The value of gaining experience across sectors

Annabel Venner began her career on the production floor at pharmaceuticals firm SmithKline Beecham (now part of GlaxoSmithKline). It was here that she got a taste for marketing and transferred to the marketing department to work on brands such as Night Nurse and Beechams powders.
After being made redundant following a business restructure, Venner had a short stint as marketing analyst at British American Tobacco – a job she describes as her “least well