Sandra’s unusual childhood holidays in the midst of the Balkan wars in Croatia left her with a distinct leaning towards the military. “When I was little I wanted to be a soldier and with hindsight I wish I’d gone to St Cyr [France’s army officer training instituion],” she says. Co-founder of Starburst Accelerator, the world’s leading … entirely dedicated to start-ups in the defence and aerospace sectors and mother of a little girl, she regrets that “my schedule leaves me no time to be in the reserve force….”