What led you to work in sustainable finance?
I was lucky enough to work for our chairman, David Scott, at LGT (formerly Vestra Wealth) from 2008 and was part of the operations team servicing Tribe when they launched in 2016. In 2022, Tribe were looking for an operations manager and it seemed too good of an opportunity to miss.
Why Tribe?
For me it was an opportunity to work with a bunch of amazing people, I knew the history of the firm and it was a completely different way of working for me, from the B Corp status to the universe of companies Tribe invests in.
What’s your most memorable work milestone?
In 2010, whilst working at Vestra Wealth, we were told that Princess Anne would be visiting the office, as she was patron of a charity that was managed by Vestra. My daughter was 3 years old at the time and I offered her services to present the Princess with some flowers as she arrived. The royal photographer took the most beautiful picture of my daughter on the day she met a real-life princess.
What did you want to be growing up?
One of my childhood friends was older than me and got a job in the Bank of England straight out of school. During the school holidays I would get the train into the city to meet her for lunch and back then, everyone walked around the city in their colourful traders’ jackets. I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I knew I wanted to work in the city.
What’s your earliest memory?
My dad picking me up from infant school to go and visit my little brother in the hospital after he had an operation. My dad took me to the shops and let me pick a present for him. I chose a Postman Pat jigsaw.
If you had to pick, which of the 17 SDGs means the most to you and why?
SDG 4, Quality Education, means the most to me. I think a quality education for everyone is fundamental in tackling most of the other SDGs. Education can force changes in the way we think and behave for the next generation.
If you could have dinner with two people, who would they be? What would you discuss/ask them?
Maria Callas – I’ve always loved an autobiography and after going down a rabbit hole of JFK, Jackie Kennedy and Ari Onassis, I found Maria Callas. She is one of the most talented opera singers in all of history with a reputation of being a diva, but her life story is quite a sad one. I’d ask her if she’d change anything if she got to do it all again.
Pamela Des Barres – she wrote one of my favourite books ever: I’m with the band. She was a groupie in the 60’s and 70’s and hung out with all the rockstars of the time. I would ask her about the parts she left out of the book!
If you weren’t an operations manager, what would you be?
A community midwife or birthing doula. I’ve always been fascinated by pregnancy and birth. It’s amazing what a woman’s body can do! I couldn’t wait to become a mother.
What have you read, listened to, or watched recently that you’ve enjoyed?
I recently watched a documentary about a silverback gorilla called Harambe, who was born in captivity and raised in Cincinnati Zoo. After a small child fell into the enclosure, Harambe was shot and killed by his keepers. Directed by conservationist Erik E. Crown, “Harambe” focuses on the critical endangerment of silverback gorillas and the downside of animal captivity in zoos.
What’s something you’ve always wanted to do but never have?
I wish I’d worked overseas when I was younger, definitely somewhere hot.
Give us an exclusive, what’s something no one knows about you?
In the late 90’s a DJ taught me how to mix and I had a set of Technics1210’s.
Picture this: a moment from Kelly’s camera roll
