Managers To Watch: Hermes' Dudley on why the industry needs to keep innovating

A challenging but fun industry

Louise Dudley, co-manager of the £190m Hermes Global Equity fund, talks about being style-agnostic, the importance of stress testing everything and why you cannot "jump the gun" when it comes to experience.

Almost ten years after graduating with a Master's in engineering, Hermes Investment Management's Louise Dudley is now a portfolio manager on the group's Global Equity fund, working alongside Geir Lode and Lewis Grant. But like many, the 32-year-old fell into the industry by accident. "I wanted to do something in the 'real world' so, after university I joined an accounting department at a global firm," she said. "But it was just processing numbers which was dull; I wanted something more exciting. That is when I saw the position at Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS)." Dudley enjo...