Category: Interviews & Spotlights
May 18 Alumni Profiles, Interviews & Spotlights, Wyvern-Corner-Office
Brent Stewart – Traits of a Serial Entrepreneur
Mr Brent Stewart (74–78) made his name as the entrepreneur who founded Market Equity, one of Australia’s largest privately-owned marketing services business. Now leading Waveride Capital, his start-up company which focuses on accelerating growth in new and exciting businesses, Mr Stewart has always had an eye for opportunity. Mr Stewart’s memories of his early…
Mar 15 Alumni Profiles, School News
Pulling Together for Success
We catch up with Wesley’s Captains of Boats from 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 to see what the Head of the River race meant to them.
Mar 10 Interviews & Spotlights, Wyvern-Corner-Office
Warren Morgan – ‘By daring & by doing’ in the world of rock music!
Warren Morgan (53-59) is a rock pianist, who for the last 60 years has played for some of the biggest rock bands in Australia. Hear about his career, his friendship with John Paul Young, and how the music industry provides a lifetime worth of inspiration and entertainment.
Mar 5 Interviews & Spotlights
Five tips to get ahead in mining & gas
Our recent Mining & Gas Careers Uncovered event was a great success. Panellist Jason Yazdani (10-15), BHP Data Scientist Graduate, shares what he took away from the evening.
Feb 18 Academics, Interviews & Spotlights
Raghav Ravikumara awarded the UWA Lawrence Scholarship
Congratulations to our 2020 Dux of College, Raghav Ravikumara, who has been bestowed the UWA Lawrence Scholarship.
Feb 9 Interviews & Spotlights, Opinion, Teacher Spotlights
Spotlight On: Strahinja Bobusic
Competing alongside one of the fastest tennis servers ever on the ATP Tour, Tennis has always been a passion for Mr Strahinja Bobusic. Now the Head Coach of the Wesley 1st Tennis Team and a Senior School Mathematics teacher, Strahinja has a number of tips for our Wesley College students who are aspiring to play competitive sport in the United States.
Jan 28 Interviews & Spotlights, Opinion, School News, The Wesleyan
A whole new game: Mr Craig Bell tells us about Katitjin in 2021!
Former Wesley Health and Physical Education teacher, Mr Craig Bell, has been named the new Head of Katitjin. We sat down with him to find out about Wesley’s unique program.
Jan 27 Opinion, Teacher Spotlights
Spotlight On: Declan Hanley
Mr Declan Hanley is the Head of Dickson House and a HASS teacher at Wesley College. A student-favourite in our senior school, Declan tells us about his extensive involvement from his Economics classroom to the Cricket field in our latest spotlight.
Jan 17 Interviews & Spotlights, Wyvern-Corner-Office
Philip Thick – It’s about more than money
It’s August 2016, and the newly-appointed General Manager of Tianqi Lithium Australia, Philip Thick (72-76), faces the prospect of constructing the World’s Largest Lithium processing facility. Over the next four years, Philip would steer the revolutionary $400 million project to new heights by employing over 200 West Australians and supplying lithium to the battery-hungry technology…