Alleyn Club Newsletter 2013

Matthew Ruttley (02-07) received the Judge’s Choice Award at the Wall Street Journal’s Data Transparency Weekend in April 2012. Matthew single-handedly wrote his winning computer program, Site Scoper, in sixteen hours. The software examines websites for tracking files and sensitive content before the user actually visits the site. Sachit Shah (90-97) was recently appointed Consultant Neuroradiologist at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, a leading centre for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurological conditions and part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Former England rugby international Andrew Sheridan (90-98) moved from Sale Sharks to RC Toulonnais, who play in the French Top 14 league. Paul Smith (69-76) was re-elected to Colchester Borough Council and subsequently to the leadership of the Liberal Democrat group on the council. Will Stanley (96-98) exhibited his model, ‘House for an Embalmer + Radio Ham, Canterbury City Wall’, in the architecture room of the 2012 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Will also exhibited ‘Industrial Radiology’, a model of a Battersea Power Station chimney, in the architecture room of the 2011 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. He is currently studying Architecture at the Architectural Association (AA) in London and plans to complete his post graduate studies at the AA on the Emergent Technologies and Design Programme.

In August 2012 Dr Brian Owen-Smith (48-57) reported that patents in the US, Europe and Japan had been granted for the test for pre- eclampsia which is now being developed by Morgan Innovation and Technology (Petersfield) with a grant of £250,000 from the Technology Strategy Board. Composer Anthony Payne (47-55) has been named Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of East Anglia’s School of Music. Andy Pawlby (92-99) is co-founder and a director of The London Quest Company, which designs and delivers corporate and private events. One of the company’s notable 2012 activities involved working with Coca-Cola to recruit actors, musicians and dancers in order to re-enact moments from the Olympics in the Beatbox pavilion of the Olympic Park. Rupert Penry-Jones (82-89) starred as Clive Reader in the second series of the BBC’s acclaimed legal drama, Silk . Hamish Pollock (73-80) was mayor of the London Borough of Sutton between May 2011 and May 2012, and also recently married. Archie Powell (79-88) produced all three episodes of the BBC’s Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture, which was aired early in 2012. The series explored the influence of class on culture in Britain during the century between 1911 and 2011. Archie also directed the final instalment, which focused on class and culture between 1980 and the present day. The Right Honourable Peter Riddell (59-66) was awarded a CBE for services to journalism and for public service in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. In April 2012 Philip Rutnam (78-82) was appointed Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport. Prior to this appointment, Philip was Director General, Business and Skills, at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), where he was responsible for policy on industry and enterprise, including regional economic development and support for small business.

Will Stanley’s entry (front on display at the 2012 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

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