Get to know Tracey

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! A er 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 a ernoon 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.