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Returner Programme Stories

Juliette’s Story: Returning to Project Management with the NHS

4 year career break

Lisa’s Story: Returning to Tech with Aegon

18 year career break

Giusi’s Story: Returning to Tech at FDM

10 year career break

Claire’s Story: Returning to Law with DAC Beachcroft

20 year career break

Laura’s Story: Returning to Financial Services with Bank of England

5 year career break

Karishma’s Story: Returning to Tech at FDM

13 year career break

Brenda’s Story: Retraining to Fintech at Hymans Robertson

5 year career break

Vicky’s Story: Returning to Law at DACB

15 year break

Wendy’s Story: A Career Boost Scotland Programme participant returning to Investments at BlackRock

2 year career break

Julia’s Story: Returning to Data Science at dunnhumby

9 year career break

Barkha’s Story: Returning to Finance at Fitch

9 year career break

Nina’s Story: Returning to Tech at Softcat

20 year career break

Eleanor’s Story: Returning to Investment Banking at Cameron Barney

8 year career break

Amma’s Story: Returning to Financial Services at Bank of England

3 year career break

Aliaa’s Story: Returning to Engineering at Skanska Costain STRABAG

10 year career break

Karolina’s Story: Returning to Financial Services at UBS

10 year career break

Marisa’s Story: Returning to Law at National Highways

16 year career break

Paul’s Story: Returning to Policy at Ofcom

7 year career break

Gisela’s Story: Returning to Policy at Ofcom

6 year career break

Mukta’s Story: Returning to Data Consultancy at dunnhumby

4 year career break

Charlotte’s Story: Returning to Technology at dunnhumby

2.5 year career break

Alice’s Story: Returning to IT with the Home Office

14 year career break

Bhavna’s Story: Returning to IT with Next

9 year career break

Divya’s Story: Returning to Technology with Investec

11.5 year career break

Kirstan’s Story: Returning to Business Analysis with Hymans Robertson

7 year career break

Anne’s Story: Returning to Engineering with SCS JV

3 year career break

Lucia’s Story: Returning to Business Systems with SCS JV

7 year career break

Stacie’s Story: Returning to Investments with Fidelity International (part of Diversity Project cross-company programme)

10 year career break

Christine’s Story: Returning to Investments with Fidelity International (part of Diversity Project cross-company programme)

10+ year career break

Clare’s Story: Returning to Innovation at Accenture

7 year career break

Sophie’s Story: Returning to Investments with BlackRock (part of Diversity Project Cross-Company programme)

5 year career break

Laverne’s Story: Returning to Change and Project Management with Willis Towers Watson (part of Diversity Project cross-company programme)

5 year career break

Kim’s Story: Returning to Banking with Morgan Stanley

3 year career break

Kseniya’s Story: Returning to Cloud Services at AWS

4 Year Career Break

Rebecca’s Story: Retraining into Financial Planning with St. James’s Place Academy

3.5 year career break

Tolu’s Story: Returning to Law with Camden Council

7 year career break

Victoria’s Story: Returning to Project Management at Allianz

5 year career break

Melissa’s Story: Returning to Law at Bank of England

5 Year Career Break

Sally’s Story: Returning to Consulting at Turner & Townsend

14 Year Career Break

Sunisha’s Story: Returning to Communications with Mott MacDonald

3 year Career Break

Maha’s Story: Returning to Transport Engineering at Mott Macdonald

6 Year Career Break

Aubrey’s Story: Returning to Programme Management at AECOM

2 Year Career Break

Claire’s Story: Returning to Landscape Architecture at AECOM

8 Year Career Break

Mrinalini’s Story: Returning to Technology at Reed Exhibitions

2 Year Career Break

Arzhang’s Story: Returning to Programme Management & Finance at Enfield Council

3 Year Career Break

Claire’s Story: Returning to Programme Management & Finance at Enfield Council

4 Year Career Break

Gillian’s Story: Returning to Accounting at Grant Thornton

15 Year Career Break

Geraldine’s Story: Returning to Tech and Operations at Capgemini

6 Year Career Break

Panchali’s Story: Returning to Finance at Mastercard

7 Year Career Break

Kate’s Story: Returning to Engineering at Skanska

7 Year Career Break

Clare’s Story: Returning to Marketing at Golin via Back2Businesship

3 Year Career Break

Rachel D Story: Returning to Business Development & Account Management at Mastercard

10 Year Career Break

Jo’s Story: Return to Client Relationships & Business Management at Barclays

3 Year Career Break

Keira’s Story: Returning to Business Development & Account Management at Mastercard

2 Year Career Break

Sara’s Story: Returning to Tech and Operations at Capgemini

13 Year Career Break

Sarah’s Story: Returning to Project Management at Highways England

11 Year Career Break

Sara’s Story: Returning to Consulting at EY

2 Year Career Break

Ann’s Story: Returning to Consulting at EY

3 Year Career Break

Sarah-Jane’s Story: Returning to Financial Services and Operations at Fidelity International

15 Year Career Break

Yemi’s Story: Returning to Programme Management & Finance at Enfield Council

5 Year Career Break

Belinda’s Story: Returning to Law at Clark Holt

13 Year Career Break

Fiona’s story: Returning to Asset Management at UBS

6 Year Career Break

Adheli’s story: Returning to Financial Services & Operations at Fidelity International

4 Year Career Break

Antje’s Story: Returning to Construction at Balfour Beatty

9 Year Career Break

Gill’s Story: Return to Client Relationships & Business Management at Barclays

10 Year Career Break

Clare’s Story: Returning to Telecommunications at O2

5 Year Career Break

Natalie’s story: Returning to Financial Services & Operations at Fidelity International

