PAULINE SANDERSON BIOGRAPHY
Pauline’s varied and colourful
career enhances her ability to relate to a
wide variety of people and workplace roles.
It's great being the boss......
when it's going well!
— Pauline Sanderson
London Barrister – 6 years
Six years working as a barrister in London were immensely
enjoyable. Pauline worked with Customs and Excise
in the VAT Tribunals. This has given her invaluable
experience in personal preparation and presentation
skills. However, the team was always right there behind
her and although her role was often perceived as ‘individual’,
it was the team that made the system work so well.
Pauline was also responsible for the first ever Christmas
Review. This consisted of a team of lawyers writing
and performing sketches, as well as song and dance
routines for the whole office. They are still talking
about it!
Pauline went on a team building week and was so inspired
by the outdoors and the positive results that came
with the experience; she decided to have a career
change.
OUTDOOR INSTRUCTOR – 1 year
It took one year of living, training and working
in Wales for Pauline to become an outdoor instructor.
It was a fabulous year and ended with the decision
to take it one step further and spend the last of
her savings going to Nepal to see if she could become
an expedition leader for tour companies.
COMPANY DIRECTOR – 4 years
After 2 months of climbing mountains and kayaking
the rivers in Nepal, Pauline was lucky enough to meet
Gerry Moffat and Mahendra Thapa of Equator Expeditions.
They ran a rafting company and after some discussion
Pauline agreed to come back and join their office
team in Kathmandu. At the end of that season, sales
were so good they invited her to become a director
of the company. Things developed and the next season
saw the company expand to trekking, mountaineering
and travel. Within one year the company had tripled
turnover. The success of the partnership continued
for four years. Pauline lived and worked with Mahendra
and his family and learnt a great deal, about managing
people and customers. She experienced the peaks and
troughs of running a business and a team with different
nationalities and cultures. She learnt lessons and
had experiences that will stay with her for the rest
of her life. It is great being the boss…………..when
it is going well!
After four years, love and marriage brought Pauline
back to the UK, where she worked with a team building
company in the Lake District.
she learnt lessons and
had experiences that will stay with her for the rest
of her life.
TEAM BUILDING - 5 years
Catalyst is a superb team building company that delivers
their inspirational events all over the world. Pauline
joined the sales team and would often get involved
in the delivery of the events too. A passion for management
development saw her and other members of the team
develop this arm of the business. She was involved
in developing and creating one day and multi-day programmes
for teams. This means that Pauline is more than able
to relate and understand the many issues teams need
to address. This will be apparent with the many analogies
that can be drawn from her presentation to real life
situations.
MARKETING - 5 years
Pauline worked for 5 years at Glenmore Lodge, Scotland’s National Outdoor Training Centre. During that time, she organised events, co-ordinated the brochure and website and created a marketing strategy that successfully nearly doubled the turnover. It was a superb environment to work in and allowed her to develop yet another area of expertise adding to her appeal of the broad spectrum of audience she will meet while presenting.
