After studying Chemistry at Imperial College I worked for twenty years as a professional opera singer, singing with Scottish Opera, Opera North, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opera d'Orleans, Grand Théatre de Bordeaux, Frankfurt Opera, Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival, in the West End production of Evita and at the end of the pier in Cromer! I then went on to study Mathematics at the Open University, graduating in 1998.
Since graduating from The Open University in 1998 I have been working as a Private Mathematics Tutor teaching levels KS3, GCSE/iGCSE and A Level/IB. I have also taught GCSE and A Level Mathematics at Abbey College and Mander Portman Woodward College, Fifth and Sixth Form Colleges in Cambridge. In addition, I have worked preparing students for 11+ and 13+ entrance examinations and also taught in various Local Education Authorities as an Adult Education Tutor of GCSE and A level Mathematics