I moved to Edinburgh from Poland in 2005, and it's been home ever since - where I built my family and my career. After completing a master's degree in Business Administration, I was ready for new challenges.

My UK career started in accountancy. I began as a secretary at LWC Chartered Accountants, then moved to Whitelaw Wells Chartered Accountants, where I worked alongside the office manager as a credit controller - supporting directors and management with diary management, chasing payments, and the day-to-day admin that keeps a business running smoothly.

From there, I moved into corporate real estate, joining Jones Lang LaSalle and CBRE as a surveying executive and estates assistant. I managed properties for Lloyds Banking Group, coordinating between managers, solicitors, tenants, facilities managers and landlords - handling lease obligations, viewings, inspections, timesheets, invoicing, travel arrangements and much more.

Two industries, one thread running through both: the kind of precision that comes from years of handling other people's deadlines as if they were my own.