What have they been up to?

Peter Plaisted | 1963

I am now happily retired after a long and varied career as a small business owner.

After leaving school in 1963, I opened SportSpot in Cottesloe in 1973. After operating successfully for 16 years I needed a change and transitioned into real estate, before deciding to go into business on my own again. I owned and operated Pete’s Gold Bins for 26 years, a time in which I made lots of friends and caught up with many Old Scotch Collegians who became very loyal customers.

A couple of years ago, at 75, I sold the business to retire. I remain involved with the OSC as a committee member and enjoyed organising our 60-year reunion earlier this year!

Mark Brayshaw | 1983

I left Scotch forty years ago after five terrific years. Much of my career involved sport, following a modest AFL playing career which included a brief time at Claremont and North Melbourne. I left UWA in the late 80’s and joined KPMG before working in the AFL industry at the Dockers, Power and Tigers. I joined the Kangaroos board and was CEO of the AFL Coaches Association. During that time, I bought Clublinks which is a Facilities Management business specialising in Golf and Community management.

I’m now Managing Director of a medicinal cannabis company called Levin Health

In 1990, I married Debra and we have 4 sons –William, Angus, Hamish and Andrew who all share my love of golf. Last year, we played the inaugural Brayshaw Golf Challenge in Mandurah with 1983 OSC leavers (Devenish, Ledger and Salotti). We came 4th in a field of 4 but will suit up again in November.

Andrew Bantock | 1983

I am fortunate to be happy and healthy, living not too far from Scotch with my wife Maria. My two sons, Harry (OSC 2014) and Austin (OSC 2017), have some great friendships from their time at Scotch.

My dad, Don (OSC 1950), turned 90 this year. We try to attend most Foundation Day dinners together with my brother Don (OSC 1979) and my sons. A special part of dad‘s birthday was his best mate Bob Anderson attending our celebratory dinner – they met 77 years ago on their first day of Scotch!

After leaving school, I became a Chartered Accountant and then moved on to executive and board roles in the mining sector. I also gained some experience in infrastructure. Over the past 10 years I have gone back to advisory services.

Maria and I married in Greece five years ago. Among the guests were 17 OSCs, 11 being 1983 leavers. We are lucky to have maintained that special bond.

Garrett Prendiville | 2003

20 years just like that! I left the College, studied Commerce, travelled extensively, had a short stint at Ernst & Young and a longer stint at a boutique hospitality consultancy firm before moving to Sydney with my now wife Caitlin.

At EVT Limited I travelled extensively from Sydney in Australia and overseas visiting and working on hotels in the QT, Art Series and Rydges Hotel & Resorts portfolios. I oversaw capital expenditure due diligence and financial modelling along with

project management.

I became a fellow of the Court of Master Sommeliers and an Alumni of Cornell University in New York State in 2012 before moving back to Perth at the peak of the WA mining boom to help expand our family business (Prendiville Group).

My wife and I welcomed our son Zander in 2018 and daughter Luella in 2020. These days we are all about parks, pool and play (and reunions!).

Denver Qauntrill | 2016

After graduating from Scotch in 2016, I completed my undergraduate degrees in Commerce and Biomedical Science at The University of Notre Dame in Fremantle, which afforded me opportunities to study in cities around the world including London, Boston, Phnom Penh, and Broome.

During this time, I stayed involved with the school as a member of the OSC Committee, coaching rowing and rugby, tutoring WACE students, working

in community service, and mentoring at the Scotch boarding house with the senior schoolboys. In 2021, I spent a short stint working in insolvency and restructuring accounting with McGrathNicol before returning to The University of Notre Dame to study Medicine in 2022, where I am now in my second year and hope to graduate in 2025.