First job: Office Junior First car: Red Vauxhall Astra Mark 3 What did the start of your professional life look like: Photocopying drawings pretty much eight hours per day and making the odd cup of coffee/tea! Best advice received: I have been very fortunate to work under many great individuals throughout my career to date. I would say ‘lead by example’, ‘have an opinion’ and ‘use humour’ are the ones that stick with me. What do you like most about your job: No two properties are the same therefore no [...]

For a businessperson and property professional who has just seen a typhoon of unprecedented ferocity sweep through her sector, Amanda Cameron appears remarkably sanguine. And, unlike many people in the country, the only female partner in DM Hall, one of Scotland’s foremost firms of Chartered Surveyors, is also managing to remain unusually busy. Her phlegmatic demeanour may stem from the fact that, over the course of a career which has seen her excel in legal, financial and property circles, she could with some validity claim to have seen it all before [...]

First job: Apprentice Surveyor with Shepherds in Kirkcaldy. First car: A white Volvo 340. Not my choice!!! Inherited from my predecessor. What did the start of your professional life look like: As an apprentice I got all the run around jobs. Pick up keys, drop off reports to clients,(pre email!!!) arranging surveys. Making tea and picking up the boss’s lunch. Lots of which I still do today. It was a great grounding. Best advice received: Never ask somebody to do something that you wouldn’t do yourself. What do you like most [...]

  First job: I started out with GA Property Services as a Valuation Manager and then decided I should get on and use my degree in Building Surveying to get my Professional Qualification. First car: An old Volvo, something safe and a bit bland, which probably helped my insurance costs! My wife didn’t like the car as the previous owner was clearly very safety conscious and had installed a fire extinguisher! What did the start of your professional life look like: I started as an estate agent with GA and decided [...]