Emma
Wigan, 27
Tudor Hall School, Oxfordshire
After leaving Tudor Hall in 2002, Emma took a year out to travel to Asia and Australia. During this time, she completed charity work in the north of Thailand, building a school in a small village and living with a local family which was a particularly rewarding aspect of her travels. She went on to study at the University of Edinburgh and graduated in 2007 with a Master’s in Psychology. It was then that she returned to London to embark on a career, not in psychology, but in journalism, writing for niche fashion magazine, NB Pulse. After just over a year, she moved to Spears magazine working with William Cash and learning about the financial world. “Having tried my hand at
journalism in two very different areas, I am currently the director of events and public relations for
Raleigh
Addington, 22
Downside School, Bath
The Polo Agency and our sister company, PTY Unlimited, and have been for the last six months,” says Emma of her latest career move. “I have had to learn a lot but have found that this is probably more my cup of tea. I have enjoyed the opportunity to meet plenty of new people and also learn about polo, having previously known very little!”
Tom
Allason, 28
Eton College, Berkshire
In 2007, Tom Allason was named ‘Top Gun’ by Growing Business magazine, while his company
eCourier.co.uk was awarded London’s Most Inspirational Business in 2007 by The Evening
Standard. Tom has always been interested in business, although his entrepreneurial streak originally got into trouble. While at Dartmouth College in the USA, he started a business arranging fake IDs for his fellow students. Fortunately, Tom has since channeled his acumen into more legitimate fields. His first job with shipping
at BP was successful but Tom had designs on setting up his own business. After several bad experiences waiting on deliveries, he realised he could provide a better service and set up
eCourier.co.uk. For this venture, he teamed up with a friend from university and found that there were lots of small players in the market that could be connected. Using a computer system to allocate delivery so that they could cut costs and pay couriers more, eCourier.
co.uk proved a huge success. It now employs 350 people. Following this success,
Tom left to start another courier-related company, Shutl, which launched in 2009. This web service connects retailers to local courier firms, enabling them to offer their customers a delivery time as quick as 90 minutes from purchase.
Since graduating from the University of Exeter in July 2009 with a BA in Economics and Politics, Raleigh has since set up – and is now operations manager of – a not-for-profit organisation called Tickets for Troops. This unique charity provides the British Armed Forces with a huge variety of free tickets for various major cultural, sporting and musical events on a national scale. There has been a vast
amount of interest in Tickets for Troops and patrons of the organisation now include Ian Botham, Joanna Lumley, Steven Gerrard, Gary Lineker, Vera Lynn and Frank Warren. Some of the most prestigious sports teams, sports venues and entertainment arenas have also pledged their support for the charity which Raleigh has helped create. These include Chelsea FC, Manchester United FC, the MCC, World Darts and the O2 Arena. Since Tickets for Troops has launched, they have donated over 50,000 tickets and over 30,000 troops have registered on to their website to apply for tickets. “It is great to be able to say a small ‘thank you’ to all our Armed Forces,” explains Raleigh. To find out more about, visit
www.ticketsfortroops.org.uk
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