We were delighted to host an exciting range of guest speakers from our alumnae and parent community and local businesses at our Career Networking: Creative, Theatre, Design and Sport evening on 5 March.  

Spread over four themed rooms, 124 attendees from local Surrey schools heard invaluable advice and fascinating career journeys from our experienced panelists.  

To those that love buildings and design, our architecturally trained experts talked about creating stunning, impactful interior and exterior designs taking into consideration everything from how a space is used, its colours, the acoustics and ultimately how it makes people feel. 

Our budding writers and artists were treated to a wealth of insight and experience from an author/illustrator, a children’s book publisher, a journalist and a playwright. The audience left inspired to pick up their pens and make an impact on people’s lives just as our speakers have. 

If you have ever wondered what a music therapist does, how to start a talent agency, what’s important when dealing with a national cancer charity’s corporate sponsors, or how to make it in the theatre business, you were in the right place. With themes such as how studying your ‘craft’ gives you the language and understanding to work within the creative arts industries, our budding performing artists were inspired to pursue their passions with confidence. 

Finally, women in sports careers were strongly represented by two Tormead alumnae who have forged a path for themselves as the first ever female football World Cup commentator and as a sports marketing director working with the Lionesses. Complementing their successes with his own experience as an Olympic athlete, was a sports club director who demonstrated how building an award-winning coaching programme can inspire the next generation. 

Fiona Thie,  Director of Careers and Higher Education