Alumni of the month - 2012 profiles

Nicolas Marotte recently became CEO of SAS MUSICALS, a production company specialising in musicals that brings a touch of New York’s “Broadway” to the heart of Paris’s nightlife. Read more...

In July 2012, Anna Smith was an Olympic Torchbearer and carried the flame through her local Borough of Kingston upon Thames, a deserved reward for her passion for sport and incredible determination following a horrific incident. Read more...

Despite initiatives encouraging women to enter the sector, technology is still a male-dominated industry. And according to LSBU graduate Dr. Sue Black, more needs to be done to encourage woman into the Technology sector. Read more...

Lue Cuttiford recently received the All-Disciplines Postgraduate Fulbright Award to enable her to carry out a PhD at Texas A&M University on one of the most prestigious and selective scholarship programmes operating world-wide. Read more...

Together, Chinnelle Anichebe and Amaechi Echedolu make up The Culture Initiative – a growing social enterprise that aims to celebrate and promote cultural diversity and shake up people’s perceptions of Africa. Read more...

Economist and environmentalist Miriam Kennet is widely credited with turning the concept of ‘green economics’ into a respected academic discipline and raising it to the top of the global agenda. Now, as co-founder and CEO of the Green Economics Institute and editor of the academic journal International Journal of Green Economics, she is at the forefront of what the Bank of England recently described as one of today’s most vibrant and healthy areas of the economy. Read more...

LSBU Alumnus Stuart A Johnson has forged a successful career as a Chartered Building Surveyor and Project Manager. Now established in his own practice, Stuart A Johnson Consulting, but with a track record at major firms he has managed many complex projects such as the £82.0 M Sainsbury Laboratory – University of Cambridge (pictured), written a book and is committed to activities which help others to develop their potential. Stuart has recently funded a scholarship at LSBU which is being offered to our MSc Building Surveying, MSc Construction Project Management and MSc Quantity Surveying students. Read more...

After graduating, mother of three Dawn Oliver, gained experience working for a number of legal practices before launching her employment legal practice and has since won a variety of high profile cases. Dawn is passionate about giving back, which has led her to offer work placements every year to LSBU law students. She is keen to support her local community and has recently organised a seminar with guest speakers such as a Andrew Hogarth QC 12KBW (12 Kings Bench Walk), to educate local employers on employment law,   read more...

LSBU alumnus Oliver Andrew has recently won the Fentress Global Challenge competition for his design of the ‘Airport of the Future’. He will be travelling to Denver, Colorado; to embark on his 5 week placement at the prestigious practice later this summer. Oliver graduated from his BA Architecture in 2011 and has been busy working on a variety of freelance projects whilst on placement with a top London company.  Find out how he did it...

After graduating in 1987 as a Surveyor, LSBU Alumnus Stephen travelled the world for his job, before he and LSBU colleague Robert Walter launched their business idea, ‘OfficePOD’. They have been featured in the media globally and are looking to establish a globally recognised product and brand.  Read more....

LSBU Alumna Elizabeth Adeniran was President of Accounting and Finance Society, volunteered at two social enterprises, graduated with a First class degree, and landed her dream graduate job.  Find out how she did it....

LSBU alumna Jessie Aru not only represented GB in the heptathlon and pentathlon. She has since forged a successful career in radio producing and presenting her own show on British Forces Broadcasting Services.  Read more about Jessie Aru....