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zondag 26 februari 2012

'Apprentice' winner Yasmina Siadatan quits

'Apprentice' winner Yasmina Siadatan quits

Apprentice winner Yasmina Siadatan has quit her job with Lord Sugar, it has been revealed.

Siadatan secured the £100,000-a-year position in 2009 and was given a job as a business development manager at Amscreen Healthcare.

She announced her pregnancy in August 2010 following a whirlwind romance with colleague Andrew Hepburn, and went on maternity leave during Christmas 2010.

The couple welcomed their first child in January 2011 and Siadatan was due to return to work last month, but informed bosses that she is pregnant again and decided to leave the company, the Daily Mail reports.

"Yasmina never even came back to work. She handed in her notice recently and said that she was pregnant again," a source said. "Yasmina had a great future at the company and Lord Sugar had great faith in her, but she is concentrating on her family."

Lord Sugar's spokesman added: "When she became pregnant again, Yasmina took the decision to leave the company but remains on good terms with everyone at Amscreen.

"Of course, both sides would have liked to work with each other for longer but Lord Sugar knows that family must come first. Yasmina did a great job during her two years in the healthcare division of Amscreen and the door is always open should she ever want to return."

Siadatan's departure means no former Apprentice winners are still working for Lord Sugar. Tom Pellereau won last year's show and was given a £250,000 investment rather than a job.

Stella English, the show's 2010 winner, is currently suing Lord Sugar for constructive dismissal, claiming she was forced to quit her job when her £100,000-a-year contract wasn't renewed.