Tomorrow’s Leaders: LGIM’s Bill Hughes on Gen Y, not being institutional, interview tips and fishing

2017-06-26

If you are ever interviewed for a job by Bill Hughes, the man at the helm of one of the biggest investment management firms in the UK, show some empathy and you might be in with a chance. “The ones who read me the best are the ones who have thought what it’s like to be running a business. Not only do I find that more interesting but it makes people more valuable to me,” said the head of real assets at Legal & General Investment Management. In EG’s Tomorrow’s Leaders podcast, Hughes, who leads a t...

If you are ever interviewed for a job by Bill Hughes, the man at the helm of one of the biggest investment management firms in the UK, show some empathy and you might be in with a chance.

“The ones who read me the best are the ones who have thought what it’s like to be running a business. Not only do I find that more interesting but it makes people more valuable to me,” said the head of real assets at Legal & General Investment Management.

In EG’s Tomorrow’s Leaders podcast, Hughes, who leads a team responsible for £23bn worth of assets under management, shares his thoughts on the industry’s next crop of talent, the image the sector projects to the public, being insulted by the word "institutional" and more.

Book your free place at EG's Connecting Tomorrow's Leaders event on 13 July at http://forms.egi.co.uk/TomorrowsLeaders

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