We are incredibly grateful to the many OLs who gave up their time to attend the School’s annual Careers Fair on Wednesday 9th October 2024, and share their wisdom, experience and enthusiasm with current pupils.
In particular, we thank
Dr. Robert Kilgour (1975) for his wonderful speech at the start of the evening. His stellar advice to ‘work hard, play hard and give back’ really resonated with pupils and set a perfect tone for the event.
It was then a busy and productive evening up in the Painted Gallery in Pinkie, with pupils able to book slots with their preferred exhibitors throughout the night. Everyone left feeling inspired and encouraged and they all praised the diversity of exhibitors in attendance.
We thank the following OLs for their support with this event:
Robert Kilgour (1975) - Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Four Seasons Health Care
Roderick Urquhart (1975) - Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian; Retired Senior Partner and Chief Executive, Urquharts Solicitors
Ian Sinclair (1985) - Managing Director, Royal Bank of Canada
Richard Riegels (1993) - Training Captain, Scottish Air Ambulance & Gama Aviation
Alison Riegels (née Sidgwick) (1994) - Director, ReAmp Consultancy
Kestin Hare (1996) - Fashion Designer, KESTIN
Morven Allan (2006) - Clinical Lecturer in General Surgery, NHS/University of Edinburgh
Nico Sharkey (2018) - Service Desk Engineer, Baxters Food Group
Tessa Donald (2019) - Final Year Medical Student, NHS
Rebecca (Becky) O’Donoghue (2023) - Founder, Socially Becky
We also thank Natasha, the School’s Entrepreneur in Residence, and the whole Friends of Loretto team for organising such an important and successful event.
If you are interested in supporting or featuring at next year’s event, please get in touch with Gillian Berrill at
society@loretto.com and she will be delighted to connect you with the best person.