For 10 years, quite often the first person I spoke to in the office of a morning… Never a morning person myself, the picture of ‘cup half full’ was yours in any dictionary in the land and you breathed that in to every enviroment you turned up to – even my desk.  Highbrow discussions about football or the latest tv drama being watched would then ensue  …. and then with your massive laugh – my day was better already.  Thank you for that.  Your, as ever, huge heart during lockdown offering to help in any way you might be able to, and sharing pictures of Rocky.  Kilhams family holiday reports with crazy photos and the way you spoke about each of them with such love, affection and pride. Russian Visa’s is a topic I’ll gloss over although, even cross Nick was humourous. Your business trip reports were the stuff of legend. Your endless attempts to win the Christmas jumper competion always teling me ‘ Kaana, I can feel it – this is the year’… It was always my pleasure to be in your company even if we would disagree about what was a reasonable expense !  Always paying up speedily if Arsenal actually managed to beat Chelsea, with a bottle of bubbly.

I’m so sorry we never knew you were suffering – the queue of people waiting to help would have stretched to the moon and back if ony we’d known.

Shine bright as you always did x