QE Alumni News
ISSUE 20 | AUTUMN 2017
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Welcome to Alumni News
An e-newsletter produced by Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet for all our old boys. We trust you will enjoy reading it and will also take the opportunity to visit the alumni section of our website.
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Headmaster’s update
The festive season got off to an excellent start with a wonderful Christmas Concert in the Shearly Hall, featuring rich sounds from our musicians and an eclectic programme that ranged from jazz to Bach. The concert was held in association with the Rotary Club of Barnet, with which the School has enjoyed links for many years.
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School and military representatives joining civic dignitaries to unveil a commemorative paving stone in honour of an Old Elizabethan awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions on the Western Front 100 years ago
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QE’s First World War Victoria Cross recipient honoured
School and military representatives joined civic dignitaries to unveil a commemorative paving stone in honour of an Old Elizabethan awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions on the Western Front 100 years ago this month.
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Going underground…and overseas
Ramesh Paripooranananthan is forging a successful career as a London architect – interspersed with globe-trotting trips to attend the weddings of Old Elizabethans in the Far East!

Ramesh, who uses the surname Pari professionally, works with BB Partnership – a London practice specialising in mid to high-end residential projects.
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School sports star now shining in business
After the glory of a glittering sporting career at QE and the trials of a period when he had to take over the family business during his father’s terminal illness, Asif Ahmed has gone on to build up a thriving firm of accountants. He is now so well-regarded for his entrepreneurial expertise that he advises the Government on start-ups..
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“We need a certain proportion of humanity to be willing to take the risks”: international AI entrepreneur returns to QE
San Francisco-based artificial intelligence expert and entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal shared with current QE pupils the “key life lessons” he has learned.

Still only 34, Sachin (OE 1994–2001) has already founded and led three multi-million dollar businesses and has studied at three of the world’s leading universities...
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Screen saver: TV executive with a record
of rescuing broadcasters in trouble
Having made his name as a television executive, Old Elizabethan David Lowen is now a sought-after consultant working with international broadcasters – and he has emerged as a significant figure in the world of higher education, too.
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Tackling under-representation at
Oxford and in the world of technology
Leke Abolade is helping to inspire future generations of black Oxford University students through a new graduate alumni network.
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Fact and fiction: thriller by ex-head of Special Branch up for award
The third novel in a best-selling thriller series written by former Commander of Special Branch, Roger Pearce, has been nominated for the prestigious Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award from the British Crime Writers’ Association.
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Forthcoming Events
42nd QE Rugby Sevens
Sunday 11th March 2018
At the School, from 10am onwards.

The 53rd Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate
Saturday 24th March 2018
6pm at the School. OEs take on the School in the hotly-contested annual event.

Founder’s Day
Saturday 16th June 2018

For more information about alumni events, please contact the Headmaster's office
GETTING INVOLVED
The School is always delighted to hear from our former pupils, whether they would like to get involved in QE events, or simply have news to share about themselves or former classmates. To contact our Alumni Office, please email alumni@qebarnet.co.uk

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Through this e-newsletter and the alumni section of The Queen Elizabeth’s School website, the School is aiming to strengthen its links with former pupils.
If you wish to find out more about having an active role in supporting the school as a past pupil, please contact: alumni@qebarnet.co.uk
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