Gail pursued a career in law, and completed her LLB at the University of Natal in 1994. She was admitted as an attorney in 1996.

Gail completed her articles of clerkship in 1996, after which she began an extended period of overseas travel. Her travels took her to the Far East, Australia, New Zealand and finally the United Kingdom in May 1998.

In the UK, she joined the Prudential Life Assurance Company, UK, in a contract capacity as an Integrity / Risk Analyst, where she was responsible for various projects relating to the identification and quantification of various operational business risks in the Executive Pensions Division. This was her introduction into Risk Management.

In 1998, she joined the Private Client Asset Management Division of Morgan Guarantee Trust Company of New York in Pall Mall, London, a subsidiary of the J P Morgan Investment Banking Group in a contract capacity. She worked as part of the Account Control Team and was responsible for the auditing of existing accounts, the implementation of procedures for the opening of new accounts as well as being involved in daily operational activities. Gail’s primary duties included checking the legality of the incorporation of various offshore companies and trusts. Gail was the London contact for ensuring compliance with account opening.