Alumnae

When students join Habs they become part of a community that reaches beyond the confines of school. Our Alumnae achieve success in every walk of life from fashion design to acting, work at City firms and start-up companies and are key practitioners in the education to medical sectors.

Our former students play a key role in the lives of those currently studying at Habs by offering work experience placements, careers advice, practice interviews for university admissions and their time in giving talks on their experiences since leaving school.

Some Old Haberdashers make financial gifts to the school in the form of regular donations or bequests to help support the work of the school in a particular area of interest.

The Old Haberdashers’ Club (HAOGC) and the school work in partnership to provide a range of events throughout the school year to enable former students to visit school to attend plays and concerts, attend a reunion event or engage with and provide support for current students.

Old Haberdashers can visit our Alumnae Portal to connect with each other, read Alumnae news, purchase tickets for events and view Archive material.

Alumnae Website

Notable Old Girls include:

• Laura Aikman, actress (Class of 2004)
• Emily Arbuthnott, tennis player (Class of 2016)
• Elizabeth Ashley, first female Medical Officer to qualify to serve on HM submarines (Class of 2004)
• Phyllis Avery OBE, President England Netball 2004-2008 (Class of 1954)
• Michelle Barnett MBE, Founding Director of GIFT (Class of 1988)
• Aliza Baron-Cohen, Psychotherapist & Author (Junior School)
• Peggy Batchelor, actress (1916-2020) (Class of 1935)
• Allegra Benitah, foodwriter (Class of 2004)
• Linda Bennett OBE, fashion designer and entrepreneur (Class of 1981)
• Margaret Bent, musicologist (Class of 1959)
• Luciana Berger, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree 2010-2019 (Class of 1999)
• Bidisha, arts critic, broadcaster and author (Class of 1996)
• Florence Birchenough, member of the first female Olympic team (1894-1973) (Class of 1911)
• Lynne Bispham, author (Class of 1976)
• Margery Blackie, homeopath to Queen Elizabeth II (1898-1981) (Class of 1916)
• Philippa Boardman MBE, one of the first female ordained priests (Class of 1981)
• Frances Bourne, mezzo-soprano (Class of 1993)
• Hilda Buckmaster, politician and naval officer (1897-1993) (Class of 1916)
• Nica Burns OBE, theatre producer (Class of 1973)
• Linda Cardozo OBE, Professor of urogynaecology (Class of 1969)
• Claire Carroll, photographer (Class of 1980)
• Veronica Castang, actress (1938-1988) (Class of 1956)
• Silvia Casale CMG, criminologist (Class of 1963)
• Julie Chakraverty, youngest female director of a FTSE-100 company in 2013 (Class of 1989)
• Suzie Collier, violinist and conductor (Class of 1982)
• Mary Coules, one of the first female journalists, Reuters (1985-1957) (Class of 1912)
• Barbara Craig, archaeologist and classicist (1915-2005) (Class of 1933)
• Hilary Critchley, Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University of Edinburgh (Class of 1975)
• Claire Dalby, artist (Class of 1963)
• Amanda Davies, CNN Sportscaster (Junior School)
• Sophie Deen, children’s author (Class of 2001)
• Muriel Dodwell, one of the first women actuaries (1894-1953) (Class of 1914)
• Norma Emerton, scientist and Cambridge academic (1932-2018) (Class of 1950)
• Penelope Endersby, Met Office Chief Executive (Class of 1988)
• Vanessa Feltz, TV personality and radio broadcaster (Class of 1979)
• Naomi Fenton Rayman, artist (Class of 1975)
• Tamara Finkelstein, senior civil servant, Department of Health (Class of 1985)
• Rachel Flowerday, scriptwriter/producer (Class of 1996)
• Francesca Fraser, finalist in BBC Young Musician of the Year 1986 (recorder) (1972-2008) (Class of 1990)
• Fiona Gibson, Archdeacon of Ludlow (Class of 1988)
• Sheila Godbolt, theatre set designer and installation artist (Class of 1959)
