I left university quite relaxed about life, even though I probably shouldn’t have been. I was always so sure what I wanted to do but really, I knew so little about corporate law. I just picked the top law firm in Ireland, did one interview, and was the only non-law graduate accepted onto their programme – I’d studied sociology and social policy. It’s funny, looking back. I was pretty naive.
It was the best and worst of times. There were multiple occasions when I worked all night – I never ever finished before midnight, and I never got thanked. I remember it being this really tough corporate environment and I learned so much, way more than I did at university. I sat in boardrooms with the biggest companies in the world learning how to negotiate, how to hold yourself.
It was class. But it wasn’t a career I aspired to follow.
I think I’d like to run any business, not just equestrian, but I enjoy knocking around with Sam Watson so much and had confidence that whatever I did with him would be a success. I met event rider Camilla Speirs at Sam’s wedding in 2012, we went out for a good few years. That really brought me into the eventing world, holding her horses.
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