Chair and Speakers
Robert Wayman
Robert is an award-winning Development and Alumni Relations professional within the Higher Education sector with over 8 years’ experience. He co-founded the Special Gifts Network and CASE Graduate Trainee Alumni Group. Robert, with his team of three, is currently responsible for the growing areas of Alumni Relations, Fundraising, Stakeholder Relations and Civic Engagement at Solent University. Outside of work Robert is a Local Authority School Governor and the Communications Manager for Eastleigh Scouts.
Caroline MacDonald
Having joined the American School of Paris as Director of Advancement after working in higher education both in France and Brazil, I am helping explore how we can really be the backbone of the school, filling it with students, fueling it with an energized engaged alumni community and funding it with donors who understand that education, unlike the stock market, never loses its value!
Gustavo Segui
Gustavo Segui has been a leader in international education for the past 11 years, in the areas of Marketing, Admissions and Advancement, with past professional experience at Volkswagen Headquarters in Germany. He holds a record of achievements in marketing and large experience in leading cross-functional teams and in using design thinking to drive strategy, creative campaigns, organizational culture, professional development, and create a sense of purpose and belonging within an organization.
Gustavo has experience as former board member at the American Chamber of Commerce in Curitiba, as a teacher of High Performance and Productivity, as a Group Leader at AMISA for Marketing, Admissions and Advancement in the Americas Region and as a speaker at multiple international conferences.
He spends every Tuesday night with friends, developers and designers having fun developing games.
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Fiona Ross
Fiona is the Director of Development at Giggleswick School, where she is leading on the creation and delivery of the school’s first major Development Strategy. Prior to this, she was the Director of Development at the Grammar School at Leeds having joined the school from the University of Leeds where she was the lead on the Student Theme of their first major campaign “Making a World of Difference” which successfully raised over £60 million. Fiona has experience with multidimensional campaigns and is particularly skilled in fundraising for bursary and outreach projects. Her roles at GSAL and Giggleswick have had the same focus on the professionalisation of development activity; establishing protocols and procedures, developing events and engagement strategies, and of course fundraising using a variety of channels from direct mail to principal giving.