Lyn Gould, above, with her husband Alan, has dedicated her life to helping orphans in China.
Here she explains, in her own words, why she has chosen to take such a difficult path in life...
People ask me how I can work with dying children in China - they say they couldn’t do it because they would just cry all the time. Do they think I don’t care? Do they think I am not affected by what I see every day? But I can’t not do it.
Everything in China is about money - there is no free health service. Even if a child needs surgery to help them to live, if the family can...
The issue of women, or the lack of them, occupying top spots in UK business has been in the spotlight this week. On Monday the Financial Times reported that it had seen draft EU legislation proposing to force Europe’s listed companies to reserve 40% of non-executive director positions for women or face fines or other sanctions. On Tuesday the Evening Standard sponsored a debate on the issue headed by a panel of successful professional women, including Cherie Booth QC, and Helena Morrissey, the chief executive of the global investment company, Newton Investment.
