Suzanne Heywood

"My father wanted to be a hero and my mother wanted to be with my father, and once you get those two pieces in place, it was kind of as simple as that."

"You walk away from a childhood like mine with various scars. I have physical scars but I also have emotional scars."

"And I am normal in some way, but I am also an outsider."

"Children are humans. They have a right to an education and a right to a social life. There is a UN mandate for children that was clearly breached in multiple ways by my parents."

"“The mindset of a sailor is very different to the mindset of people who live on land.”"

"The thing that you need to do when you’re under threat is to be incredibly calm, because it’s only when you’re calm that you can think rationally and get through things."

"“The best leaders can be both resilient and humble.”"

"When I hire people, I look for evidence of both characteristics. Candidates who have experienced situations where things have gone wrong, often have strong resilience."

"When I consider such candidates, I look for people who tell me survivor stories, not victim stories."

"“The trap that companies can sometimes fall into is to dump large amounts of information onto the board.”"