Wendy Jones broke a long-standing Cairn tradition at the end of 1998, by becoming our first female employee. Wendy keeps the books, pays the bills and chases our invoices for us. She has already learned how to strike terror into the hearts of our customers' finance departments, while simultaneously assuring our suppliers that "the cheque is in the post" and will arrive by Friday. Wendy also excels in unarmed combat, so we have to stay on the right side of her as well.