Simone was an excellent nanny to our first child who was 13 months when she took charge. She has a lovely, gentle touch with children - my daughter warmed to her very quickly. She is a very active nanny and took my daughter to museums like the London Transport Museum and Horniman Museum and lots of park time. She always used her initiative and was super organised. She was very reliable - not late even once. She even walked out twice a day for 1.5 hours as my daughter only sleeps in her buggy - not many nannies who we interviewed would entertain this!  I got the sense she really enjoys her job and gets real joy from seeing kids happy. I think children sense this too so it was important for us to have someone who was not nannying as a stop gap between jobs. Anyone who has Simone as their nanny is very fortunate. I am more than happy to speak to people about Simone for more detailed reference. We are very sad to let her go.