark Attorney - Shared a house at University with Chris in our 2nd year.
http://www.frankbdehn.co.uk/people_az_def.htm

Charlie Hussey - Managing Director Edina Software - Shared the same house with Charlie & Chris Davies (see above) at University.
http://www.edina.co.uk/AboutUs/StaffProfiles.html

Alan Stoney - reflexologist, Reiki practitioner and massage therapist. At University too. Now runs a very nice holidaying complex close to the castle he grew up in in Ireland.
http://www.rosturk-woods.com/

Stuart Salt - Registered Foreign Lawyer, Linklaters, Hong Kong. University friend and rugby player.
http://www.linklaters.com/people/peopledetail.asp?navigationID=3&personID=225

Paul Sheridan - Lawyer. University friend and rugby player.
http://www.dentonwildesapte.com/en/Our%20People/SheridanPaulPartner.aspx

Simon Bush - Head of Group Operations, Standard & Chartered Bank. University friend. We shared a house at Uni and were always getting into trouble.
http://www.carretek.com/main/details/india_advantages.htm
http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/computing/analysis/2075644/pros-cons-offshore-outsourcing
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:avgia6CMWdEJ:www.paconsulting.com/NR/rdonlyres/1B85B901-5731-4645-9C0F-782C5DAE1DC6/0/11132SCBcasestudy.pdf+%22simon+bush%22+standard&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=12

Janet Bush - Journalist & Politico - Sister of Simon Bush (see above) http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/Janet_Bush
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article296378.ece
http://www.fathom.com/contributors/3776.html
http://www.newstatesman.com/nssubsfilter.php3?newTemplate=NSArticle_NS&newDisplayURN=200501010027
http://www.newstatesman.com/nssubsfilter.php3?newTemplate=NSArticle_NS&newDisplayURN=200608280035

Hugh Trevor-Jones - Chairman, Lowe & Fletcher. Studied Mechanical Engineering with me at University.
http://www.lowe-and-fletcher.co.uk/ENGLISH.HTM

Sir Bob Reid - Ex Chairman of Shell & British rail. Doug Reid his son was at my Uni too.
Stayed at the Reids country house near Oxford a few times.
http://appbio.net/biographies/Reid-%20Sir%20Bob-5A1D.html
http://www.50lessons.com/viewlesson.asp?l=25
http://www.miltonkeynes.com/expansion/sir-bob-reid-interview?PHPSESSID=d3e417248c0b27877a9bb9b29f

Ginger Baker - from Baker Gurvitz Army
Song "Mad Jack" - all about a car rally in Nigeria - The Argungu, 4 days 3 nights thru bush & tree. My father was also in this race navigating for the local works Fiat team.
http://www.ginger-baker.com/

Charles Dunstone - Chairman & founder of The Carphone Warehouse.
I worked for CPW from 1997 to 2001 during which the company expanded from 60 shops to 1300. The computer systems were undoubtedly part of the reason CPW was so sucessful.
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/servlet/gben-server-PageServer?article=MAIN.UK.INTERNET.HELPINFO.COMPINFO.CEO
http://www.hugopublications.com/charles.html
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17709-1861767,00.html
http://www.anagramgenius.com/archive/charle33.html
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1567078,00.html

Brendan Forster - Ex IT Director - The Carphone Warehouse. My boss at CPW.
Awesome boss.
http://www.cpwplc.com/cpw/media/imagelibrary/seniorexecphotos/
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/forster_brendan_77042685.aspx


Hamish Donaldson - Ex Chairman of Hill Samuel. he was head of IT when I worked at HS and then went on to higher things. His book "A Guide to the Successful Management of Computer Projects" was a best seller when it was published in 1978 going into several reprints. In the book Hamish Donaldson introduced concepts that are accepted now, but which were far ahead of their time.

Philippe Bibi - CTO, Putnam Investments. Philippe was Project Manager of the Equity Derivatives Trading system that I co-wrote for Bankers Trust.
http://www.banktech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177103340

Kevin Cubbage - Chairman Builders Merchants Federation - Kevin was MD of Crosby Sarek and I was recruited specifically to write a Customer Service Monitoring System for him. This system revolutionised the way the company operated and highlighted internal flaws which were then corrected. Crosby Sarek went on to become the UK's biggest door manufacturer, which prompted Premdor, the world's biggest door manufacturer, to buy them.
http://bmfnew.sums2.ebiz.co.uk/?page=3358

There are more that I will put in when I have more time...and can find some links on the net.