
Pursuing a career that follows the one conventional route is not as common as it used to be, and for Kylie van der Sar, there was always the assumption of altering her career path: “When I went to university I studied both engineering and commerce, and I did that really with a view that later in life I wanted to go into general management.”
After more than a decade as an engineer, Kylie van der Sar had reached a checkpoint in her career and decided to steer away from the one-route career path and complete an MBA. “A lot of the engineering jobs at that time were in far flung places like Kazakhstan and Siberia – they were great roles and had I not had a husband and children to consider, I would have gone there.