Pat Abercromby

Pat Abercromby started her career in the pharmaceutical industry and has lived with her family all over the world, including Singapore, Germany, Saudi Arabia and the USA. During her six years in Saudi Arabia, she wrote for the Saudi Gazette and the Arab News and was a regular contributor to the in-flight magazine for Saudi Arabian Airlines. She hosted a chat show Ahlan wa Sahlan (Welcome) in the country, interviewing people from the diplomatic service, business sector and interesting expatriates. Upon returning to the UK in the 1990s, Abercromby retrained as a massage therapist, specialising in Seated Seated Acupressure Therapy. She is the co-author of Seated Acupressure Massage written with her friend and business partner Davina Thomson, with whom she now runs Wellbeing Direct, a corporate wellness company.