The best graduate jobs and internships for powerful young women

Being able to dig down into an environment and hunt for clues satisfies that mini detective in me, and when you find evidence of a potential breach the thrill of unwrapping it further is a driving force.

Being a full-time working parent is a daily juggling act. However, working in a firm that promotes flexibility and work-life balance has greatly helped me with not only the advancement in my career but to also raise two children.

FTI Consulting is a huge advocate for balance in the workplace, but I think it is down to each individual to manage themselves personally as well – a challenge that never ends, only evolves!

Failure isn’t failure if you learn something from it – then it becomes a stepping stone. People don't like to talk about bad times so it's hard to know, but more ‘successful people’ than you may realise bombed at something else before they started succeeding.

I love the lightbulb moment that people get when I am explaining something. Whether I am demonstrating our software in its development stages and people say “wow that’s amazing! I can’t wait until it’s finished!” or I am explaining some nuance of the way the military works – just what is an OODALOOP and why is it important to our software?