• Dina Gold, author and journalist (Class of 1971)
• Juliet Grayson, therapist & counsellor (Class of 1977)
• Charlotte Green, radio broadcaster (Class of 1974)
• Janet Guilbride, Captain of England Lacrosse Team 1983-86 (Class of 1975)
• Olivia Hajioff, violinist (Class of 1990)
• Jenny Haddon, banker and author (Class of 1966)
• Michele Hanson, Guardian journalist and author (1942-2018) (Class of 1961)
• Jenni Harper, soprano (Class of 2005)
• Nicola Hijlkema, management educationalist (1944-2012) (Class of 1962)
• Mary Hocking, author (1921-2014) (Class of 1939)
• Rachel Hoey, Divisional Director of Emergency Medicine Watford (Class of 1987)
• Vera Houghton CBE, campaigner (1914-2013) (Class of 1931)
• Sarah Howe, poet (Class of 2001)
• Lisa Hull, actress and singer (Class of 1982)
• Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, author (Class of 1992)
• Loren Auerbach Jansch, folk singer (1963-2011) (Class of 1982)
• Susan Joekes, development socio-economist (Class of 1964)
• Natasha Karp, actress (Class of 2005)
• Chisato Kusunoki, pianist (Class of 1998)
• Fiona Lait, actress and aerialist (Class of 1996)
• Mabel Lethbridge, writer and the youngest person to be awarded an O.B.E. for her services in the Great War (Class of 1914)
• Karen Liebreich MBE, author, historian and gardener (Class of 1978)
• Liz Chi Yen Liew, musician and composer (Class of 1992)
• Mabel Lister, one of the first female racing drivers (1895-1959) (Class of 1912)
• Dominique Lloyd-Walter, squash player (Class of 1999)
• Judith Loades, publisher (Class of 1959)
• Violet Luckham, actress (1910-2009) (Class of 1928)
• Giovanna Mallucci, Professor of Neurosciences at University of Cambridge (Class of 1981)
• Alexandra Mathie, actress (Class of 1974)
• Kathleen McLeod, WAAF Radar Operator in WWII (1922-2021) (Class of 1941)
• Joan Mellows, author (Class of 1943)
• Marilyn Milgrom, actress & script consultant (Class of 1971)
• Ann Morgan, author (Class of 2000)
• Eleanor Mumford, former national leader of the Vineyard Church (UK and Ireland) (Class of 1965)
• Alice Mutton, geographer (1908-1979) (Class of 1926)
• Melissa Nathan, journalist and author (1968-2006) (Class of 1986)
• Rosemary Nicols, actress (Class of 1958)
• Mary Norwak, cookery writer (1929-2010) (Class of 1947)
• Ann Oakley, author and academic (Class of 1962)
• Fiona Pitt-Kethley, writer (Class of 1972)
• Talulah Riley, actress (Class of 2004)
• Caroline Ryder, writer (Class of 1995)
• Anu Sayal-Bennett, psychologist (Class of 1971)
• Gael Sellwood, award-winning botanical artist (Class of 1983)
• Ritula Shah, journalist and radio presenter (Class of 1985)
• Caroline Shea QC, leading silk for both Real Estate Litigation and Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Class of 1979)
• Emma Sinclair MBE, entrepreneur, (Class of 1994)
• Gaurika Singh, youngest competitor at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who represented Nepal in swimming. She won her heat in the Women’s 100m backstroke
• Rani Singh, actress/author/journalist (Class of 1975)
• Daphne Slater, actress (1928-2012) (Class of 1944)
• Nancy Slonims, illustrator (Class of 1975)
• Eloise Smith, fencer at 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney (Class of 1995)
• Cassandra Stavrou MBE, entrepreneur and founder of Propercorn (Class of 2002)
• Angela Stent, foreign policy expert (Class of 1965)
• Gehane Strehler, actress (Class of 1999)
• Bryony Sutherland, freelance book editor and author (Class of 1993)
• Ann Syrett, actress (Class of 1955)
• Philippa Threlfall, artist (Class of 1958)
• Zoe Uminski, broadcast journalist (Class of 2001)
• Georgina White, actress/singer (Class of 2005)
• Jorja Douglas, singer (Class of 2020)
• Joan Rodker, political activist & television producer (1915-2010) (Class of 1934)

Notable Former Staff include:

• Margaret Meek (1925-2020), English teacher 1949-1954
• Dorothy L Sayers (1893-1957), temporary languages teacher autumn term 1921