About the RateMyPlacement Team
The Co-Founders of RateMyPlacement.co.uk met in 2003 during that quiet, sober period of our lives known as Freshers Fortnight at Loughborough University.
Back then we were fresh faced teenagers with no idea what we wanted to do when we grew up. Perhaps going to Loughborough meant we could cling on to our dreams of becoming professional sportsmen! Well that didn’t work out…
…but four years later, we graduated from Loughborough with our degrees, an industrial placement each and the start of an idea that we all now know and love — RateMyPlacement.co.uk…
Meet The Team:
Ali Lindsay
Age: 25
Hometown: Wargrave, nr. Reading; Berkshire
Degree & University: Accounting & Finance, Loughborough University
Placement & Internship Experience: Completed as 12 month placement with The Bank of England and a summer internship at Deutsche Bank
Title: Director / Co-Founder
Key role within RateMyPlacement: Ali primarily looks after marketing and promoting the website to students. He also dabbles in a bit of sales and worryingly manages the RMP finances.
Interests: Loves his egg chasing (rugby, in case you didn’t know) and also has “a real passion for eating.“
Favourite drink: Dr Pepper
Favourite biscuit: Milk Chocolate Hob-Nob
Interesting Fact: Ali once did a bungy jump in New Zealand with the key to his locker in his pocket. Unlike Ali, the key was not on an elastic band and he watched it plunge into Auckland harbour. They had to drill the lock to retrieve his passport, wallet and valuables.
Email Ali at: ali[@]ratemyplacement.co.uk
Oliver Sidwell
Age: 25
Hometown: Tring, Hertfordshire
Degree & University: Geography & Management, Loughborough University
Placement & Internship Experience: Did a 12 month industrial placement with Robert Bosch
Title: Director / Co-Founder
Key role within RateMyPlacement: Oliver is in charge of new business development, working closely with employers and recruitment advertising agencies. The most organised of the RMP co-founders, he loves a spreadsheet.
Interests: Cricket, football and most other sports (particularly darts)
Favourite drink: Peroni
Favourite biscuit: Loves a Bourbon dipped in a cup of tea
Interesting Fact: Oliver once visited the Antarctic to indulge in his love of ice and penguins. Mainly penguins.
Email Oliver at: oliver [@] ratemyplacement.co.uk
Chris Wickson
Age: 25
Hometown: Nr. Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Degree & University: Management Science, Loughborough University
Placement & Internship Experience: 12 month Industrial Trainee at IBM
Title: Director / Co-Founder
Key roles within RateMyPlacement: Works closely with our web designer on developing and improving RateMyPlacement. Also produces marketing and promotional literature and like Ali, dabbles in a bit of sales.
Interests: Plays football, a bit of cricket and finds time for the occassional night out.
Favourite drink: Ribena
Favourite biscuit: The Party Ring
Interesting Fact: Before starting university, Chris spent 7 months travelling around the world. In Australia, he had the World’s Worst Job — cleaning the walls of a road tunnel leading into Sydney for about £3 an hour. Good times.
Email Chris at: chris[@]ratemyplacement.co.uk
Cara Redford
Age: 24
Hometown: Bury, Lancashire
Degree & University: Advertising & Marketing Communications, University of Central Lancashire
Placement & Internship Experience: She undertook work experience within the Arcadia group, Luminar entertainment group and a range of smaller companies including Park Farm and the National Centre for Restorative Justice.
Title: Student Marketing Manager
Key role within RateMyPlacement: Cara focuses on those all important students and looks at how best for us to engage each campus & placement/careers office around the country.
Favourite drink: Vodka, lime & lemonade
Favourite biscuit: Caramel Digestives
Interests: Enjoys travelling and exploring new cities, despite having the worst sense of direction. Loves shopping, going to the gym and keeping fit which allows her to indulge in her favourite food Mexican and Thai (Not at the same time of course!).
Email Cara at: cara[@]ratemyplacement.co.uk
Charlotte Sheehan
Age: 23
Hometown: Brentwood, Essex
Degree & University: Psychology with Ergonomics, Loughborough University
Placement & Internship Experience: Completed a 12 month placement with The National Policing Improvement Agency
Title: Student Marketing Assistant
Key role within RateMyPlacement: Charlotte primarily helps out on campus at careers fairs and updates the site with weekly blogs about her trips to universities. She also keeps a regular gallery of photos updated from the events as well as getting involved in a range of additional upcoming exciting projects.
Favourite drink: Apple juice
Favourite biscuit: Chocolate chip cookies
Interests: Quite simply: “Cats & parties.“
Email Charlotte at: charlotte[@]ratemyplacement.co.uk
