Three things you didn’t know about…
EY partner Maryam Hussain
1 She had a narrow escape when travelling from Madrid to Tehran in 1980. Her pilot landed 20 minutes early, meaning she was safely watching from the airport building as minutes later, the plane was bombed and destroyed in an Iraqi air force attack.
2 Three years ago, she took up boxing and says she’s very good with a punch bag, but has yet to punch something that can punch back.
3 She once investigated a major fraud perpetrated by a “celebrity businessman”. Unable to refute the evidence, he pointed to a stack of celebrity magazines and said “How dare you, I’m the FACE of this business!”