Jenny Scott - BBC's Economics Correspondent. We caught up with Jenny to find out about her busy life as a successful journalist and her time at the Marist.

Q. What are your favourite memories of your time at the Marist?
A. Friends and sport both played a big part in my time at the Marist. I always seemed to be on a netball court - usually freezing cold and soaking wet. The upside was that the other girls in the team were fantastic fun and that a post-school match got us out of lessons early at least once a week!

Q. Was Economics your favourite subject at school? Did you know what you wanted to do then?
A. Without a doubt, economics was my favourite subject at school, I couldn't get enough of it. I'd have done it from the first year if I could. My A Level teacher, Mrs Peters was excellent, she made the subject real. I loved the logic of it, the way it explained the world. I think I saw it as a path to riches initially, then I just fell in love with the subject...little did I know I'd end up being an impoverished journalist.

Q. Please can you tell us about you education and career progression from the Marist to your current job at the BBC
A. After I left the Marist I took a year out and did various jobs until I had enough money to buy my first car and fund a trip to Australia. I went to Kings College, Cambridge in the October to study economics and had a thoroughly rotten time for the first few months. After the familiarity and safety of the Marist, it seemed an awfully big place full of awfully big brains. Then I discovered all the usual advantages of being away from home, met some fabulous people and settled down to three years of fun and hard work.

In my final year I applied to two firms - Anderson Consulting and the Bank of England. My real plan was to travel the world with my best friend, Susie - I figured there was no chance of getting either job but wanted to look willing. It backfired. The Bank offered me a job and I left for London.

It was a wonderful introduction to working life. I joined with about 45 other graduates and we all got to know the City and its watering holes together. I worked in the International Division as an analyst on the North American economy. I wrote reports, did research and read the FT a lot. I also went on a three week fact finding trip to the States and it was that that inspired me to be a journalist. I loved cross examining people, having an excuse to be nosy.

Soon after I applied to the Reuters news agency graduate training scheme. The training scheme lasted two years and was absolutely excellent. Two months in the classroom being taught how to write was followed by 10 months working on various desks in the London newsroom. Then I was sent to Amsterdam for a year where I wrote about everything from the stockmarket to football. On my return I joined the international bonds desk, then the UK economics desk where I stayed for about three years. In November 1999 I took five months paid leave to write a book -The Living Economy. Soon after it was published I joined the BBC as their Economics Reporter.

Q. How do you think your experiences as a Marist pupil have helped you through your life?
A. The Marist gave me the education I needed to get into Cambridge and into my first job at the Bank of England. Once I was there, I found it (and of course, my parents) also gave me the confidence and self-belief I needed to make the most of things. The teachers at the Marist make you think you can do anything as long as you knuckle down and go for it. Of course you later realise you can't! But somehow the optimism stays with you.

Q. Working as the BBC's Economics Correspondent must be very exciting, as well as very demanding and busy! What are your favourite parts of the job?
A. I had almost no TV or radio experience when I joined the BBC so it was a very steep learning curve. I was given some training, an excellent producer and more or less told to get on with it. Since then I've been lucky enough to cover some great stories and meet some fascinating people. I have the privilege of dipping into people's lives and asking them incredibly personal questions in the name of work. That's definitely the best part of the job. I've met people from across the world and from all walks of life, from chief executives of major companies to fashion designers and celebrity tennis players. But it's the so-called ordinary people who are the most interesting - the pensioner who's lost his savings, the worker who's lost her job, the young couple struggling to buy their first home. They're people I would never meet usually, and it's utterly fascinating.

Q. How do you relax when you are not working?
A. I still find exercise the best way to unwind. I try to run regularly and love getting out of London to go cycling or walking. Weekends are usually spent seeing friends or, in the summer, watching my husband play cricket at various idyllic spots around the south east (while reading the business pages of the Sunday papers, naturally). I love cooking, eating and wine tasting and know most of the restaurants in North London!

Q. What are your plans for the future? Do you plan to write another book?
A. Never say never... I've got no immediate plans to write another book, but would grab the chance if it ever came up again.

Q. Do you ever feel nervous when you are reporting live on location or in the studio?
A. Of course! You need to feel a bit nervous to give your reports an extra buzz. It also means you keep your wits about you - essential, as things can, and often do, go very wrong when you're doing lives. The trick is to pretend that it's just you, the producer and the cameraman...on no account can you think about the millions of people watching! I couldn't even bear my parents watching me at Marist carol concerts so goodness knows why I chose a career in live television!

Q. What is the most exciting/interesting story you have reported on so far?
A. I recently covered Wimbledon for two weeks which was great fun and a refreshing change from economics. Covering the euro has been really interesting, particularly the bits in the South of France ! I've been to Japan, Sweden and Amsterdam to cover stories and even managed to do a piece on the business of fashion. I had to go to Paris to interview Karl Largerfeld, attend his catwalk show and spend a lot of time in the Chanel boutique!