Studium II Speaker Programme Features Industry Leaders

Luminaries, leaders and pioneers in a wide variety of industries are set to convene at Winchester for an afternoon of remarkable lectures.

Our list of speakers includes the speaker, author and current Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine Isobel P Williams; the Chief Features Writer for the Financial Times, Mr. Henry Mance; the soldier, author and commentator Major General Patrick Cordingly; and serial inventor and entrepreneur Dr Jonathan Ingram.

Returning from the front line in Ukraine, Mr. David Fox-Pitt will explain what has driven him and his team of volunteers to serve over 500,000 pizzas to those living in the shadow of the Russian invasion.

Studium is one of the highlights of the academic year, an afternoon when Wykehamists are dismissed from their classes and get to listen to leading experts in their fields.

David Fox-Pitt, Founder of Scottish-based fundraising adventure challenge company WildFox Events Ltd - Don't Just Think It...DO It - Bringing Emergency Relief to Ukraine

Harry Mount, Editor of the Oldie magazine and author of multiple books - The Best Latin Lines Ever

Isobel P Williams MD FRCP DCH FRGS, Speaker, author, lecturer and Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine - Edward Wilson; Explorer, Naturalist, Artist and Scott's Confidant and Friend

Mark Peel, author of over 15 books, including biographies of Shirley Williams, Colin Cowdrey, Mike Brearley and more - Douglas Jardine: Hero or Villain?

Henry Mance, Chief Features Writer at the Financial Times who has previously interviewed figures such as Sarah Ferguson, Nigel Farage and Tyson Fury - Is It Time to Stop Eating Meat?

Anwar Darkazally, a 20-year veteran of the United Nations’ Department of Political Affairs across the Middle East and Africa - An Intifada, Three Civil Wars and a Revolution - A Career in the Political Front Lines, and Back Again

Dr Lucy Morgan Edwards, author of ‘The Afghan Solution: The inside story of Abdul Haq, the CIA and how western hubris lost Afghanistan’ - Reflections and Lessons from the Post 9/11 War in Afghanistan

Simon Sturgis, Special Advisor to the Environmental Audit Select Committee and advisor to the Cabinet Office - Climate Change vs Nuclear War - Surviving the 21st Century

Ben Merrick, Director of the Joint Funds Unit in the Cabinet Office's National Security Secretariat - Why Does Diversity and Inclusion Matter to UK National Security?

Hephzibah Rudofsky, co-founder of “Surviving the Holocaust” with her late mother, Lady Zahava Kohn MBE - Surviving the Holocaust

Dr Jonathan Ingram, serial inventor and entrepreneur - The Pitfalls and Profits of Tech Entrepreneurship

Major General Patrick Cordingley, former commander of the 7th Armoured Brigade during the 1st Gulf War, author and international affairs commentator – How the two Gulf Wars changed the world we live in today

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