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PR Manager of the company , before becoming Sales Director in 1992 . In 2009 , having taken the Harvard Business School General Management Program he joined the main board . “ It ’ s about learning boundaries and how you can push them . The most important question is ‘ why ?’”. Perhaps a bit of that same sense of controlled rebelliousness had filtered down to his son , Henry , who was given entirely free reign as to which house he would like to join when coming to Winchester . Of his own accord , without fully knowing his ancestral connection , he happened to choose Trant ’ s .
“ The fact that we ’ re still going there is a testament to the school ,” says Henry , now studying an MA in Theatre with Innovation at Bristol University . “ I knew my father went to Win Coll , but I didn ’ t know which house , nor did I know the historical connection . I went to Trant ’ s because I liked Trant ’ s .” Henry ’ s journey through Winchester found him spending most of his time between the books and QEII Theatre , rendering his decision to choose the particular course he has chosen to study at university a testament to the confidence he learned to have in himself through his experiences . “ If I succeed as an
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