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Joy Lewis is chief executive of Adopt An Intern, a not-for-profit company which she set up in 2010 while working with the Centre for Scottish Public Policy (CSPP), an independent think-tank. She initially secured funding from the government and seven years later the scheme had placed 1,370 graduates into internships, which includes a 98% placement success rate while 65% of interns are offered full-time jobs by the companies that take them on.

Lewis began her career by serving for 20 years in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has lived and worked in Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Joy also worked for many years in fashion retail where she recruited, trained and mentored sales managers, culminating in a successful business in Germany.

Early Life
She was born in Cyprus, spending her childhood in Cyprus and Singapore. In her teenage years, Joy lived in Lossiemouth.

Education
Bilingual secretarial graduate from Oxford College of Further Education.

Work
Adopt an Intern began in late 2009 when Joy Lewis, encouraged by her colleagues at the Centre for Scottish Public Policy (CSPP), decided to take action following requests from talented graduates wishing to work with them for free.