Success stories

Swansea's Successes

Many Swansea graduates have gone on to achieve great things and developed successful careers in a wide variety of areas. We love to hear from Swansea graduates, so if you've got a story to tell get in touch, and you could be featured on-line!

Bill Brereton studied Business and graduated in 2005. He currently lives in Vancouver, Canada and works for Mesatek Software as the Vice President of Business Development. Read more...

Rhian Jones graduated in 2001, having completed a Joint Honours Degree in French and German with Business Studies. Rhian currently works in London as the Chief Executive Officer of the London Welsh Centre. Read more...

Sanjay Champaneri graduated in 2011, having studied Business Management. Sanjay completed a fast track graduate programme and is now a graduate Store Manager for Alliance Boots. Read more...

Cat Lumb

Catherine Lumb studied Egyptology and Anthropology at Swansea University, graduating in 2005. She currently works at Manchester Museum, as a Secondary and Post-16 Co-ordinator for Humanities. At Swansea, Cat volunteered with the Egypt Centre and says this is where she realised she'd like to work in museums. Read more...

Sally Robinson

Sally Robinson graduated in 1984 having completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary Education. She currently works in Tanzania as a Country Director for the British Council. More...

Swansea's Entrepreneurs

Elin Rhys

Elin Rhys is the founder and Managing Director of TV and Multimedia production company, Telesgop. Read more on Elin's successful career and her favourite memories of Swansea. More...

Andrew Downie

Andrew Downie founder of the website development company NetBop Technologies Ltd, is a Mechanical Engineering graduate. We caught up with Andrew to find out more about his time at Swansea and how he developed his company. More...

Charlotte Holland graduated in 2012 and studied International Business Management (Australasia). Charlotte currently works as a Project Support Analyst for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services. Read more...

Debbie Walpole studied American Management Science at Swansea University, graduating in 2004. She is now the Owner and Managing Director of online business The Borrowers Club. Read more...

Bill Morris graduated from Swansea University in 1980 and studied Geography. Bill currently works for the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, prior to this he worked for the BBC for nearly 25 years. Read more...

Delyth is the Production Coordinator at an oil company, Phillips 66. She graduated from Swansea University in 2004, having studied Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. Read more...

Sharon Bishop studied Materials Engineering at Swansea University and graduated in 1998. Sharon is the Director of The Times Cheltenham Science Festival. Read more...

Where are they now?

Claudine Ratnayake - Advance Manager at London 2012 (Responsible for planning the Torch Relay route for the Olympic and Paralympic Games)

Catrin Parry-Jones - Business Manager at Fusionworkshop

Chris Corcoran - Comedian, Television and Radio Presenter

Zoe Rushton - Producer at the BBC

Nigel Evans MP - Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons

Dave Cornthwaite - Adventurer, Author and Motivational speaker

Stephen Fadian - Senior Risk Manager at Lloyds Banking Group

Saumitra Kamat - Commercial Finance Controller for Dominos UK & Ireland Ltd

Jonathan Baldwin - Managing Director of Wye River Holdings LLC

Veritas Language Solutions Ltd

Adrian Samuels - Subject Matter Expert at HCL Axon

Dave Lamont - Brand Manager at Henley Business School

Sue Smart - Image Consultant

Bilal Afzal Khokhar - Senior Associate