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Guest Speakers

We are delighted to introduce this years guest speakers at the Gauvain

Major General (ret’d) Timothy Hodgetts
CB CBE KHS DL

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Head of the Army Medical Services (2018-21)

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Surgeon General of the UK Armed Forces

(2021-24)

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Chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Military

Medical Services in NATO (2021-24)

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Presentation: UK Healthcare Resilience; Are

We Ready for War?

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Professor Alex Aarvold

BSc(Hons), MBChB, FRCSEd (Tr&Orth), MFSTEd, DM

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

University Hospital Southampton

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Honorary Chair

University of Southampton

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Wessex Orthopaedic Trainer of the Year

2017-18

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Presentation: ABC Travelling Fellowship

Mr John Finnemore

Award winning comedy writer and comedian

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Credits include Radio 4’s Cabin Pressure,

Souvenir Programme and Double Acts.

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Currently writing The Traitors on Stage

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After dinner speaker on HMS Warrior

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