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Old Members’ Activities<br />

1979<br />

Chris Ringrose<br />

Recently undertook his longest (so far) cycling trip … this was intended to be Venice<br />

to Salzburg but, due to catching COVID-19 mid-way through, ended up being Venice<br />

to Lindau Island on Lake Constance (with a gap between Lienz and Durnstein during<br />

his 5 day isolation). <strong>The</strong> route retraced Richard <strong>The</strong> Lionheart’s journey back from<br />

the Crusades in 1192, after being shipwrecked off Venice.<br />

1982<br />

Philippa Hird<br />

Appointed as the next Chair of Manchester University’s Board of Governors. Philippa<br />

is an independent director and strategy consultant with a particular interest in<br />

recruitment, remuneration, governance and the delivery of complex change. A Fellow<br />

of the Royal Society of Arts she is also Chair of the NHS Pay Review Body; Senior<br />

Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chair of Ordnance Survey; and<br />

Deputy Chair and Remuneration Committee Chair of AQA.<br />

1984<br />

Guto Harri<br />

In February <strong>2022</strong> Guto was appointed Downing Street Director of Communications,<br />

the post of Director of Communications for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.<br />

1984<br />

David Oliver<br />

Elected as the 122nd President of the Royal <strong>College</strong> of Physicians (RCP), London.<br />

Coming top in a ballot of seven candidates, he took up the post in September <strong>2022</strong><br />

and will serve a four-year term. David was RCP Clinical Vice President and a trustee<br />

from 2016 to 2019 and on the RCP's Council from 2014-2019. He is a consultant<br />

physician in geriatrics and general medicine at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation<br />

Trust, Reading; a columnist for the British Medical Journal; visiting fellow at the King's<br />

Fund; visiting professor at City University, London; and trustee of the Nuffield Trust.<br />

1984<br />

Tiku Patel<br />

Joined the board of the Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank, in December 2021, as<br />

independent non-executive director. He is the Chief Executive of Blue Motor Finance<br />

and has spent the last 20 years leading financial services businesses at Barclays,<br />

Experian and the PRA Group.<br />

82 <strong>The</strong> Queen’s <strong>College</strong> | <strong>College</strong> <strong>Record</strong> <strong>2022</strong>

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