A new normal? Why industry needs flexible working hours

Five-step SMART Working Manifesto

Lauren Mason
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Ana Maria Tuliak, partner at Ludgate Search and chair of SMART Working at The Diversity Project, talks to Lauren Mason about the new five-step SMART Working Manifesto released alongside research from Timewise, and why flexible working matters more now than ever

Tell us about your role at Ludgate Search and as chair of the SMART Working Stream. I have spent nine years at Ludgate Search, which offers diversity and inclusion services to the asset management industry. A big part of this has involved advising clients on their D&I targets in terms of gender, race and sexuality, as well socioeconomics and neurodiversity. It is a subject I feel very passionately about. I joined The Diversity Project two-to-three years ago and became chair of the SMART Working Workstream, which campaigns for flexible working hours for members of the asset management i...

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