it must be exciting in your 20s, eva secunda to the united states and he worked in washington, dc. it was just post 9/11. the worked in washington, dc. it was just post 9m worked in washington, dc. it was just post 9/11. the reason why the secondment just post 9/11. the reason why the secondment was just post 9/11. the reason why the secondment was available - just post 9/11. the reason why the secondment was available was - just post 9/11. the reason why the - secondment was available was because the british government, the civil service wanted to up their capacity at the british embassy in lots of different ways. one of them was this economic analysis. obviously, there were huge problems in the global economy after 9/11 with recession and interest rates cut hugely, both in the us and around the world. i had the privilege of working at the embassy and trying to understand what was going on in the us economy and feeding back to the bank of england and to the treasury. i was 23, li