Before becoming a private investigator, Olivia spent a lengthy period living in France and has a strong knowledge of the French culture and language. Prior to that she spent time working in the hospitality industry and uses her combined knowledge of both in investigation work today

"On my first day of working for Answers Investigation, I was told to meet my colleague at 6am in a car park en route to a surveillance job. That was a shock to the system! But once you are awake and moving, you can't help but feel excited about what lies ahead that day"

"The best part about being a private investigator is that you never know what you'll be doing, today, tomorrow or next week! The boring routine of a 9 to 5 job doesn't exist in this field, which is great because you just don't get tired of it! "

"I look very young for my age, so I have been roped into helping with our Challenge 21 and Challenge 25 scheme. I like doing this because we travel all over the country giving presentations and training to people of all ages on how to prevent under age drinking within their businesses which is an issue so relevant to people my age. I have to say, I have also heard lots of funny stories in these sessions!"

All my friends always ask about my job and are fascinated as to what I get up to, each week I get a text from one person or another saying what does work hold in store this week? And my answer is always the same, who knows!

Looking young for my age has it's drawbacks, and it's advantages. Although I am actually in my 20's, slipping into the guise of a 15 or 16 year old is an excellent way of disarming people if you need to get information from them. Asked in the right way, knocking on someone's door with a school studies 'survey' that contains 25 seemingly innocuous questions will often get to the truth of a matter. Similarly, I can legally test purchase outlets under the Challenge 21 scheme as I am so often asked for ID in life anyway. It has it's downsides, much to the amusement of colleagues when I dress to fit a role

Olivia is giving up her Bank Holiday to run in the BUPA 10K London Charity event on 27th May. If you would like to sponsor her, copy and paste the following link into your browser:

https://www.justgiving.com/oliviaellenger