University Church of St Mary the Virgin Tower View, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 2025 When I was sixteen, I asked my sister’s friends, “So, what does a consultant actually do?” Chuckles rippled through the room. “That’s the question,” they said. My brows furrowed. Now, I’m one week away from starting my job at McKinsey & Company. A year ago, I chose consulting not because I had everything mapped out, but because I recognised a pattern in how I think, work, and perform in