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In this interview we feature Rachel Drinkwater, a Senior Business Analyst, who tells us about her career and the sage advice from her father that started her journey as a BA! Can you give a brief summary of your career path to date?  It’s 1997 and I’m standing outside the school gym with my parents, … Continue reading If you don’t know what to do, go into IT!

In this interview we feature Business Analyst David Beckham. David is a familiar face to many in the Business Analysis community and his story is definitely one you should take the time to read. Can you give a brief summary of your career path to date? I joined Norwich Union after a brief spell of … Continue reading I’ve felt for a long time that if you want to be a BA you are most likely meant to be a BA

In this interview we speak to Business Analyst Shazia Elahi who gives us an insight into her career and the creation of her own business BA Masters. Can you give a brief summary of your career path to date? My first experience in a professional environment was working as an analyst for GlaxoSmithKline. Working in … Continue reading Look past the worries, trust the plan and, more importantly, your own instinct.

In this interview Business Analyst Paul Kitson from Reassure gives us his career story and tells us why being a BA is a bit like Chandler from Friends! Can you give a brief summary of your career path to date? Like many others I never intended to become a BA and naturally progressed into the … Continue reading The creation of a group of industry standard BA’s has come to fruition.

In this interview we speak to Eleanor Stowe, a Business Analyst from OVO Energy, who gives us the story of her operatic beginnings, a gradual move into Business Analysis and recent presentation at the Business Analysis Conference Europe. Can you give a brief summary of your career path to date? My first career was actually … Continue reading Be brave, keep putting yourself out there, learn from mistakes and keep the RAID log up to date!

In the first in our series of interviews we speak to Business Analyst Lee Fewkes who gives us the story of his career to date. Can you give a brief summary of your career path to date? Like many people in our profession I sort of just became a Business Analyst without really knowing I … Continue reading I sort of just became a Business Analyst without really knowing I had become one, or indeed before knowing what one was!