Professional Dinners
OM City Dinner on 7th June 2012
Bleeding Heart Yard Restaurant, London EC2. 6.30pm for 7.30pm
Please make cheques payable to 'Old Millhillians Club' and send them to Club office Old Millhillians Club, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill. NW7 1QS.
The dinner will be £50 per person for 3 course meal inc drinks. Dress code is Lounge suits.
MENU
Starters
Pea Soup with Minted Crème Fraîche and Herb Croutons (V)
or
Bayonne Ham with Black Figs and Goats Cheese Mousseline, Raspberry Vinaigrette
or
Isle of Lewis Smoked Salmon with Horseradish and Dill Blinis
Main
Pappardelle Printemps with New Season Vegetables,
Courgette Tempura and Shaved Pecorino Fresco (V)
or
Fillet of Cripsy Skinned Cornish Red Gurnard with Crushed Potatoes, Buttered Spinach and Lemon Herb Butter Sauce
or
Supreme of Maize-fed Chicken, Baby Artichokes, Spring Onion Risotto and Red Wine Sauce.
Desserts
Poached Yorkshire Rhubarb on Baked Vanilla Cheesecake
or
Crème Brulée with Blackberry and Fruit Coulis
or
“Les Trois Fromages” with an Apple and Raisin Compote
Café and Petit Four
OM Property Dinner 17th April 2012
The Annual Old Millhillians in Property Dinner will be taking place this year on Tuesday 17th April 2012 at The Cavalry and Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, London W1. Drinks at 7.00pm for Dinner at 7.30 pm - dress code Black Tie.
As we have a small surplus in the kitty, the cost this year will be just £65.00 per person for seniors and £55.00 for students/under 25s which I hope will encourage a few more people to attend.
Both the acting Head Jane Sanchez as well as the current OMC President, Chris Maunder-Taylor, have already agreed to join us for the evening.
Places may only be reserved with receipt of full payment, as the Club has to pay for the Dinner in advance.
If you are able to come, please complete the attached sheet, including any dietary requirements and return it to me at the Balfour Beatty address below, together with a cheque for £65.00 made payable to Michael Peskin.
If you are not able to attend, please email me back in this regard at so I don’t need to keep chasing you!
I’ve also attached a spreadsheet detailing all the current known OM’s in Property, so that you can see exactly who else has been invited. If there’s anyone missing from this list who you think should also be asked to attend or you spot an incorrect email address or Company for someone, please let me know his or her correct details.
Mike Peskin
M: 07801 194467
E: Michael.Peskin@balfourbeatty.com
Download the Luncheon invite and form here.
Download the list of the Luncheon invitees.
OM Legal & Medical Reception on Friday 9th March 2012
- Venue: Wedlake Bell LLP, 52 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4LR.
- It will start at 6.00pm and finish by about 8.30pm
- Price £20. Under 30price £10
It will be an informal drinks & supper reception and should be a good evening offering you the opportunity to socialise and network with fellow OMs that work in the same profession as you. This is particularly important in these difficult economic times and we hope that both young and more senior OMs will attend.
Clive Weber 0207-395-3000, is hopeful of arranging a guest speaker – more details in due course. Clive also mentions the catering at 52 Bedford Row is excellent!
I do hope you are able to attend and I would be grateful if you could email or telephone me with your response as soon as possible. Please make cheques payable to 'Old Millhillians Club' or alternatively telephone the Club office with your credit/debit card details.
Please forward this invitation to any OMs that you think would be interested in attending. 'Legal' and 'Medical' are used in their broadest sense e.g. it includes anyone with an academic or professional legal or medical qualification who works, or has worked, in other spheres is also most welcome.
Contact: Clive Weber e: cweber@wedlakebell.com t: 0207 395 3000
Acceptances:
Chris Maunder-Taylor (President OMC)
Nicholas Ioannou
Matthew Baldwin
Hoda Hosseini & guest
Nigel Andrew
John Gallagher
Andrew Nayager
Will Drysdale + guest
Robert Anthony
Ian MacKenzie
Richard Phillips
Andrew Bloom
Arthur Holmes-Pickering
Andrew Croysdill
Pippa Woodrow
Stela Ziaj
Clive Weber
OM City Dinner on 9th June 2011
Bleeding Heart Yard Restaurant, London EC2. 6pm for 7pm
Please make cheques payable to 'Solon Satanas' and send them to Club office Old Millhillians Club, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill. NW7 1QS.
