Alumni profiles

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Read about our alumni success and learn how they are making a significant contribution to society and to the life of the University.

We would love to share your success with our wider University community. By submitting an alumni profile and sharing your own story, we hope to inspire the next generation of Heriot-Watt students, enthuse recent graduates when deciding on their career path, and help enhance the reputation of the University. If you wish to share your story and experiences, please complete this short online form.

Umna Arshad: Masters Business Administration (MBA), 2021
Mark Connelly: Heriot-Watt alumnus working as a senior quantity surveyor at Campion Homes
Anna Spence: Translation and interpreting alumna working as a British Sign Language interpreter.
Dr Lindelani Matshidze: From Heriot-Watt to the South African Council for Quantity Surveying
Dr Edward Tan: DBA Business Administration, 2020
Maurie van den Heever: Masters Business Administration (MBA), 2020
Dr Eugene Yamnitsky: DBA Business Administration, 2020
David Hunter: Linking Scottish golfing heritage with a high-tech future
Eyitayo Ogunmola: Heriot-Watt alumnus revolutionising skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Francia Boakye: Heriot-Watt helped changed this alumna's career from law grad to fashion award winner
Jeffrey Franck: Masters Business Administration (MBA), 2003
Abbie Prescott: Computer Science, 2021
Ethel Koppa: Heriot-Watt alumna building a construction career in Tanzania
Fadi Alshakhshir: High energy, fast-tracked success in the city of superlatives for Heriot-Watt
Maura Quinn: Chemical Engineering, 2019
James Buchan: Business and Economics graduate on a mission to help the tech community grow further.
Mark Magro: Senior manager in the financial services industry
Professor Iain Baikie: How Heriot-Watt helped launch the career of a stellar scientist, inventor and educationalist
Lydia Kairl: An Environmental Consultant at Carbon-Zero and Owner of the Curious Cactus
Halla Mohieddeen: Heriot-Watt alumna makes television history with Scottish and Global news
Ben Broadhead: Heriot-Watt alumnus who studied economics and now works in marketing
Camden Winkelstein: Former US Navy submariner and Heriot-Watt alumnus distils with distinction
Harriet Gillespie: Heriot-Watt alumna masters the art and science of clarity over complexity
Stephanie Gutnik: Vice President, Digital Strategy and Programmatic Sales at OUTFRONT Media
Joakim Standal: With a head start from Heriot-Watt, the numbers soon add up
John Creamer: Heriot-Watt alumnus from the US who uses census data to research economic wellbeing.
Edoardo Zarghetta: MSc Renewable Energy, 2009 and MBA Business Administration, 2010
Dr Salisha Mohammed: DBA in Business Administration
Salma Mehjabeen: Fashioning a rewarding career from concept to catwalk collections
Zeinab Shabbir Tinwala: Director and Chief Executive Officer at Starsons International
Ian Anderson: From Major Accounts Manager at Microsoft to published fiction author and storyteller
Shahda Mazin Al-Taie: The Heriot-Watt alumna mitigating the effects of climate change in the UAE
John Egan: MSc Human Resource Management, 2021
Roberto D'Amico: Masters in Business Administration (MBA) alumnus
Rob Morton: Heriot-Watt alumnus raising the standard for Scottish cuisine
Sering Touray: Heriot-Watt alumnus from Gambia working in international development at the World Bank
Barry Hunter: BA Hons in Accountancy and Finance, 1995
Lauren Truesdale: From an immersive Heriot-Watt campus experience to global gameplay
Gareth McShea: How rowing with the Heriot-Watt Boat Club helped engineer a job down under
Mathilde Henri: The Heriot-Watt alumna who studied then stayed in Orkney to begin her science career
Rishi Joy: Pursuing a career in academia
Sergii Kozik: Heriot-Watt alumnus from Ukraine who works in economic stress testing.
Kanyapak Sonthimanotham: Logistics associate at Pomelo Fashion
Doug Harrison: Masters of Business Administration, 1999
George Gray: Psychology, 2022
Amornched Jinda-apiraksa: Heriot-Watt engineer by training and an entrepreneur by heart
Sona Flasikova: Fashion marketing alumna now working at Ted Baker.
Mark Straker: Heriot-Watt alumnus and project manager who has successfully overcome a stammer.
Bhavya Mandanna: How Heriot-Watt turned an Indian teetotaller to an award-winning Master Brewer
Molly Troupe: Molly Troupe is the master distiller at the pioneering Freeland Spirits – one of the very few entirely women-owned and operated distilleries in the United States.
Matthias Mohler: Masters in Business Administration
Sarah-Jane Macdonald: BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Economics
David Rincon: MBA graduate, 2013
Joanne Yeoh: Heriot-Watt alumna proves the power of music in theory and practice
Tracy Young: Petri dish wars in the rewarding world of microbiology