Our first HymersCAN! event of 2025 took place in February and we welcomed back to the school Ed Jenneson, OH1988-98, Daniel Matthews, OH 1994-2003 and Lucy Trynka, OH 2004-14.

We were delighted to welcome back three Old Hymerians to share their career journeys working in Finance and Law. The evening was a 'sell out' with students from Year 10 - 13, with lots of questions for our lawyers ranging from Artificial Intelligence to varying career paths and how to get there. 

Thank you as ever to each of them for their time. Particular thanks to Dan who travelled up from London for the occasion and back on the early train for a morning meeting in the City!  All your help is invaluable and of huge benefit to Hymers' students.  Our next event is HymersCAN: Engineering on Thursday,  27 February 2025.

Ed Jenneson, OH1988-98

Ed is a leader in the field of employment law, with over twenty years’ experience. Ed spent the first two decades of his career at a prominent regional law firm where he led the employment law team to its greatest ever revenue and size.

 Ed moved two years ago and is now a partner in the Employment law and Pensions team at Gunnercooke LLP, which is the fastest growing law firm in the UK. He is part of a team of over 40 employment law partners and more than 350 partners. He serves clients nationally and Internationally advising on all aspects of employment law, with a particular interest in the Equality Act, specifically hidden disabilities and cases involving neurodivergent conditions. Ed features as a guest on the BBC, regularly talks in the education sector and the corporate space about workplace equality.

Daniel Matthews, OH 1994-2003

Daniel is a Multi-Asset portfolio manager and lives and works in the City. Currently on the portfolio management team for several Aegon fund ranges; including the Multi-Asset and Risk Managed ranges. Previously fund manager of a multi-asset fund with a top decile track record.

He has experience as a hedge fund allocator / fund  portfolio manager. He has a strong background in risk modelling, portfolio optimisation techniques and quantitative strategies. His specialties are : Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation, Multi-Asset, Global Macro Investing, Hedge Funds, UCITS, Alternative Investments, Financial / Statistical Programming (R,MATLAB, VBA, VB.NET, HTML) & Due Diligence.

Lucy Trynka, OH 2004-14

Lucy qualified as a solicitor in 2020 and is now a senior solicitor in the Employment Law Team at Rollits in Hull. She specialises in all areas of employment law and has experience working in the Leeds and Hull areas, acting for both employers and employees and providing HR advice to businesses.

One of the main things Lucy enjoys about working in employment law is that the work varies so much, meaning every day is different and interesting. She assists in Corporate transactions, advising on complex employment law aspects of the transactions including TUPE. Lucy was recently named in the Legal 500 and described as an “effective communicator who provides extensive advice on complex employment disputes”.

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