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...The Griffin Report from page 17 “You have to be able to read
what has happened at a crime scene and work through it safely.” Deb’s Stepping Plate invention
provided the catalyst for the growth of her Forensic Pathways company, which now has its base at Birmingham’s iCentrum complex at Innovation Birmingham, distributing to Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the US and elsewhere. “It was quite evident that the
market was going digital. The police were having to handle enormous amounts of data – crime is now no longer going into houses and investigating, it is online. We went from crime scene forensics to digital forensics and now cyber and the dark web.”
‘I am going to enjoy working with Paul Faulkner and his team’
Forensics Pathways’ modus
operandi has expanded to embrace bespoke technology covering everything from tackling paedophilia to reputational damage to celebrities on social media and wildlife trafficking. “We were shocked at the amount
of wildlife crime, such as elephant tusks being sold on the dark web.” An admirer of Margaret Thatcher
– “I know she is a bit Marmite but she stood up for what she believed in and wasn’t swayed” – Deb says a woman can hold the aces in today’s business world. “I do not see being a woman as a disadvantage, you are more memorable than 95 per cent of the population in the room.” The mother of two says she is
looking forward to taking over as president at the Chambers of Commerce. “I am going to enjoy working with Paul Faulkner and his team. They are passionate about the region – they have a good sense of humour themselves.” As the conversation draws to a
close, inevitably the subject of humour returns – along with the vexed topic of social media and its effect on the world. “Social media can be a very
powerful tool – it opens up the marketplace. It is what you do with it that counts. We need to get our humanity back, people are so busy bashing each other. On Brexit, friends have fallen out, families have fallen out, it’s insane. “The world has lost its sense of
humour. People have lost the ability to laugh at the world.” It’s fair to predict that Deb Leary,
future president of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, will not be joining them in their self-imposed gloom.
New chief master for King Edward’s
King Edward’s School has appointed the first female chief master in its 466- year history. Dr Katy Ricks joins the independent school, based on Edgbaston Park Road in Birmingham, after serving as head of Sevenoaks School for 16 years. Previously, Dr Ricks (pictured)
worked in several leading independent schools, including Latymer Upper School, Highgate School and King Edward’s School, where she spent three years teaching English. Tim Clarke, chairman of the
governing body, said: “Dr Katy Ricks will bring a wealth of intellectual rigour, leadership ability, energy and enthusiasm to the role of chief master.” Dr Katy Ricks said: “The
school’s ethos – scholarly, clever, witty, hard-working, creative – has always stayed with me. It is a great privilege to be appointed as chief master of King Edward’s School and I look forward to becoming part of this very special community.”
Dr Katy Ricks
18 CHAMBERLINK November 2019
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