Alumni Profiles

In Warwick's 60th year, we're delighted to bring you RootesLink opens in a new window - your commemorative alumni and supporters' magazine celebrating our first six decades.

Diane and Jake met during the first week at Warwick through the fencing club, and they reconnected six years later in Cambridge. Then they decided to buy a house together and were married in July 2002.

Both far from home in Pakistan, they found friendship, love, and a second home in the heart of Warwick campus.

Shira studied in the Master of Arts in International Performance Research program and is now publishing her poetry collection.

Lizzie Hart (BA Theatre and Performance Studies, 2024) has won the Comedy Production Award at The Pitch Film Fund 2025 Awards.

Akansha Sumaria and Pujan Sumaria Shah are among many couples who found their lifelong partners during their studies here. Their friendship sparked on the first day of university, brought together by neighbouring rooms and an instant connection.

Did you know that many in your alumni community found their soulmates here? Jatin Goel and Harnoor Gauba Goel are just one of these couples. They both travelled from India to study at Warwick in 2011 and tied the knot in 2022.

Returning to Warwick for her PhD was an easy decision for Ellie, even after a year working on the Côte d'Azur.

Encapsulating more than thirty years of academic life, Daguang's monograph was greatly influenced by his time at Warwick.

Tom Davies' (BSc Biological Sciences, 2012) new book, Self-Obsession, is set for release in May 2025.

Surya Narayan Saha (MSc Management for Business Excellence, 2012) wrote Reform: Harnessing AI's Power in Modern Businesses.

Jayaraja (BA QTS (Phys Ed), 1985) is leading a team of volunteers in renovating the historic Alfoxton Park House.

Yu Tang is a VP and Economist in a Global 500 bank, managing £2.5 billion in assets.

Dr Afiniki Akanet, a Christian medical doctor and entrepreneur, celebrates her 40th year in her latest book Power and Praise, offering insights from scripture, medical experience, and her life journey to demonstrate how spiritual well-being can enhance mental health for people of all faiths.

Warwick students and alumni were making unforgettable memories this summer, competing on the world stage at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

Warwick has been a transformative place where Minali found lifelong friends and was inspired by a culture of diversity, hard work, and determination that shaped who she is today.

A postgraduate social work student turned academic has authored a book, Inside the World of Older Spouse Carers, to explore and challenge assumptions about older spouse carers, which will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in July 2024.

Shreena and her husband met in Warwick ten years ago and have now celebrated their third wedding anniversary.

Entering a new decade is always a special moment, but for alumna Barbara Hutchinson (Cert Diabetes Care Distance delivery courses, 2005) it was made even more incredible thanks her London Olympic experience.

Following an engineering science degree in the 1970’s, Keith Warrender has worked across the world with the BBC. He tells us about his time working on the Olympics and why the draw of The Games pulled him out of retirement!