It actually made me feel a bit uncomfortable, having grown up in a household where pay cheques had far fewer noughts on the end. But I was also relieved because it meant we could pay off our mortgage and the school fees for all our children. There are people in the City I know who get tens of millions of pounds as a bonus.
I think that is why some people get cross about the City and rightly so. I do not see how anybody can justify earning that sort of money. What is the most expensive thing you bought for fun? It was a two-week family holiday in Elba, Italy in Holidays are expensive because we have nine children, some of whom now have partners and children.
I was working long hours so taking time off, seeing my children happy and enjoying time with them, meant the world to me.
I have no regrets about how much I spent. What is your biggest money mistake? Not investing enough in shares. If you work in the investment industry, as I do, there are lots of restrictions around the shares you can buy — anything that might conflict with clients is not allowed.
Some years, it was just too much hassle. I particularly regret not investing in Net-a-Porter. I was an early user of it in I did not have time for shopping and I could see I was not the only woman who would shop like that.
I should have worked out how I could have invested in that because it was such a brilliant idea. The best money decision you have made? Buying property to live in. Like a lot of people, we have made money without trying too hard. We just bought property in London that then went up in price. That is not fair and it prices people out of the market. Now, we own a five-bedroom house in Notting Hill, West London, and a spacious ten-bedroom house just outside Wokingham in Berkshire that dates back to I would prefer not to say how much they are both worth.
Morrissey owns a five-bedroom house in Notting Hill, West London but didn't reveal its worth. Do you save into a pension? Yes and I have done since I was If you start saving into a pension when you are young, you should have to save less overall because the amount of compounding and growth you'll get means that in the end you will have to put aside less money. That is the way I think young people should look at it. Do you invest directly in the stock market? That fund was launched last May.
It's an index fund so the fees are just 0. It tilts the investments towards those companies which have better gender balance and levels, and away from companies that have less.
I was a bit hyperactive, I did lots of piano, lots of music, I worked hard. But my parents never pressured me, quite the reverse - they would say, "Please don't carry a book around when we are shopping. Helena was raised near Chichester. Both her parents were teachers, and she attended the local state school. She was always drawn to maths and sciences, and got a first glimpse of what a male-dominated world might be like in her A-level maths class.
In the beginning it was very competitive, I struggled with the syllabus and was very much excluded. As I became more a part of the group, it became more fun. If there was a problem that none of us could solve, then we'd actually work together, rather than everyone for themselves. She studied philosophy at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and joined the asset-management firm Schroders not long after graduating.
A rising star, she was sent to New York for two years. It was a small office, only about 20 of us, and two of the most senior people were women. I remember when one of them summoned me to her office to ask me about some strategy, and she had a manicurist in there with her, working on her nails while she spoke to me, and I just thought, "She really does call the shots, she can do that and no one bats an eyelid.
Helena had married Richard Morrissey, whom she met at Cambridge, when she was 21, and they had their first baby, Fitz, when Helena was She took five months' maternity leave longer than any of her subsequent leaves , and a couple of years after returning to work was passed over for a promotion.
And do you know what my boss said? She moved to Newton, which was a smaller, more meritocratic company with a flatter, less hierarchical structure, and within seven years, by the time she was 35, she was made CEO. My advice, when women come and say things like their pay is lower than their male peers, is that they really do have to leave.
No one wants to be a quitter but why should you spend all your energy fighting that, rather than being somewhere people will appreciate how brilliant you are? Morrissey began her career at the New York and London bond desks at Schroders. Finding her career path blocked there, she moved to Newton Investment Management in the early s as a fixed income fund manager. Morrissey was born in Bowdon, Cheshire in She grew up near Chichester, and was educated at Bishop Luffa School.
Both of her parents were teachers. She studied philosophy at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Helena Morrissey Banker. Helena Morrissey fans also viewed:. Martin Zielke. Keynote Speakers - Categories Find a speaker on current global trends. Keynote Speakers - Topics Find a speaker on a specific topic. Artificial Intelligence. Behavioural Economics. Big Data. Customer Experience. Cyber Security. Digital Trends. Emerging Markets. Future of Work. Global Trends. Inspirational Women.
Machine Learning. Mental Health.
0コメント