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The Newcastle University Alumni Service generously hosted a free wine and nibbles night at the Baltic in Newcastle last week. The “Gold Network” teamed up with One North East to deliver the “Live Local: Think Global” theme on Thursday 17th July 2008.

Joanna Berry Academic Director of Executive MBA Programmes, Newcastle University Business School, kicked off the festivities before introducing a talk by Adrienne McFarland ‘Live Local, Think Global: Worldwide Business Opportunities in the North East’.

Here are some pictures of us pressing the flesh and looking business like.

Rob Scott watching the presentation by Adrienne MacFarland (HR, Sage accounting) with a glass of bubbly to help him along.

Linda Haywood & Jez Scott at the Baltic networking event.

Talking business strategy with Paul Callaghan, the Chairman of the Leighton Group. Paul sits on the board of One North East and is founding director of the Entrpreneur’s Forum which aims to encourage young business star-ups in the North by allowing them to join a “nurture pool”. Linda Haywood and Rob Scott cornered him for a chat about global business strategy.

Maria Szpitun is the events officer at Newcastle University and co-ordinated the evening’s activities. She is from Poland and studied European politics under Dr Tony Zito – as did Linda Haywood.

Catalogue shot of Jeremy Scott.