22/08/2026
“Right, a few things you should know before you meet Gill".
"She is warm, funny, ridiculously easy to talk to and has an almost supernatural ability to make people feel comfortable very quickly. This means there is a strong possibility that within 20 minutes you’ll have told her considerably more about yourself than you intended to.
She talks. A lot. She asks questions. A lot. She is genuinely interested in people and absolutely LOVES a proper conversation. Small talk will probably last about four minutes before you’re discussing your childhood, your business, your marriage and something that happened to you in 2007.
She is very funny, frequently inappropriate and swears enthusiastically. If you are easily offended, prepare accordingly.
She has an extremely low tolerance for bu****it, pretentiousness, corporate waffle, people making simple things unnecessarily complicated and anything described as ‘elevated’ when it plainly isn’t.
If you ask her opinion, understand that you are going to get her opinion. Not the polite version she thinks you want. The actual one.
She notices EVERYTHING. The weird thing in the corner of the room. The slightly off wording. The reason something doesn’t quite work. The fact you’ve moved something three inches. The tiny mark on someone’s arm. Once she has noticed something, she is physically incapable of leaving it alone until she understands it.
She is creative but also deeply practical, which means she can go from ‘I’ve had an idea…’ to a full strategy, cost breakdown, snack quantities, supplier options and three alternative taglines before you’ve finished your coffee.
She doesn’t really do half-arsed. A small idea can become A THING surprisingly quickly.
She will spend three hours obsessing over one sentence because it is ‘nearly right but still a bit s**t.’
She hates cheesy motivational bo****ks, weak marketing copy, generic branding, the word ‘journey’ being used unnecessarily and anything remotely airy-fairy. If your brand says empowering women to step into their authentic selves, approach with extreme caution.
She is fiercely loyal and cares enormously about her people. If she loves you, she is properly in your corner. She will champion you, help you, photograph you, sort something out for you, make you laugh when everything’s gone tits-up and probably worry about you more than you worry about yourself.
Her family is everything. She is simultaneously running a business, creating things, organising things, photographing things, driving children somewhere, thinking about the next thing and wondering why her laptop has run out of storage again.
She can be gloriously chaotic while somehow also being the person who gets s**t done.
She has approximately 47 tabs open in her brain at any given moment.
She will ask a question, immediately think of another question, interrupt her own question with a third question and eventually circle back to the first one.
Usually.
She has strong opinions, a big heart, a very quick brain and absolutely no poker face.
If she thinks something is brilliant, you’ll know.
If she thinks something is bo****ks…
you will also know.
Basically: expect warmth, laughter, swearing, ideas, questions, honesty, mild chaos and a conversation that goes wildly off piste.
You’ll probably leave with three new ideas, an accidental therapy session and Gill saying,
‘WAIT. One more thing…’
There is never just one more thing.” 😂
