Who's coming to talk?

This year’s Careers Evening is on Wednesday June 19th and we are very fortunate to have an amazing array of parents coming to share their experiences and insights with students. In the next few days we will be highlighting some of the many parents who have kindly offered to come and help students' with their careers choices.

We start with:

Dr Ed Wood

Ed has been who has been Chief Designer at Williams F1 since 2006. He has a broad range of engineering experience in both motorsport and aerospace and therefore has knowledge in both engineering and physical sciences. He has degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester and Doctorate from the University of Oxford where he undertook research for Rolls Royce plc. Prior to Williams he has worked as a Development Engineer at the Ferrari and & Renault Formula 1 teams and was Chief Designer for the Subaru World Rally Team.

Edi Smockum

Edi has had a career in television & radio as a producer/presenter and now runs a company that manages entry-level training schemes for Channel 4, training reporters and presenters. Edi was responsible for training the disabled reporters and presenters for Channel 4's Bafta-winning coverage of the Paralympics. Edi also does consulting work for the National Film & Television School which is considered one of the top 10 film schools in the world.

We are looking forward to a very useful and interesting event.