Though she admits that she knows “next to nothing about wines”, a diploma in marketing and 20 years of hands on experience in retail management with British Homes Stores in the UK persuaded Anglo Hispano that Carol Wuenschmann was the right person to replace Tony Hernandez as manager of its retail outlet in Main Street. “However, I am off to take a crash course on wines and the staff here are helping me get over any initial humps,” she says with a smile.

With BHS in Norwich Carol consistently increased sales and gained wide experience in promotions and marketing which she believes stood her in good stead when she applied for the Gibraltar job.