Share an experience or challenge that has shaped you? I grew up in a place of great natural beauty – swimming in lakes and ponds decades before ‘wild swimming’ was a thing, climbing trees (and sometimes falling out of them), riding a trail bike through fields and forests, trooping through snow to the end of our back yard and ice skating to meet friends, water skiing and pontooning on lakes in summertime, snowmobiling to school, and on and on. It gave me an appreciation of nature and wildlife, and a comfort with risk and adventure that has served me well.

Best piece of advice you have ever been given? Structure is freedom.

What advice would you give to your younger self or a woman just starting her career? Push yourself out of your comfort zone, volunteer yourself for every opportunity going, and pay attention to the details. Become that young, talented person your company and colleagues all trust and progression will be yours.

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How do you handle challenges and changes? What's in your toolkit? ~

Why is it important to support women in business and women-led business? Because, while far better, women still aren’t on an equal footing with men in most industries and professional cultures. Always back the underdog! And, critically because the leaders of truly responsible businesses are very often women.