After he graduated, Roland held a full-time hospitality job in Birmingham to improve his social skills and counter his shyness. “In general, before my studies, I would struggle during social interactions, to be in front of people, to maintain eye contact. Both this experience and my studies at University College Birmingham have helped me to overcome this.

“To enhance my CV and people-skills further, I took advantage of the temporary part-time jobs offered by Unitemps.”

With the development of these skills and the knowledge from his degree in tow, Roland landed his first job in the industry at Norwegian airlines in a customer support role back in his hometown of Riga, helping customers with safety rules, regulation, boarding, getting around the airport and more, “This is where my university experience was very useful. I was able to answer complicated questions because I studied at the University. After one month, I was promoted to work in the loyalty department and support the most loyal clients of the company.”

Then came the opportunity to really get his career off the ground and join LunaJets, which provides private jet flight solutions to unique airport destinations. From famous ski or beach resorts with very short runways in remote areas to high altitudes, flight locations such as Courchevel, St Moritz, Gstaad and St Tropez (where regular airplanes cannot land at due to their size) are among a portfolio of exciting destinations at the company. LunaJets also provides air travel, partnering with events like Six Nations, Brooklyn Nets and the Dakar Rally.