15/08/2026
'Long on qualifications and children. Short on relevant work experience.' That is how one interviewer took it upon himself to sum me up a couple of years ago. All because I had not worked in his specific industry. Clearly he had not heard of transferable skills.
Before children my career was in management consultancy, focused on corporate learning and development, and I got there by teaching in secondary schools first. I know people, I know how to communicate, and I am organised. None of that disappeared when I had a family. I worked as a headmaster's secretary, ran a CIPD training centre, worked in estate agency, and worked for an online retailer. I have also bought, renovated and sold many homes of my own, which is the closest thing to living the buyer and seller journey from the inside.
Covid let me chase something of my own, so I did a masters in creative writing and came out with a distinction. (Because.. why not?!)
I built the systems, the website, the socials, the branding and all the marketing and communications behind Mowatt. Phil brings the commercial instinct, I bring the detail, and together we decided to flip estate agency on its head, starting with the buyer and reverse engineering everything from there.
Two people. One promise.
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π East Lothian and Edinburgh