Cameron Chalmers

I had hair! And worked in recruitment on accountancy and finance roles with Big4 firms.

The variety and exposure to groundbreaking and exciting innovations. One day I might be working on a vaccine project, the next on biodiversity, and the next on formulations. It’s stimulating to cover such a wide range of disciplines and to see the impact the University can have outside academia.

It would be too hard to say just one but helping a large pharma company with their Covid19 vaccine during the pandemic felt impactful. Another key project was a biodiversity action plan to support sustainable marine life on the west coast of Africa.

This word is at risk of being overused as much as sustainability but innovation to me is something truly unique or at least truly unique in it’s new proposed application.

“Don’t let perfect be the enemy of progress.” I can be a perfectionist, but I’ve learned that getting something moving often matters more than refining it endlessly.

On the golf course.

Often as a professional golfer although that's highly unlikely. Not only do they get paid to play the courses they often play them in their absolute best condition.

That outside of work, I own a small number of rental properties and am actively working on building a portfolio. It’s quite a different challenge from my day job, but one that taps into my interest in business and investment.

I’d like to work on developing a more joined-up consultancy model—something that makes better use of the breadth of expertise across the University and allows us to be more proactive in winning new business. There’s so much untapped potential if we can collaborate across schools.