You can be confident that your experience at Sussex will help give you the best possible start in your chosen career. You will be joining the many Sussex graduates who have gone on to be highly successful in a variety of fields.
Ian McEwan, CBE Author
Ian, an English Literature graduate, is one of the UK’s best-known living authors. Over the past 30 years, he has written novels, short stories and TV and film scripts. Ian has won several prestigious literary awards.
Zhang Xin, Property developer
After achieving a degree in Economics at Sussex and a Masters at Cambridge, Zhang Xin worked on Wall Street before returning to China to pursue a career in real estate. Her company, SOHO China Ltd, has undertaken a series of award-winning building projects that have made her one of China’s most successful property developers.
Harriet Lamb CBE, Chief Executive, Fairtrade International
Harriet is a leading campaigner for fair trade and has worked to establish fair trade standards worldwide. She has campaigned for refugee rights and against the use of the pesticide dibromochloropropane in banana plantations in Costa Rica, and also supported the UK Minimum Wage Campaign.
Michael Fuller, Chief Inspector of the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
From a cadet with London’s Metropolitan Police Service, Michael rose to the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner before becoming Chief Constable of Kent Police in 2004. In 2010, he was appointed Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. A Psychology graduate, Michael has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished service.
Watch the video below to see our final-year students look back over their time at Sussex and forward to their next steps.
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Other high-fliers
Arts
Jeremy Deller, Turner Prize winner • CJ Sansom and Philippa Gregory, authors.
Business
Hannah Jones, Vice-President of Sustainable Business and Innovation, and Government Affairs, Nike Inc • Keith Skeoch, CEO for Standard Life Investments • Dame Gail Rebuck DBE, Chair and Chief Executive, Random House Group • Shamshad Akhtar, World Bank Vice-President for Middle East and North Africa Region • Sean Phelan, Founder of Multimap.
Charities and NGOs
David Bull, Chief Executive, UNICEF • Geoffrey Dennis, Chief Executive, CARE International • Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive, Oxfam GB • Sally Hunt, General Secretary, University and College Union (UCU).
Law
Michael Turner QC • Richard Wilson QC • Richard Miller QC • Raquel Agnello QC • Iain Cullen, Partner at Simmons & Simmons • Sandra Davis, Partner, Mishcon de Reya.
Media
Alexandra Shulman OBE, Editor of UK Vogue • Catherine Mayer, Europe Editor, TIME • Dermot Murnaghan, News Presenter, Sky News • Becky Anderson, CNN news anchor • Clive Myrie, BBC television news journalist • James Woudhuysen, futurist and speaker.
Music
Jessie Ware, vocalist • Darren Foreman, known as Beardyman, performance artist.
Public service
Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB, President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development • Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO • Jil Matheson, National Statistician, Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.
Politics
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP, Rt Hon Peter Hain MP and Rt Hon Tony Baldry MP • Festus Mogae, former President of the Republic of Botswana.
Science
Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, and Director, Science, Technology and Globalization Project, Harvard University • Professor Georgina Mace CBE FRS, Director of the NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College • Professor Sir Peter Knight FRS, Principal of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre.