Ian Roberts (1975)

Ian studied Natural Sciences and Chemical Engineering at St John’s, matriculating in 1975 and graduating in 1979. Ian was sponsored by Imperial Chemical Industries. He represented John’s at association and rugby union football, hockey and cricket.

After Cambridge Ian worked for Ferranti Computer Systems Limited in the process control department. His last role was based at HGB in Heysham. In 1989 he moved to Software Partnership Limited, a supplier of software to banks. Banking software had just become real time. Assignments followed in Glasgow, Saudi Arabia, Ankara, Chicago, Melbourne and finally at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in Edinburgh where he became an independent consultant before joining RBS on a permanent basis.

Ian retired in 2011 and is now living in Edinburgh. He is a scorer for Cricket Scotland, a member of Lord’s Taverners and Marylebone Cricket Club. He’s a proud winner of the Johnian Golf Society’s 2022 Edward Marshall Hall Golf Cup and represents the Scottish Thistles in veterans hockey. Ian is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He served on the Cambridge University Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) from 2015 to 2021 and is now a member of the Networks and Volunteers Working Group of the AAB and a committee member of the Cambridge Society of Edinburgh.