The dinner will be £49 per person inc drinks or £35 if you are a first jobber, YOM or student.
and Lemon and Herb Vinaigrette (V)
with home-made Raisin Toast
OM Liverymens Luncheon on 4th May 2011
Contact Archie Galloway on 07919 210910 or e: archie.galloway@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Download the Luncheon invite and form here.
City Drinks
Informal drinks held on the 1st Wednesday of every month at Greens Restaurant and Oyster Bar, 14 Cornhill, London EC3 from 6pm, open to all OMs working in finance. Organised by Solon Satanas.
March 2011
The first Wednesday of the month meant it was the occasion of the now regular OMs City drinks held at Greens Cornhill. Solon Satanas did his usual excellent job of leading from the front and arriving an hour or so in advance ( working hard from his Blackberry of course ). People joined over a period of time as they managed to break away from the dealing desk or latest IPO discussion. There was a total of 19 with vintages ranging from 1970 ( a truly great year) to 2006 and networking commenced across a range of impressive Houses. The careers forum at MHS on 17th March is focusing on finance and banking – so what better addition for the event than Jeremy Bohn who runs an executive recruitment agency for this arena. There is something of an interesting crossover with the property boys eg. Jonathan Cooper of Even Group. OMs are very prominent in this arena and superb to have the connexion. Great to have the Club Chairman Andy Mortimer and some of the MHS staff – Paul Bickerdike and Tim Corbett (Hon Sec of the OMC) and also Nick Priestnall who does an excellent job of focusing the attention/resources of OMs in the direction of the MHS Foundation. A hard core later adjourned to the Gaucho Grill then sharing a taxi to north London at midnight.
( Solon – you did well !) The creativity and achievements of OM’s is infinitely greater than generally realised and the liaison in the City ( as defined by activity, stretching from Knightsbridge via Mayfair / St. James’s to Docklands) is going from strength to strength. So if you are an OM and an upright, honest, caring ‘banker’ (some mistake ? ed) and mentally and physically well coordinated ie capable of deal making, talking and drinking then try to tear yourself away from the desk and pitch up !
Alastair Marsella
Engineers Dinner Friday 6th May 2011
This year the Engineers and Scientists dinner will be at the Bleeding Heart restaurant in Central London. See attached form for further details.
City Dinner 2010
Last year two OMs Solon Satanas (Murray '93) and Alistair Marsella (Ridgeway '70) thought it would be a good idea to organise a dinner for OMs working within banking and the wider financial community. They called this event the 'City Dinner'. It was a brilliant success with OMs at the start of their career socialising and networking with OMs who had worked in the City for many years. Due to the success of last year's dinner, they have organised another City Dinner and we hope many of you will attend and get together with othe rlike minded OMs in an informal atmosphere.
Date: Thursday 10th June
Time: 6.30pm
Cost: £44.95 for 3 course meal inc soft drinks and house wine
Location: Bleeding Heart Yard, Wine cellar
Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street, Hatton Garden. London EC1N 8SJ
Contact Shalaka in the Club office if you would like to attend e: sk@millhill.org.uk t:0208 906 7949. Payment can be made by cheque or credit/debit cards over the phone.
Please let Shalaka know your choice of starter, main course and dessert from the attached menu.
Acceptances:
Ali Celiker Ali '96
John Barr '89
Stephen Berry '95
Paul Bickerdike - Past Master
Trevor Chilton - Past Master
Robin Church '93
John Cicale '85
Bruce Fraser - Bursar MHS
Dean Gainsley '97
Simon Greenhough '04
Christopher Katz-Summercorn '04
Dr Dominic Luckett - Headmaster MHS
Alistair Marsella '70
Mike Peskin '84
Guy Potel '92
Steve Renton '68
Tim Stringer - Past Master
Solon Satanas '95
OM Liverymen's Luncheon 2010
The OM Liverymen's Luncheon took place on Wednesday 5th May at the Guildhall.
