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Inspired by the famous Humans of New York blog by Brandon Stanton, we wanted to create a series of written portraits of the people that we work with and the (sometimes unexpected) stories they have to tell.

– Rachel Collins, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Olivia Mcdonald and family

Olivia Mcdonald

I’ve had a varied career, including running a web design company and being employed in horse racing, but one of my favourite roles before I started my telco journey was ...
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Inga Haskamp

Exploring my creativity and learning new things are really important to me and I love meeting people. I recently signed up for a weekly professional makeup course to reconnect with ...
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Sean Nash with Tamer Hassan

Sean Nash

It's not about the pencils My story starts pre-pandemic. I’d wake up early, check my emails and then look at my sleep app to confirm just how tired I felt. ...
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Supriya Manchanda

One of my real passions in life is yoga. I follow yogis on social media for inspiration and motivation and I have now incorporated essential morning and evening routines into ...
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Amanda Conde

Being a high risk pregnancy at the end of the pandemic meant I was worried about travelling and meeting people indoors. Luckily this all happened when Colt was piloting our ...
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Hannah Evans

Before joining Colt’s graduate scheme in 2020, I had dreamed of moving to London and working in a busy office with lots of afterwork socials. Instead, it was the pandemic ...
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Manjori Ahmed

One of the best things about Colt is the work-life balance but this hasn’t always been my experience in my career. I have a distinct memory back when working with ...
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Eileen Hupp

My two biggest passions are horses and travelling. And a few years ago, I thought: why not combine both? Since then, I’ve travelled more than 2000km in 14 countries on ...
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Monika Zvonarich

What many people don't expect from me is that I am a huge Formula 1 fan. I love the thrill of the sport, the impressive technology behind the vehicles and ...
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Dr Sagar Pradhan

This Humans of Colt story is a special crossover with our Sustainability matters initiative, to celebrate the launch of our new science-based targets. Read more about our targets on our ...
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Tim Cook

When our children were two and three years old, my wife and I decided to take a sabbatical with them and go travelling. We travelled through most of Europe in ...
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Lee Israel

One of the most influential people in my life is my boyfriend of 16 years. He’s a Police Officer and I’m proud of the work he and his colleagues do ...
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