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and later at the National Grid. He continued his career at the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation between 2014 and 2021. Since 2021, he has been working as an expert technical consultant at ADM Electricity Distribution Corporation. Ertugrul is a Chartered Engineer and a full member of Cigre Working Groups. He is pictured presenting at CIRED Conference in Rome.
After studying at Teesside in 1978 as a US study abroad student, she has made banking her lifelong career. Having just turned 65, Denise shares that she was grateful for the time spent at Teesside as it opened her eyes in many ways; it encouraged her to take risks and to reach further. Denise went on to study at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where she earned an MBA. Denise currently manages endowments and foundations at PNC Bank and would love to visit the campus again to relive her time there. ‘It was fabulous.’
became the first non-University graduate marketing trainee with United Biscuits before moving into the world of advertising and strategic planning. David's career then led him to merge and run WPP's marketing strategy house, specialising in financial services. He later quit to advise and reposition the heritage luxury brand Debrett's before selling on his business. Subsequently involved in setting up and running a fintech business, David has also picked up a couple of Non-Executive Director roles along the way.
husband, also a Teesside alum. She says, ‘Teesside is very dear to my career, and it is also where I met my husband of 31 years. We have both been very fortunate to have travelled and lived in many different places. We are so grateful. Thank you, Teesside.’
Since studying at Teesside, David has had a life in retail – taking him from the boardroom of Harrods to the deserts of Qatar. He has two adult daughters as well as a young son. He has recently turned his hand to the commercial world of UK manufacturing and enjoys life living in the Garden of England, Kent.
For the last 15 years, Uma has been teaching in California, having moved to America more than 22 years ago with her husband, also a Teesside alum. She says, ‘Teesside is very dear to my career, and it is also where I met my husband of 31 years. We have both been very fortunate to have travelled and lived in many different places. We are so grateful. Thank you, Teesside.’
After starting work at Kingston University as their Sports Development Officer, Mark worked with BUSA/British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS). Here, he managed several sports, went on to set up their International Department, attended four World University Games and managed the headquarters for England at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester 2002. He then took over the role of Head of Sport at BUCS, leading the largest sporting programme in Europe. Mark now works as Head of Sport at Durham University. worked for Cleveland Fire Brigade as a developer. During that time, she created a web-based application to manage the service’s Community Safety services. While Anne has recently retired, she is proud to have left a tablet app written in C#, which the Service uses to carry out fire safety checks.
Anne worked for Atos in manufacturing and rail transport after graduating from University. For the last 13 years, she has
worked for Cleveland Fire Brigade as a developer. During that time, she created a web-based application to manage the service's Community Safety services. While Anne has recently retired, she is proud to have left a tablet app written in C#, which the Service uses to carry out fire safety checks.
After several years of working for local newspapers and 16 years as a journalist at the BBC, Clark made the move to Hong Kong in 2016. He's now Deputy Digital Editor of the South China Morning Post.
In 2000, Mark started work as an assistant manager at a youth project based in
Mark has worked at Procter & Gamble for 24 years in Belgium, the UK and the USA. He is currently a finance director based in Newcastle.
After joining Central Bank of Sri Lanka in June 2010 as a Management Trainee, Nilupa moved to the Bank Supervision Department and is currently working as a Senior Assistant Director.
Having left the fashion industry to refocus her career, Amanda works on oil rigs in the North Sea. She has enjoyed time on oil and gas projects in Brunei and Israel, and, more recently, she has secured a position as a Health and Safety Executive & Compliance [HSE&C] Advisor with BP on the Net Zero Teesside project.
Gareth works as Senior Principal Consultant at Oracle, supporting international human resources systems implementations.
Since leaving University, Adam has mostly worked in education as a primary school teaching assistant and teacher. He recently left the profession and has created Invincible Mindset, a positive, aspirational mindset programme for children and young people. Over 1,000 children have been a part of Invincible Mindset so far, and Adam reports that feedback from schools and local organisations has been extremely positive.
Mark has recently launched L4 Financial Management, a consultancy business, based in the North East, specialising in part-time and project-specific portfolio finance director services for SMEs. With expertise in Xero accounting software and associated apps, he offers tailored financial management solutions to optimise businesses' financial health.
Louise has qualified as an NHS Staff Nurse and spent time nursing in hospitals as well as out in the community. Having graduated from Northumbria University with a BSc Specialist Practitioner in District Nursing, Louise’s current role is as Specialist Nurse with the Bladder and Bowel team.
Darlington before moving to Manchester to get married and work as an outreach worker for the National Autistic Society. In 2005, he went back into youth work for a project in Bury. Then, in 2007, he started working as a Learning Support Assistant in secondary schools across Manchester. Having worked in education ever since, Mark now lives in Plymouth and continues to support students with additional needs in mainstream lessons. He reports that he loves his job and values the rewards that come with working with the students that he supports.
Neil works for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC) and is Regional Representative for Eastern Africa, with a staff of 200, covering 13 countries.
Since leaving University, James has had a variety of roles – from working within Customs and Excise and the RSPCA, to a professional football club charity foundation. James is currently CEO at a local charity in Derbyshire.
After completing his postgraduate qualification at Teesside, graduating in Advanced Manufacturing Systems in 2002, Ertugrul initially worked as a Power Systems Engineer at EDF Energy Networks
Upon graduating from University, David worked in the Commercial Operations Team at ITV to ensure that the commercial schedule successfully aired for all ITV regions and channels. He moved to MTV in 2006, followed by a short spell at Sky in 2009 before returning to ITV in 2010 to manage the Commercial Operations Sponsorship team. David married fellow Teesside alumna Carly (nee Gaunt) [BSc (Hons) Computer Science, 2000] in 2005,
and they currently live in Slough with their two children. Carly is a Development Manager for Iris Software.
'Life after TU has been amazing,' says Esther, who taught at St Margaret Clitherow's Catholic Academy in Middlesbrough before becoming the Lead Teacher at the Autistic Spectrum Unit, based within Beech Grove Primary. This autumn, Esther moved to Holmwood SEN school. 'I started late in life when it came to study, but I'd say it's never too late.'
Since graduating, Klysa has completed her PGCE and is currently employed as a Policing and Criminology Lecturer at Newcastle College.
Gareth has worked in several roles at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, where he is currently the Fleet Manager responsible for the Council's 200 vehicles. His commitment to moving towards the fleet being carbon-reduced and carbon-free, plus his pursuit of adopting green technology, was recently acknowledged when Gareth was named Green Fleets Alternative Fuel Vehicle Champion.