Attendees:
Borrett John
Chase Graham
Edwards Martin
Elliott John
FitzGerald Rodney
Fletcher Keith
Fox Paul
Galloway Archie
Graham Roger
Hibberdine Stuart
Holmes Pickering Arthur
Lambie Alastair
Leon Michael
Luckett Dominic Dr. - Headmaster MHS
Maunder Taylor Chris
Parkhouse John
Peskin Mike
Phillips Michael Rev
Piercy Mike
Satanas Solon
Short David - President OMC
Watkiss John
Williams Adrian
Wright John
Property Dinner 2010
The Annual OMs in Property Dinner took place on Thursday 22nd April 2010 at The Cavalry and Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, London W1J 7PX.
Attendees:
James Carson
Graham Chase
Robin Church
Jonathan Cooper
Marc Davis
Graham Drake
Tom Farrow
Olly Freedman
Adrian George
Simon Gerrard
Jamie Goldberg
Charlie Green
Simon Green
Manish Gudka
Andy Halstead
Peter Hancock
John Harding
Rasheed Hassan
Stuart Hibberdine
Martin Hime
Robert Hime
Gemma Leach
Robin Leach
Nick Leslau
Nick Mann
David Matthews
Christopher Maunder-Taylor
Robert McDonnell
Peter McDonough - Deputy Head MHS
Vidhur Mehra
Mike Peskin
Joanna Potter
Nick Priestnall - Director Foundation Appeal
James Reiff
Ricky Sandhu
Sonny Sandhu
Paul Sanett
James Seifert
David Short - President OMC
Anthony Sidoli
Richard Smith
Mitesh Vekaria
Adrian Wallace
Jonathan Weinbrenn
Ashley Wogman
City Dinner
There are a significant number of Old Millhillians dinners that are well established; so is there a place for another dinner? Well, the City dinner evolved rather than being planned by a marketing department and eventually it was suggested organising a ‘pie and mash’ at a private room in a pub within the Square Mile: The Counting House, Cornhill was chosen. The appellation, ‘The City, was interpreted as descriptive of the type of activity as opposed to strictly geographical. Two dozen attended with an excellent spread of ages, including leavers from 1957 through to 2004. The food and wine were thoroughly up to par and contacts were made or refreshed in thoroughly convivial surroundings.
Alistair Marsella
Liveryman’s Luncheon 6th May, Guildhall, London
The Liverymen’s annual lunch was held at Guildhall on 6th May with 27 attendees and our Club President, Alan Toulson, was guest of honour. We were entertained to three excellent speeches and many thanks again to Archie Galloway for his organisation.
Property Dinner 2009
This was an excellent occasion with over 60 people attending, and most importantly a wide range of ages, with a number of younger members enjoying their first OM event.
The Cavalry and Guards Club provided a stylish venue with good food and wines. The Headmaster was Guest of Honour with Stuart Hibberdine in the Chair. A superbly organised event by Mike Peskin.
Engineers & Scientists Dinner 2009
The Engineers’ & Scientists Dinner was held at the St Ermin’s Hotel in London on 22nd April and 26 OMs and guests attended a very pleasant, sociable evening along with an excellent meal. For the first time we extended the invitation to all OMs who have a career, academic or other interest or connection with science as well as engineering to better reflect the modern development and application of technology.
We were delighted to be joined by the President Alan Toulson, and by Deputy Head Andrew Gaylor (who gave us an interesting update on the School’s developments and activities) Harry Barnes, Head of Design and Technology at School, three pupils with interests in Technology, and Professor Mike Proctor, Chair of the Court of Governors and himself a distinguished science/mathematics don at Cambridge.
This was the first dinner under “new management”; David Rodda, received a vote of thanks from all those present for having organised the dinner so successfully for so many years. In 2010 the dinner will be on Friday 21st May and will be held at the School where we shall have the opportunity to visit the latest science & technology facilities and see some of the students’ work.
Gordon Mizner (Murray 65-69)
Property Dinner 2008
The Property Dinner took place on Wednesday 23rd April at the Cavalry & Guards Club. The dinner was attended by 48 OMs. List of attendees attached.
