Insight Summer Newsletter 2018

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OBA News
Mrs Susan Day, OBA Administrator
The Old Bancroftians’ Association continues in its aims
to maintain links between its members, the School and
the Bancroft’s Foundation. Over the last few months
we have run a series of very successful events.
Bancroft’s Business Breakfast
On 7 March we welcomed more than eighty Old Bancroftians,
parents, Sixth Form pupils and friends of the School to latest Business
Breakfast at the Reform Club in Pall Mall London. We were treated
to a real gem, held in the Reform Club Library, a most wonderful,
beautiful location, thanks to Bancroft’s School Chair of Governors,
Professor Philip Ogden who kindly hosted the breakfast.
It was a fantastic and interesting open discussion with our panel
guests who generously gave up their time: Old Bancroftian Nick Percy,
Executive VP for Western Europe, BBC Worldwide; Old Bancroftian,
Tess Atkins, Industry Manager of the Creative Agency Team, Google
and Lizzie Wingham, School Governor and Deputy Editor, BBC Three.
Nick Bowman, immediate OBA Past President, kindly moderated the
discussions.
All proceeds, after costs, were donated to the Bancroft’s Foundation
which provides Means Tested Awards at the School to provide life-
changing opportunities to talented young people, regardless of their
financial means.
The next Business Breakfast will be on the 15 November 2018 and
will be a legal themed discussion. Full details will be sent after the
summer break.
Past Presidents’ Dinner
The 65th Past Presidents’ Dinner was held in the Warner Room on
Friday 27 April. Seventeen past presidents from 1979 to 2016 and
their guest, Ed Sautter, current OBA President, former parent and
School Governor, visited the School for pre-dinner drinks hosted by
the Head, Simon Marshall in the Glass Courtyard Building. This was
followed by a three-course meal prepared by our excellent School
catering team.
Five and ten years on reunion
On Friday 4 May, more than one hundred Old Bancroftians from the
leavers of 2007 and 2012 revisited the school for the five and ten
years on reunion.
The event took place in the Dining Hall and OBs heard from Ed
Sautter, our new OBA President (OB, parent of OB and School
Governor) and the Head, Simon Marshall, who both encouraged
everyone to stay in contact with the School and explained how to
become involved with the OBA. This was followed by food and
drinks, giving everyone the opportunity to catch up with their
contemporaries and senior teaching staff. A great time was had by all!
The rest of 2018 is going to be another busy year for the OBA
committee and the OBA Office. There are a lot of varied events
to plan for our OBA community, including OBs’ Day in July, Ladies
Evening, OBA Annual Dinner, Business Breakfast, City Drinks and
Northern Dinner to name a few.