I LIVE just outside the village of Doagh in Co Antrim and have done so all my life. I live with my 14 year-old son, Sam and Buddy, our Miniature Schnauzer. After university, I started my working life as an estate agent but, after a few years, I changed my career path and commenced my employment with the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society as a management trainee.

I am still here after 29 years and now hold the position of Operations Director.