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Challenges do remain. The economic impacts of 2020 are likely to be felt for some time. Economic downturns exacerbate inequalities of all types. Government finances are inevitably more stretched and we in the private sector will need to step up to support the recovery,"

If anyone had told me as a child that I couldn't fulfil my various childhood ambitions to be an astronaut, or pilot or James Bond due to my gender or ethnicity, I would have dismissed their views as irrational. This was my form of resilience,

Possibly from natural resilience, I was able to accept quickly that I could do nothing about our peripatetic circumstances. But I appreciated that I still had choices and things I could control, including my attitude. Being curious and social, I resolved to embrace the frequent changes as an opportunity to learn from different cultures and perspectives,