University of Buckingham - Alumni and Honorary Graduates

Alumni and Honorary Graduates

Honorary graduates include: the Rt Hon Frank Field, the Labour MP; Sir Steven Redgrave, the Olympic oarsman; Baroness Noakes, the Conservative politician (opponent of Identity cards); Sir Stuart Hampson, former head of the John Lewis Partnership; Sir Christopher Ondaatje, the publisher, writer, and philanthropist; and the journalist Charles Moore; Baronness Helena Kennedy, the distinguished barrister; and Nigel Lawson, Lord Lawson of Blaby, former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Prominent alumni include: Bader Ben Hirsi, playwright and director, Brandon Lewis, MP for Great Yarmouth, Mark Lancaster, MP for Milton Keynes North, Chris de Lapuente (Global President and CEO of Sephora, part of the LVMH Group) and Graham Roos who, since 2011, has been appointed the University's first Creative Artist in Residence.

Prominent international alumni include Pravind Jugnauth MP in the National Assembly of Mauritius, former Deputy Prime Minister, and the leader of one of Mauritius's main parties, the Militant Socialist Movement; Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Governor of Osun State, Nigeria, racing driver Marc Gené, winner of the Le Mans 24-Hour Race in 2009; Tun Mohammed Hanif bin Omar (Deputy Chairman of Genting Berhad, and Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysian Police for 20 years until January 1994).

Author V. M. Xavier presented special cultural performances at student functions in the 1980s.