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On February 28th, the
Development Office held its
inaugural City Network event at the
KPMG offices in Salisbury Square.
The event for Old Merchant Taylors
and parents of current boys working
in the City of London was hosted by
Simon Collins, a current parent and
UK Chairman and Senior Partner
at KPMG. It was a marvelous event
and incredibly heartening to see
over 180 people gathering together
in one room to socialise, network
and catch up with old friends and
teachers. Both the phenomenal
personal success of the OMTs and
their genuine affection for their alma
mater was remarkable.
City Network Event
the importance of networking, careers
advice and work experience and made
a plea for those present to offer their
support for the online Careers Directory
Development Office saying they
would like to help. This is a wonderful
start as we build towards a launch of
the directory in September. We are on
course to have over 300 OMTs and
parents listed and prepared to help.
Head Master Stephen Wright spoke
of the future vision for the school
and outlined the major developments
to come. The first of these, the
pedestrianisation of the campus, is
well underway. The new perimeter
road is now complete and in use. The
sensitive re-development of the Great
Hall into an Art Deco classic with
twenty-first century facilities begins
in the summer, and the exciting
new Technology building that will
Many of the OMTs spoke of
memories well beyond the purview
of their current careers, reminiscing
with real affection on subjects as
varied as rugby fixtures, school
assemblies, concerts, plays and
individual lessons they remembered.
One KPMG high-flier even quoted
verbatim an entire stanza of a Sylvia
Plath poem he had been taught at the
age of 14!
Simon Collins spoke about the
challenges facing school leavers
and graduates when they enter the
job market. For KPMG, who receive
25,000 applications from graduates
each year for just 600 jobs, this is
particularly pertinent. Simon stressed
that the school is to launch later this year.
At the event, over 60 people registered
to be a part of the directory and, since
then, a further 50 have contacted the
bring together Art and Design with
traditional and new technologies
to transcend the traditional divide
between the arts and the sciences
will follow.
Our warmest thanks go to all at
KPMG, but particularly to Simon
Collins for so generously hosting
the event.
If you missed the City Network
this year and would like to attend
in future, please do get in touch.
Whether you work in the City or
not, if you let us know what your
current role is, it will enable us
to shape future sector-specific
networking and social opportunities.
