Reading's Simon Carter honoured by University of Reading for enterprise achievements
Family business director and rural life advocate, Simon Carter, has received a Distinguished Fellowship from the University of Reading.
Simon is managing director for Carter and Son Ltd, a Thatcham-based marquee business that has been operating for nearly two decades.
He was awarded the Distinguished Fellowship in a ceremony on Tuesday 18 July for his long-standing support of the University’s Open Day and Graduation events, thanks to the marquees provided by his company.
Simon has had a long relationship with the University, first coming to campus in the early 1970s, aged six, to help his father erect the marquees and set up the furniture needed for graduation.
Fiona Blair, Director of Marketing, Communication and Engagement, said: “Under Simon’s directorship, Carter and Son became a critical partner in the delivery of many of our University’s most important events and celebrations, enabling the transformation of our prospective student experience and playing a vital role in helping us host Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh at a community garden party for 4000 people to mark the diamond jubilee.”
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Simon is involved with a number of charities, including a stint as President of the Newbury and District Agricultural Society. He was also appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire in 2012.
He is also a founder director and trustee of the biennial Goring & Streatley Arts Festival, as well as being a trustee of the Heart of Streatley Charitable Trust, which was set up to manage nine acres of Berkshire chalk downland.
Fiona Blair added: “Simon’s immense knowledge, spirit of enterprise and innovation and his vast network of connections across our community have made him a very good friend to the University for many years. Today is our opportunity to celebrate all he has done to support us and to say thank you.”
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