Notable Alumni

LGS, LGHS and GSAL alumni have achieved outstanding success in a range of diverse fields and we are proud to have them in our alumni community. We are always keen to hear about our alumni achievements so please do contact us with your success stories.

Name	Accomplishments
Minhaz Abedin	Charity CEO
Thomas T Adamson-Coumbousis	Culture Correspondent for Associated Press
Christine Austin	Wine writer and broadcaster
Jeff Barak	Corporate Editor, Amdocs, Former Middle East correspondent, Jewish Chronicle
Gordon Benson	Olympic triathlete, Team GB
Katie Birch	England Hockey player
Robin Blaze	Opera singer
Gary Bloom	Sports Performance Psychotherapist and Radio 5 Live Presenter
James Brining	Artistic Director, Leeds Playhouse
Prof Sir Richard Brook OBE ScD FREng	Emeritus professor of Materials, University of Oxford
Sir Stephen Brown KCVO	Former British Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea and High Commissioner to Singapore
Toby Castle	Deputy Head of News, BBC
Kathryn Cearns OBE, FCA, FCCA	Member of Main Board and Audit Committee, Non-executive director and Chair, Office of Tax Simplification
Rev Canon Rex Chapman	Former Chaplain to the Queen
Prof Robin Choudhury	Cardiologist
Jeff Christie	Singer and songwriter
Alistair Cox	Chief Executive of Hays Plc
Barry Cryer OBE	Comedian and writer
Howard Devoto	Singer songwriter with Buzzcocks and Magazine
Jeremy Dyson	Writer, screenwriter, author, actor, musician
Lord John Dyson	Former Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Jessica Elgot	Acting Deputy Political Editor at The Guardian
Nicola Elliott	Co-founder of Neom
John Ficenec	Editor of the Questor column at the Telegraph Media Group
Lucy Frazer QC	Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice
Prof Paul Hare	Former British Ambassador to Cuba
Tony Harrison	Poet, translator and playwright Winner of European prize for literature in 2010
Sir Christopher Holland	Former High Court Judge
Lindsay Johnson	Principal and CEO, Craven College
Nicolette Jones	Author and Sunday Times critic
Yona Knight-Wisdom	Olympic athlete, Jamaican diving team
Peter Levine	Philanthropist and lawyer, founder of Imperial Energy plc
Lucy Manning	Special correspondent, BBC
Dame Alison Mariot Leslie	Brexit Advisor to Scotland’s First Minister and former diplomat
Professor Andrew McNaughton	Technical Director, High Speed Two Limited
Robin Middleton	Olympic athlete, Australian badminton team
Colin Montgomerie OBE	Professional golfer
Baroness Pauline Neville –Jones	Former diplomat Former Chairman of the British Joint Intelligence Committee Government’s Special Representative to Business on Cyber Security
Geoff Newton	Executive Director of the Tennis Foundation and on the board of the British Paralympic Association
Sir Harry Ognall	Former High Court Judge
Amara Okereke	Actor
David Palmer-Jones	Chief Executive of SITA UK
Sir Andrew Park	Former High Court Judge
Richard Price MBE	Film and theatre producer
Ian Ritchie	Member of the Ryder Cup Committee
Thelma Ruby	Actor
Mark Scott	Herald
Guy Sigsworth	Composer, producer and songwriter
Samantha Simmonds	BBC World News presenter
Prof Maureen Smith	Musician, winner of BBC violin competition
Rory Smith	Chief Soccer Correspondent, New York Times
Lady Valerie Solti	Actor and Founder of the Solti Foundation
Hannah Starling	Commonwealth Games medallist – diving
Marilyn Stowe	Founder of Stowe Family Law
Jonathan Straight	Founder of Straight plc
Robert Sullivan	Interim Chief Executive Officer at Football Foundation
Sophie Taylor	Commonwealth Games medallist – swimming
Sir Anthony Vineall	Former chairman Teachers Review Body
Philip Wilby	Composer, Professor Emeritus of Leeds University
Ricky Wilson	Musician, lead singer Kaiser Chiefs
Sir Peter Woodhead KCB	Former Deputy Allied Commander Atlantic
Ben Wosskow	Co-founder of Love Home Swop
Debbie Wosskow OBE	Co-founder of Love Home Swop and AllBright

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