Luckett Dominic (Headmaster)
Hibberdine Stuart (Chairman of Property Dinner)
Cohn Ronny (President of OM Club)
Braham Paul
Bridges Keith
Cash Henri
Chase Graham
Church Jeremy
Church Robin
Cooper Jonathan
De Metz Julian
Farrow Tom
Freedman Olly
Gabbay Alan
Gainsley Leigh
Galloway Jeremy
Gerrard Simon
Green Simon
Greene Gerard
Grossman Alex
Gugenheim Mark
Halstead Andy
Hancock Peter
Harding John
Hassan Rasheed
Kays Jared
Lackie Michael
Lanitis Chris
Lipton Grant
Long Rupert
Love Stephen
Mann Nick
Matthews David
Maunder-Taylor Chris
McDonnell Robert
Mehra Vidhur
Morter Mark
Nayager Andy
Peracha Umvar
Peskin Mike
Petersen Mike
Priestly Robert
Priestnall Nick
Reed Sheldon
Sanett Paul
Seifert James
Summers Colin
Weinbrenn Jonathan
Engineers Dinner 2008
The Old Millhillians Engineers Dinner took place at the Jolly St.Ermins Hotel, Westminister on Friday 25th April. David Rodda reports.
Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Aye-Maung
Mr. Harry Barnes & two sixth form pupils
Mr. Ronny Cohn (President of OM Club)
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Ferryman
Mr. & Mrs. Ian Haigh
Mr. David Harrison
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Hubbard
Dr. & Mrs. Dominic Luckett (Headmaster & wife)
Mr. & Mrs. Clive Mence
Mr. Gordon Mizner
Mr. Mark Morter
Mr. Mike Norris
Mr. David Pike
Mr. Tim Poole
Mr. Graeme Roberts
Mr. & Mrs. David Rodda
Mr. & Mrs John Watkiss
Mr. Alan Woollaston
This year’s Engineers Dinner was held in the Jolly St. Ermin’s Hotel, Caxton Street, St James’s Westminster. This is a fine hotel well-known to older Engineers who worked in Victoria Street, at one time the home of the many consulting engineering practices who had offices there. The twenty-one attending foregathered in the Caxton Bar for a ‘meet and greet’ with the guests who included the Headmaster, Dr Dominic Luckett, Harry Barnes, the School’s Head of Design Technology, two 6th formers intending to follow an engineering career and Ronny Cohn the Club’s President. An enjoyable Dinner followed in the Marlborough Room.
The Headmaster spoke and highlighted school achievements and gave a toast to the Club. This was followed by the Club President who described his activities so far and who gave a toast to the School. Harry Barnes ended with a presentation to David Rodda of a special cubic model made by a new laser cutting tool recently acquired by the School and a short but impressive Power Point display of some of the items built by pupils studying Design Technology. During the evening David announced that he was standing down as the Dinner organiser and was pleased to announce that Dr Gordon Mizner had agreed to take over the duties.
David Rodda
Property Dinner 2007
The OM’s Property Annual Dinner held at the Cavalry and Guards Club, London on the 28th March 2007, heralded a record turn out, largely due to the auspicious occasion of having present both Graham Chase, the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (and of course a notoriously committed OM) and William Winfield, in one of his last formal addresses to OM’s as Headmaster of the School.
Not restricted to surveyors, the attendees included agents, investors, developers, architects, contractors, project managers, property lawyers and finance brains as well. William updated the room on the latest developments and achievements of the School, as well as an element of history from Graham Chase’s school days. It’s safe to say that Sport and Choir dominated his time at Mill Hill. Graham then responded with a fascinating review of a year in the life of the President of the RICS. Our thanks to Stuart Hibberdine for once again hosting the event and arranging a fine menu (and port).
Engineers Dinner 2007
A group of some 35 Old Millhillian Engineers and their guests – William and Margaret Winfield, Harry Barnes, 2 sixth-formers planning to study engineering and Geoffrey Vero (OMC President) - gathered for a reception on the 4th May in the newly-opened Favell building. Tours were made of the excellent facilities now available to the School. Many mused over the days when the area had been sports changing rooms and an indoor swimming pool amongst other facilities. The party later retired to Café 6 for Dinner.
