Neal now works in the renewable energy sector as an Operations Director, he says: “working to ensure chain management systems deliver on time, and to the required standard’. Prior to this Neal has worked in a range of roles within business development, with a particular focus on information data.

Neal is still active in rugby in Kent and Sussex and says he has links with Christ Church through friends who live and work in Canterbury and are connected to the University.

Indeed, Neal continues to provide ongoing voluntary support to Christ Church and the Alumni Relations Team and says: “It’s great to see the University develop into what it is today and with an international reputation”.