Hugh Robertson, founder and chief executive of RPM, said: "With over 60% of young creative females feeling they can’t stay in our industry with a young family, the imbalance of men and women in senior creative roles is set to continue. That is, unless we find ways to make it easier for parents to return from extended leave."
Hugh Robertson was a promising schools rugby player when he broke his back in a tackle. He spent nine days paralysed in hospital. While recovering, his behaviour deteriorated and within three months he had been expelled from Ampleforth College, the Catholic private school in North Yorkshire. “I was suddenly not part of a team any more,” he recalled. “I was angry and depressed.”...
