Restart: Chevening Alumni network

I invited our colleague Ian Saunders to tell us more about our network of Chevening alumni and scholars with whom we reconnected recently. Ian, you have the floor!

Attended by nearly 60 fellows and scholars and hosted by the Ambassador at his residence the gathering was a night of pleasant mix of networking and socialising. Among our valuable scholars we can proudly mention a former Prime Minister, senior economists, state secretaries, businessmen and women, professors, journalists and researchers. We were also privileged to have one of the first Romanian Chevening scholars from 1990 besides us.

We used the gathering to promote British business in Romania. Guests were treated a “taste of Britain” and treats included a British style menu, ciders, beers, cheeses and a very innovative range of British technologies present on the Romanian market as well.

We aim to develop this reborn connection with our alumni and make it more sustainable, so we created a special group on LinkedIn for Romania Chevening Alumni. We invite you to join it and use it as a platform to exchange ideas, strengthen ties and look for business opportunities.

If you benefited from the Chevening programme and you wish to be involved in future events then please e-mail chevening.romania@fco.gov.uk or sign up to the Romania Chevening Alumni page on LinkedIn. We look forward to meeting you – and developing connections with those people we have already met!

Ian Saunders