David Rodda took the chair for the occasion and presented William with a special limited edition of a book about Brunel, the famous engineer whose birth Bicentenary had been celebrated in 2006. A list of the signatures of those present was given with the book and William thanked David warmly for the book. Geoffrey then spoke of his term as President and ended with a toast to the School; this was followed by William who spoke with strong affection of his time at Mill Hill and commended the new appeal to all present.
This was followed by Harry Barnes who described how he had been motivated to become an engineer and invited Alex Louden and Alex Stavrou, the two sixth-formers, to describe their motivation to become engineers. Their thoughts were well received by those present. Harry then made a toast to the Club. This marked the end of the evening and by popular vote was much enjoyed by all.
The attendees were: Geoffrey Vero, David and Marjorie Rodda, William and Margaret Winfield, Ronnie and Joan Aye Maung, R Amnunugama and Ms. V Jones, Roger Gardner, Stephanie Gibbons, Ray and Dorothy Hubbard, A Louden, Kurt Metzer, Ian Jarvis, G. Mizner, D Pike and Ms M Hyland, Graeme and Leslie Roberts, A Stavrou, A Woollaston, D Harrison, R and P Hudgell, John and Edwina King, Clive and Mrs. E Mence, Mark Morter, Mike Norris, Tim Poole, B Woolf.
Property Dinner 2006
The annual property dinner took place on 8 March 2006 at The Cavalry & Guards Club and was attended by 55 Old Millhillians, including The Headmaster and The President of The Old Millhillians Club, John Elliott MBE.
Stuart Hibberdine took the Chair and Graham Chase, who is to be President of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2006/07, proposed the Health of The School coupled with the name of The Headmaster, to which The Headmaster gave a fascinating reply incorporating news of the events which might take place during the bi-centenary year and the progression of the School over the past twelve months.
Both Graham Chase and Stuart Hibberdine would be interested to receive details of anyone who is not already on the mailing list. Please contact Graham Chase at graham.chase@chaseandpartners.co.uk or Stuart Hibberdine at Hibb@btinternet.com
The dinner next year will be held in honour of both the Headmaster, prior to his retirement and Graham Chase, as President of The RICS, at The Cavalry & Guards Club on Wednesday 7 March 2007. Please note the date in your diary.
List of Attendees:
John Elliott
Stuart Hibberdine
William Winfield
Victor Behrman
Andrew Blacklee
Keith Bridges
Graham Chase
Jeremy Church
Andrew Clark
Jonathan Cooper
Mitchell Davidson
Mark Davis
Taner Dedezade
Julian DeMetz
Arthur Ferryman
Jeremy Galloway
Simon Gerrard
Charlie Green
Vik Gudenian
Manish Gudka
Peter Hancock
John Harding
Rasheed Hassan
Nick Ioannou
Robert Kanerick
Jared Kays
Chris Lanitis
Robin Leach
Adam Markwell
David Matthews
Bill Maunder Taylor
Chris Maunder Taylor
Robert McDonnell
Mark Morter
Nigel Nichols
David Paddison
Michael Peskin
Mike Peterson
Richard Pheonix
Michael Piercy
Robert Priestley
Sheldon Reed
Crispin Rowell
Joel Russell
Gavin Scott
James Seifert
Vipool Shah
Mark Shipman
Richard Smith
Colin Summers
Edward Turner
Nigel Van Nuffelen
Jim Walker
Jonathan Weinbrenn
Keith Woolf
Engineers Dinner 2006
Calling all Millhillian Engineers! The Annual Dinner for 2006 was held in the Jolly Hotel St Ermin’s situated in Caxton Street just round the corner from St James’s Park Metro station. It was held on Friday 12th May and started at 7pm in the Hotel Caxton Bar.
This was an opportunity to get together and exchange views on careers and the school. All Millhillians either qualified in one of the several engineering institutions or were involved in activities linked to engineering in the UK or overseas e g road and air transportation, water engineering and management, coastal defence, computer modelling, equipment manufacture or marketing, structural design.
The arrangements are already underway for The Engineers Dinner 2007. We are discussing holding the dinner at the School itself.....
Please contact the Club office or David Rodda on his mobile phone 07908 270 461 for details. Those already known to David or who have attended previous dinners will receive the notice about arrangements in due course.