Having previously managed the offices at Edinburgh’s Enviros, Jo Anderson has been the Office Manager at Sigma Seven for just over a year. In that time, she has swiftly proven invaluable to the smooth running of the company. In some ways, it is easier to define her roles by what she doesn’t do rather than what she does.

‘If it’s not software or sales-based then I’m your woman,’ is Jo’s quick fire description of her job.

This means that Jo looks after Sigma Seven’s facilities and premises; organises staff travel; books events and looks after the company finances. ‘Finance is the biggest area that I’m responsible for. I do all of the invoice processing and salary payments, tracking cash flow and the year end accounts.’

When not balancing the books, Jo has been instrumental in maintaining Sigma Seven’s ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certification.

‘Quality Management is about making sure that all of our procedures are documented, follow a pattern; that people follow them and that we are keeping to the standards that the BSI set,’ explains Jo. ‘My role is to ensure that the procedures are up to date, to audit our internal processes and make sure that we are doing what we are supposed to be doing. Then we are externally assessed by the BSI. We have just had the second assessment visit for ISO 9001 and came away with a clean slate. I am utterly delighted.

‘But keeping up the standards for our ISO certification is not a one person job. I’ve had plenty of input from not just the internal Sigma Seven team but also Wendy Rayner, our environmental consultant.’