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                                                      What has been your best
                                                      achievement? Breaking into
                                                       media and launching events
                                                       and awards without experience.

                                                        Do you have any pets? Three
                                                        cats. A ragdoll, a Bengal and a
                                                        moggie who lives in the garden.
                                                        She came with the house,
                                                         abandoned by the   Show me
                                                  previous owner, six years ago.   the money...
                                                  I have a shed attached to the

               What was your first part-time job?  house and turned it into a cat climbing
               Waitressing at Frankies & Bennies  frame. When it snows, she taps on the
                                                  window to be let in and I tuck her into bed.

               What was your first full-time job?
               Waitressing. The money was good.   If you could have invented any
               I left school and made £300 in tips on   product, what would it have been? I’m
               top of my wage. I’m just a chatty   pretty sure I had the idea for Deliveroo
               people person and effi cient as well,   long before it came out. I spent many
               so I worked my way up to management.  a Sunday hungover saying ‘I wish I
                                                  could just have a roast delivered!’

              A bit of privacy
              A bit of privacy                    Any regrets? None that come to mind.
              ...PLEASE!                          Everything we do is a lesson. However
              ...PLEASE!
                                                  if you were to ask me could I be born
                                                  again so I could apply those lessons,
                                                  I’d say absolutely. I’d invest in bitcoin
                                                  for a start.                        pexels.com

                                                  How do you relax? I’m a big fan of
                                                  puzzles – not the boring ones, rather
                                                  the problem-solving ones. I’m a big
                                                  lateral thinker. Also, it’s a bit sad, but I
                                                  study psychology. Everyone should – it
                                                  makes you more rounded. And I enjoy
                                                  having a drink with my partner with
                                                  kitchen parties on Fridays and
                                                  Saturday nights.
                                                  What car do you drive today and what
                                                  does it say about you? Soft-top mini
                                                  convertible. I like driving with the top
                                                  down and enjoying the sun.
               What is your favourite tipple? Wine
               is the go to. But my boyfriend and I   Tell us something about yourself
               are big into cocktails – we have a   nobody else knows? Pass. I’m open
               cocktail bar in the dining room.   book. Although,I’ve got a cat that
               Old Fashioned as a night cap.      only poos standing up.
               What was your worst mistake? What   Who would you most like to be stuck
               can we publicise? Career wise: taking   in a lift with? Jennifer Lawrence. I think
                                                                                         On-trend drink !
                                                                                         On-trend drink !
               too long to learn how to advocate for   she’s really funny and down-to-earth
               myself.                            and I think we’d be really good mates.
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