6 Year Career Break

Carolyne’s Story: Returning to Financial Services at Macquarie Group

2 Year Career Break

Liz’s Story: Returning to Telecommunications at O2

5 Year Career Break

Maria’s Story: Returning to Investments at Man GLG

3 Year Career Break

Anna’s Story: Returning to Investment Management at Aberdeen Asset Management

5 Year Career Break

Charlotte’s Story: Returning to tax at Deloitte

3 Year Career Break

Laura’s Story: Returning to Marketing at Golin via Back2Businesship

4 Year Career Break

Tara’s Story: Returning to Corporate Governance at M&G

4 Year Career Break

Richard’s Story: Returning to Commercial Banking at Lloyds Banking Group

2 Year Career Break

Tina’s Story: Returning to finance at MV Credit

13 Year Career Break

Carla’s Story: Returning to investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch

3 Year Career Break

Carolien’s Story: Returning to engineering at Tideway

3 Year Career Break

Rachel’s Story: Returning to engineering at Tideway

9 Year Career Break

Carmen’s Story: Returning to investment banking at Morgan Stanley

7 Year Career Break

Adriana’s story: Returning to investment banking at Credit Suisse

11 Year Career Break

Julia W’s Story: Returning to investment banking at Morgan Stanley

9 Year Career Break

Without Returner Programme Stories

Bhini’s Story: Returning to Law at Rayden Solicitors

5 year career break

Angela’s Story: Returning to Media at Kinesso

3 year career break

Judith’s Story: Return to Architecture

10 Year Career Break

Jackie S Story: Returning to Accountancy and Project Management

5 Year Career Break

Rachel’s Story: Returning to Medicine

12 Years Career Break

Virginia’s Story: Returning to Law

8 Year Career Break

Morag’s Story: Returning to Research at Newcastle University

5 Year Career Break

Abir’s Story: Returning to Research in Computer Sciences at the University of Bristol

4 Year Career Break

Sarah’s Story: Return to Engineering Consultancy

13 Year Career Break

Lowri’s Story: Return to Teaching – Head of English

4 Year Career Break

Teni’s Story: Returning to Investment Banking

7 Year Career Break

Juliet’s Story: Returning to Architecture

5 Year Career Break

Grazyna’s story: Returning to Architecture

2 Year Career Break

Julia T’s Story: Returning to Financial Accounting

2 Year Career Break

Camilla’s Story: Returning to Scientific Research

3 Year Career Break

Jill’s story: Returning to Law

12 Year Career Break

M’s Story: Returning to Software Development

14 Year Career Break

Simone’s Story: Returning to business modelling and process improvement

18 month Career Break

Fiona’s Story: Returning to occupational psychology

6 Year Career Break

Nina’s Story: Returning to Mobile Phone Technology

11 Year Career Break

Victoria’s Story: Returning to investment banking

5 Year Career Break

Jane’s story: Returning to Financial Services

3 Year Career Break

Amy’s Story: Returning to Law

2 Year Career Break

Nicola’s Story: Returning to Insurance (via nursery teaching)

2 Year Career Break

Fiona’s Story: Returning to Law

10 Year Career Break

Olga’s Story: Returning to magazine editing

6 Year Career Break

Andrea’s story: Returning to Equity Analysis

4 Year Career Break

Career Change Stories

Mariam’s Story: From Doctor to Developer with TechSwitch

13 Year Career Break

Brenda’s Story: Retraining to Fintech at Hymans Robertson

5 year career break

Alison’s Story: Switching Back to Tech with TechSwitch

7 Year Career Break

Hayley’s Story: Commercial Dispute Resolution Lawyer to Associate Director in Legal Recruitment

5 Year Career Break

Gemma’s Story: Commercial Property Law to Podiatry

2 Year Career Break

Anne-Marie’s Story: Civil Servant to Teaching

7 Year Career Break

Katherine’s Story: Acting to Journalism

15 Year Career Break

Cheryls’ Story: Law to Management Consultancy

6 Year Career Break

Nicolle’s Story: Travel product manager to business consultancy director

8 Year Career Break

Rachel’s Story: Investment Banking to Investment Management

8 Year Career Break

Helen’s story: Healthcare to scientific publishing

7 Year Career Break

Barbara’s Story: HR Director to Entrepreneur

6 Year Career Break

Alison’s story: Barrister to Secondary School teacher

11 Year Career Break

Caroline B’s story: Marketing to Training/Facilitation

4 Year Career Break

Caroline’s Story: Financial services to nutrition

8 Year Career Break

Kate’s Story: City Litigator to Senior Regulatory Adviser

8 Year Career Break

Victoria’s Story: Solicitor to the charity sector

5 Year Career Break

Emma’s Story: Market research to further education teaching

5 Year Career Break

Julie’s Story: City lawyer to HR development manager

8 Year Career Break

Alison’s story: Surveying to after-school club founder

7 Year Career Break

Suzanne’s Story: Accounting to publishing

9 Year Career Break

Kirsty’s Story: Consulting to Talent Manager

8 Year Career Break

Stephanie’s Story: Law to HR/CSR

6 Year Career Break

Support Programmes

Helen’s Story: STEM ReCharge Programme

15+ year career break

Priyanka’s Story: STEM ReCharge Programme

4 year career break

Adele’s Story: STEM ReCharge Programme

5.5 year career break

Ashim’s Story: STEM ReCharge Programme

10 year career break

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