Football stadium deal was Conservative peer’s ‘biggest achievement’
TORY PEER and TV personality Karren Brady has said clinching the 2012 Olympic Stadium for West Ham United has been her biggest achievement.
Baroness Brady, who is the vice-chairwoman of West Ham, has also said she could be “world champion” at Sudoku and said if she could go back in time she would retake her maternity leave.
Asked what has been her biggest achievement, the star of The Apprentice television programme said: “Winning the 2012 Olympic stadium as the new venue for West Ham United.
“It was legally very challenging and I negotiated every line of the contract myself.
“There are lots of beautiful stadiums but only one Olympic stadium and it was life-changing.”
Asked where she would go if she could go back in time, Lady Brady said she would retake her maternity leave.
She admitted when she had her daughter in 1996 the concept of a work/life balance “did not exist”, adding: “I had her on the Friday and I was back at work on the Monday. I regret missing those precious months.”
Lady Brady also revealed that she is “wonderful” at Sudoku, and said: “There isn’t one I can’t do. I could be world champion.”
She said her dream dinner would be with Hillary Clinton, and said she is “excited” that Mrs Clinton is going to run for US president.
Baroness Brady was one of the key players behind a letter which was signed by 5,000 people involved in small businesses during the election campaign in support of the Conservatives.
The letter was later criticised after questions were raised over some of the signatories.
Baroness Brady was made a Conservative peer last year.