Why?

Apologies for another long break....the intention is to post every week but they go by so fast!

I met up with some ex colleagues in London the other day. They are both now partners in top quality London tax specialist firms. Great to meet up with them, swap stories, catch up - and realise I feel like I inhabit a completely different world now! My heart just couldn't be in the kind of work that they have to do ...sophisticated tax planning for wealthy individuals.

I moved around jobs a few times within the profession; but always carried on moving in the same circles so came across the same faces, kept up friendships/rivalries etc. That's not happening now as the circles no longer meet. That having been said - there's a lot of thought in NGO and development circles going on at the moment about engagement with business, and the crucial role of business in developemnt within poorer countries. I'm hoping that, together with a blatant use of old networks to generate interest in what I'm doing, will bring me back into a contact with a few old faces and names. Might have to dust the suits off again!

I might miss the people, but not the profession. Have a look at this video - it says better than me why I made the move to Christian Aid:



Hoping next time will be sooner ....