The Apprentice

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Debra Barr

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Name: Debra Barr
Age: 24
Career: Senior Sales Consultant
Qualifications: BA in English Literature
Lives: Surrey

Outspoken sales-woman Debra was awarded "mouth of the year" at her office Christmas party and confesses to being a bit tenacious. Buckinghamshire-born Debra considers herself to be a direct and driven sales-woman with a passion for business ... and a love of horses.

She has had to fight illiteracy in her youth having struggled through her primary school years when, aged 10, she had the reading age of a six-year-old. Embodying her belief in overcoming objections, Debra went on to study English Literature at university. Inspired by Bill Gates and Sir Richard Branson, she is a go-getter who would rather ask for forgiveness than permission.

She says: "When I set my sights on something I have to make sure I get it. I am very cautious and only let the people that I can trust see the softer side of me."

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