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Au pairs, housekeepers and house husbands — how senior women ‘made it work’

The City's top women face pressure at work and at home. Here's how they've found a balance

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Questions remain over whether firms are doing enough to support women to move up the ladder Photo: Tiago Galo for FN

Ten years ago Amanda Young left her City career and moved to Edinburgh to join fund house Abrdn. She was a single mother, caring for her two-year-old son.

“I didn’t know anyone. I just had to make it work,” she told Financial News.

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