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Jane Barrie OBE

House:Weirfield School

Class Of:1964

Chair of Governors Taunton School

One of the first women members of the London Stock Exchange; Chairman of Somerset Health Authority and former Non-Executive Director of the Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust; Chairman of the Learning & Skills Council Somerset, Patron of St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice, President of Care Focus and a Director of Connexions Somerset, member of the NHS Commercial Advisory Board.

Duncan Bluck CBE

House:School House

Class Of:1944

Deceased:

Director Cathay Pacific Airways 1980-98; Director and President Cystic Fybrosis Trust 1999-2010

Stephen Bond

House:Fairwater

Class Of:1968

Managing Director of Bond Aviation Group - One of the world’s leading providers of mission-critical helicopter support for Life and Rescue; Former Director British Midland Airways

Sir Stephen Brown KBE

House:School House

Class Of:1924

Deceased:

A leading spokesman for the engineering industry in its relations with the Wilson government and the trade unions. He came to public prominence in 1964 when he negotiated, for the first and only time in the industry, a three-year wage agreement. He was closely involved in the reorganisation of the Federation of British Industries to form the CBI.

Kit Chapman MBE

House:Fairwater

Class Of:1965

Businessman - Owner of The Castle Hotel in Taunton as well as being a widely respected champion of British cooking. Writer and leading activist within the hospitality industry.

Ginger Freeman

House:

Class Of:1922

Deceased:Deceased

Chairman and Managing Director of the Tobacco Corporation which defied UN Sanctions against Rhodesia. HIs amazing story is told in the book 'Tobacco spiced with Ginger'

Mark Getty

House:Wills East

Class Of:1979

Businessman, Philanthropist and co-founder of Getty Images

Dr Chris Gibson-Smith CBE

House:Fairwater

Class Of:1964

Fomer Chairman London Stock Exchange, Previously Chairman of National Air Traffic Services; Director of Lloyds TSB; Group Managing Director of BP

Sir Robert Malpas CBE

House:Winterstoke

Class Of:1945

Deceased:

Chairman of ICI Europa Ltd; member of the ICI Main Board; Managing Director of BP; Chairman of PowerGen and the Cookson Group; Co-Chairman of Eurotunnel

Sir Henry Phelps Brown MBE

House:School House

Class Of:1924

Deceased:

Prominent British Economst who was called upon by the British Government on several occasions. In 1957, the Macmillan Government formed the Council on Prices, Productivity and Incomes to monitor wage/price fluctuations. He was called to serve on this council, and sought to use an incomes policy to reduce inflation without driving higher unemployment. He was later called to help form the National Economic Development Council in 1962, and once again in 1974 to serve on the Royal Commission on Distribution of Income and Wealth (the 'Diamond Commission')

Nick Prettejohn

House:Evans

Class Of:1978

Chairman of Scottish Widows; Former Chief Executive of Prudential UK and Europe; Former CEO Lloyd's of London

Leslie Scott

House:Weirfield

Class Of:1974

Inventor of 'Jenga' - Over 50 million Jenga games, equivalent to more than 2.7 billion Jenga blocks, have been sold worldwide.

Michael Spence CBE

House:Somerset

Class Of:1954

Deceased:

Director of Strategic Development Dowty Group plc, a company making aircraft equipment in Cheltenham. The Company invented the first internally sprung aircraft wheel and went on to make landing gear for Frank Whittle's jet-propelled Gloster aeroplane. In 1960 the Company acquired Rotol Airscrews, giving it a propeller manufacturing capability; In the 1960s the Company went on to develop fuel control systems for the Harrier jump jet and power controls for Concorde.

Peter Thomas CBE

House:Wills West

Class Of:1961

Deceased:

Businessman involved in Festival Parks Europe Ltd. Chairman and benefactor of the Cardiff Blues and is passionate about helping to deliver European success to the supporters of the club. Appointed CBE in June 2012 for services to business, sport and charitable work in Wales

Sir James Tidmarsh KCVO MBE

House:School House

Class Of:1949

Lord Lieutenant of Bristol from 1996-2007; spent most of his working life in the manufacturing industry in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Originally a shoe maker, in 1972 he set up his own company manufacturing specialised flooring for the electronics industry. for services to export he received the MBE in 1989.High Sheriff of Avon 1995; Master of the Merchant Venturers 1994-95. Founder Director of GWR Radio plc and is a director of Business West. Chairman of SouthWest One and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Bristol; Trustee of several Charitable Trusts; Honorary Degrees (Doctorates) from both the University of Bristol and UWE.

Michael Willacy CBE

House:Wills West

Class Of:1951

Deceased:

Advisor to Margaret Thatcher (1985-90)