‘I visited in March, lived here by June’

“I WAS working for a European company in Dublin when I heard about the position in China.

I’d been reading about China and its massive development so I decided to apply. I had an interview and they invited me to visit Beijing in March, and after spending a week here, I fell in love with the place. By June I was living here.

“A lot of the attraction was the work. The Irish business was one of the smallest business units in the group and China had the potential to be the largest. So much of the market was untapped and there are many exciting opportunities to target. In Ireland, the market is mature and more difficult to identify business opportunities.