We welcome to the livery in 2010… « The Worshipful Company of Feltmakers of London

We welcome to the livery in 2010…

…at the Fishmongers’ Hall on 13 April, we welcomed the following new liverymen:

Richard Brumby

Richard Brumby

Richard was born in 1947 and was brought up in Stockport, Cheshire, where his Uncle sold felt to Christy & Co. He was educated at Cotton College in Staffordshire and then read history at Cambridge, after which his entire career was in the City of London where he joined Baring Brothers in 1969. He became a director of Baring Investment Management in 1987 and was invited to become a director of Schroder Investment Management in 1995. He became a director of Credit Suisse Asset Management in1997, responsible for Charitable Funds and Corporate Governance, until he retired in 2009. Richard is now an adviser to a number of Charities and is a Governor of Stonyhurst College, Woldingham School and of Old Ford School in Tower Hamlets.

He has been married to Gay for 35 years and they have four children and, so far, one grandchild.

His interests are, coming to terms with retirement, investment, history and travel.

Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas

Ian was born and educated in Liverpool, moving to London in 1967 to attend University College London to study Chemistry. He met his future wife, Alison, who was then studying at Goldsmiths College, and they have been married now for 38 years and have four grown up children.

Ian has had a 29 year career in teaching, starting in Buckinghamshire, later moving to Ashlyns School in Berkhamsted, becoming Head of Chemistry and Examinations Officer. Ian moved to Cambridge and joined Cambridge Assessment in 2001, and his wife, also a teacher, took up the post of head of the primary school at Reed in Hertfordshire. Since taking early retirement in 2009, Ian works as a consultant to Cambridge Assessment, managing projects for them all over the world.

Ian was an active sportsman, particularly hockey and cricket, until old age caught up with him but he still follows most sports avidly. His other interests are his family, gardening, membership of the National Trust and travelling as and when he can. He is a member of the Camping and Caravanning Club and on occasion can still be found under canvas.

Captain James Morley RN

Captain James Morley Royal Navy commanded HMS LANCASTER, the Feltmaker’s affiliated ship, from 2004 to 2006.

Captain James Morley RN

James was born in Perth in 1969 and educated at Pangbourne College before joining the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer in 1988. Initially specialising as a Fighter Controller, he served in HM Ships NEWCASTLE and INVINCIBLE before returning to more main-stream appointments as Flag Lieutenant to Flag Officer Sea Training, and then as Executive Officer of HMS STARLING based at Hong Kong. He commanded HMS DULVERTON in Northern Ireland from 1997 to 1999.

Qualifying as a Principal Warfare Officer in 2000, he served in HMS MARLBOROUGH as Operations Officer before attending the Advanced Command and Staff Course in 2002, graduating with a Masters degree in Defence Studies from King’s College London. On promotion to Commander in 2003, he undertook a short appointment to the UK Maritime Battle Staff at Bahrain as Staff Officer Operations. He returned to command HMS LANCASTER from 2004 to 2006, a period

culminating in a major deployment to the Middle East and India fully integrated into a French Carrier Strike Group. He subsequently worked in the Ministry of Defence in London, initially in the Directorate of Navy Resources and Plans, and latterly as Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff.

Selected for promotion to Captain and further sea command in 2009, he is appointed to assume command of HMS ALBION in September 2010.

James lives in a small rural village in West Sussex. An offshore Yachtmaster, his interests also include mountain biking, dinghy sailing and tennis.

and we welcomed a new apprentice:

Ned Wontner

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