OM News President Elect Christopher Carpmael (C1 1980-84) Chris was Chair of the Marlburian Club from 2014 to 2020 and was instrumental in the development of the Professional Groups. He is currently the CEO, CFO and Founder of C Squared, which is a developer and operator of retirement villages that provide care. After completing his education, Chris served as a Royal Marines Officer, winning the Sword of Honour during his time at Sandhurst. He specialised in mountain and arctic warfare and completed two operational tours in Belfast and Iraq. Subsequent to the Marines, he spent 21 years at Credit Suisse predominantly working in equity research. He ran the top-ranked Capital Goods research team (aerospace, engineering and automotive companies) and then ran the US equity research department in New York, before returning to head European research. He then managed the European cash equity business and finished his time as CFO of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
In 2017, the tutors responsible for the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth asked Peter Foston (CO 1942-45) to paint all the vessels that the College had used for the training of Young Officers. After some research it was discovered that there had been 63. Peter was worried he would not get them done before he fell off his perch! However, in 2018 the College converted their large IT Room into a picture gallery, which they have called the Peter
Foston Gallery. It was formally opened by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Phillip Jones, in 2018 and the last image was completed in December 2021. David Wright (C1 1944-48) visited the College with his wife, Penelope, their son, Tom Wright (C1 1975-80), and their grandson to present the Master with copies of his father’s, Tom Wright
Peter Foston painted 63 vessels used for the training of Young Officers 14
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(C1 1906-1909), and his brother’s, Tam Wright (C1 1935-39), hymn books, which they donated to the archives. They visited the Chapel where the lives of his brothers, Tam who was killed in action in Tunisia in 1943 and Robin (C1 1938-42) who died on active service in Belgium in 1945, were commemorated by the redecoration of the ceiling of the east end, and a plaque on the east face of the pillar nearest the vestry door.
