Kirsten Chambers-Taylor - From Domestic Servant to UK-US Trade Titan, Resilience Personified.
Kiwi FleesShow Notes
In this pod I talk to the indomitable Kirsten Chambers-Taylor whose first offshore role was working for the English photojournalist, Juliet Peck. Juliet's husband, Rory (a freelance news cameraman), had been killed by Boris Yeltsin loyalists in Moscow the year before Kirsten arrived in London in 1994. A stint in France as a horse trainer & nanny was followed by Kirsten then taking a role as a Domestic Servant with the United States-based UK Consul General. We discuss humble beginnings in...
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