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David Kitchen, BA(Hons) Business Studies, 1973 After a career in fi nancial services, mainly with Zurich and LV, I retired in July 2011.


as all major and independent booksellers. Writing under the name J.A. Noble, both books are published by Troubador Publishing Ltd.


1990s


Martin Wheatman, BSc(Hons) Computer Science, 1986 On 6th July 2011 I received my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Reading, so now I’m (fi nally!) a Dr.


Ian Day, BSc(Hons) Psychology, 1987


I am an executive coach and leadership consultant with Personal Best International. Studying psychology at Hatfi eld was one of the best three years of my life and I have very happy memories. As


well as meeting great friends, I found a subject that has kept my interest ever since. After graduating I worked in human resources in various organisations and eventually moved into talent management and leadership development. In this new role I was coached for nine months, which was fundamental for me. I became more effective, confi dent and satisfi ed. I was so inspired that I went on to become a qualifi ed executive coach and now specialise in coaching and leadership development working to build the capability of senior executives and their teams within FTSE 250 companies and I still use psychological models in the work that I do. I have written several coaching articles and my second co-authored book “The Coaching Challenge” will be published in 2012. If you’d like to contact me, my email is ianday@personal-best.com


June Noble, BA(Hons) English and Literary Studies, 1989


Having successfully published my fi rst novel The Lime Walk in December 2010, which was awarded fi ve out of fi ve stars on Amazon.com, I have now had its sequel published. Set twenty years after the fi rst Challiss novel, Challiss of Uppham returns to the troubled Uppham estate in the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign. Within weeks of publication it had already received several fi ve star reviews from around the world and is available via Amazon.co.uk, troubadour.co.uk as well


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Marian Gold, MA Literature in Crisis, 1990 I graduated in 1990 with an M.A. in Literature in Crisis. My thesis was accepted for publication. Subsequently published in 1992, and I have recently republished it as a book “Wartime is Your Time”. It has sold reasonably well, and I have given several power point presentations. As World War One is now on the school curriculum, I am still hoping to reach a broader audience. Married for 56 years, I now have 8 grandchildren. I attend a creative writing class and have written two novels and several short stories. I have also sold several paintings over the last few years. I had a wonderful ten years at your University, and found all the teaching to be of the very highest standard. We were very mature students, and were given wonderful support. I also helped to run the Educational Guidance for Adults service when it was fi rst set up.


Natasha Hoxha (nee McDermot), LLB(Hons), 1995 After I qualifi ed as a solicitor 13 years ago I spent 7 years managing a team of lawyers at a top criminal law fi rm. In 2006 I set up my own practice in Mayfair, called Carters Solicitors. I was President of the West London Law Society and edited various books and publications. I am married with four children.


John Gunner, BSc(Hons) Combined Studies Law with European Studies, 1995, PgDip Legal Practice, 1997 and LLM, 1999 As part of my role in community charity Mediation Hertfordshire, I was recently involved in the production of a three-part documentary “Mediators”, which was shown on Sky 1 during the summer of 2011 and fi lmed


in the new Law Court building at the University. The results we saw during the programme were riveting. It revealed real people in real situations we can all relate to – how what often seems like simple things can cause lives to become a misery for years, come to blows or end up in Court. Since being involved in “Mediators”, I have continued to grow my practice as one of the top-ranked independent Mediators in the


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