Sue Round: Asset management is well-placed to support flexible working conditions

Improving diversity in the industry

After initially pursuing a career in fashion, Sue Round now finds herself celebrating her 30th year as a fund manager, making her one of the longest-serving female managers in the UK industry.

She is currently director of group investments at EdenTree and senior fund manager on the Amity UK fund, which she has run since its launch in 1988. Over the past ten years to 27 February the fund has returned 111.5% compared to the IA UK All Companies sector gain of 91.2% and the FTSE All-Share return of 88.9%, according to FE. EdenTree's Patel: Why Tesco can outlast its food retail rivals As we approach International Women's Day, Investment Week talks to Round about her career and improving diversity in the industry.  Did you always want to be a fund manager? No, I had no in...