Where Are They Now?

In the ‘Where Are they Now’ series, we talk to Glenaeon Alumni about their lives post-school and ask how their Steiner education prepared them for life beyond the Middle Cove gates.

Joe Purves
(1995)

Joe is a digital creative specialist with 18 years of industry experience and the Founder & Digital Creative Director of DMG.

Simon Gunning
(1969)

Simon Gunning is a celebrated artist based in the United States.

Seaton Kay Smith
(2004)

Seaton came to Glenaeon in 1994 and graduated in 2004.

Daniel Stukel Beasly
(1998)

Daniel Stukel Beasly is an architect, lecturer and founder of Stukel Stone.

Matthew O’Neil
(2006)

Matthew is a producer and a journalist

Hope William-Smith
(2011)

Hope William-Smith is a Sydney-based finance journalist

George Nicholas
(1989)

George Nicholas is the newly appointed Global Head of the Hotel Division for Savills in London.

John Harvey
(1980)

Managing Director of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)

Tohby Riddle
(1982)

Tohby Riddle is an award-winning cartoonist, writer and illustrator.

Emily Dawson
(1999)

Emily Dawson (nee Mitterhuemer) is a journalist with the ABC, a producer, voiceover artist and small business owner.

Toby Thatcher
(2007)

Established conductor and founder of Ensemble Eroica

Madelaine Dickie
(2004)

Award-winning writer, poet and journalist based in Broome, WA

Brenna Hobson
(1993)

Executive Director of one of Australia’s most acclaimed theatre companies - Belvoir

Cody Sheehan
(2006)

Youngest ever Board Director for Cystic Fibrosis NSW and founder of the awareness program ‘The CF Avengers’

David Heimann
(1986)

Leading Australian interior designer and co-founder of homewares empire Orson & Blake

Honor Tremain
(1996)

Nutrition journalist and health practitioner based in QLD

Ian Hemphill
(1970)

Icon of the Australian food scene and renowned as Australia’s king of spice

Julian Brenchley
(1985)

Creative Director and Architect at Brenchley Architects

Lauren Swan
(2006)

Co-founder of Salty Vibes Artwork

Lisa Morrow
(1982)

Author, blogger & English teacher based in Istanbul, Turkey

Richard Claremont
(1982)

Internationally acclaimed and prolific Australian artist