Her first post was as a management trainee at Thurrock Council in the 1980s, followed by Director of Communications and Policy Development at North Hertfordshire.
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In 1949, the fort was leased to the Bata Shoe Company for storage and was purchased from the government in 1962 by Thurrock Council.
The same month Thurrock Council gave planning permission to supermarket chain Morrisons to build a store on the State's old car park after purchasing the site for £10 million.