A new normal? Why industry needs flexible working hours

Five-step SMART Working Manifesto

Lauren Mason
clock • 4 min read

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...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Investment

Event Voice: Stepping out of cash into the Credit Sweet Spot

Event Voice: Stepping out of cash into the Credit Sweet Spot

Peter Marsland, Fixed Income Investment Specialist, from Aberdeen discusses the Short Dated Enhanced Income Fund at the June Fixed Income Market Focus.

Peter Marsland, Fixed Income Investment Specialist
clock 08 July 2025 • 4 min read
Investors undergo 'buyers' strike' in June sending order values to two year low

Investors undergo 'buyers' strike' in June sending order values to two year low

Middle East conflict did not deter investors

Eve Maddock-Jones
clock 08 July 2025 • 2 min read
The big questions around re-evaluating risk for the retail investment industry

The big questions around re-evaluating risk for the retail investment industry

Discussions at Global Investment Management Summit

Katrina Lloyd
clock 08 July 2025 • 8 min read
Trustpilot