Heather took Engineering Science at Oxford University. At the time, the second most popular career route for graduates from this course was to go into accountancy. During university, Heather swore she wouldn’t become an accountant. She also swore she wouldn’t follow in her mother’s footsteps into teaching. The universe decided to have the last laugh, and in 2004 Heather started in learning and development, working for BDO, a top 5 UK accounting firm. That was over 20 years ago now, and she has never stopped helping accountants achieve their career and business goals.

In 2009, newly redundant, with 2 toddlers, she started her own business. She would freely admit that back then, she was absolutely clueless about how to market herself. In fact, she went to a networking event with a speaker who was talking about an ‘introduction to social networking’ – what you would now know as social media. This then quickly led to her realising she loved blogging and getting the accolade of becoming Bedfordshire’s most influential person on Twitter.  Since that point, she has become a highly respected influencer and expert in the world of accounting.