I am helping organise a school tour and learning event for Loretto Kirribilli, which aims to inspire and empower female high school students to consider a career in engineering.
From day one, my manager has also been incredibly supportive, expressing confidence in my abilities and decision-making, even as a graduate working in a corporate environment for the very first time
Having the opportunity to work with different technologies has provided me with a better understanding of how firewalls work, and how traffic flows through a VPN just to name a few.
I love seeing a novel idea turn from science-fiction into reality. There are very intelligent researchers working tirelessly on concepts that may or may not be successful, and it’s such a privilege to bring their work to clinicians where it can change the lives of patients.
Working style is to allow the juniors to have a first crack at finance documents and then sit with them and provide direct feedback. I find it valuable to be able to do a page-turn and immediately ask and pick the brain of a seasoned finance lawyer then and there.
This also gives me the opportunity to catch-up with them and learn more about the process behind certain business activities, it’s important to understand what goes into the numbers so that we can provide more meaningful reporting and analysis.