GET TO KNOW: TRACEY
A member of the SK team tells us a bit more about their life, loves and future plans… I started my working career back in 1980, working as a Junior Typist for a stockbroking company called Grieveson, Grant. I’m still in touch with the friends I made there in my first year! The offices where I started are just around the corner from Snow Hill, in Gresham Street although it looks very different now by the Guildhall! After many company name changes and varying roles as my career progressed, I met Kunle along the way. We stayed in touch and I later joined him at SK Financial some ten years ago. Alongside my career, at home I married Jay and have two children. When I returned to work, priorities changed and I then worked part-time – a nice working/home life balance and flexibility within SK has always worked well.
Working part time also gave me the time to do some voluntary work with the Samaritans. A simple ethos but so important that we talk, especially in such a digital world! In fact, the first ever Samaritan call was taken just across from Cannon Street in St Stephen, Walbrook, by the founder - the actual telephone is still there! During lockdown I rediscovered the Kent coast, fish and chips on the sandy beaches of Dymchurch and Camber Sands, especially on a sunny day. I also looked back at my family history. I would definitely recommend anyone to doing this. ‘Ancestry UK’ has so much information and it’s amazing what you can find.
Favourite City: It has to be London on a clear blue-sky day or even just a dry, cloudy day! Whether it’s a walk along the Southbank, Borough Market, a stroll around Hyde Park or afternoon tea at the Corinthia! As Samuel Johnson said – ‘when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford’. Bucket List: I would like to get to the Maldives before they disappear.
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