I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THIS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE I CAME FROM: MOTHER QUITS MULTI MILLION POUNDS JOB FOR KIDS

According to reports, Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith will step down as chief executive of Mitie on 12 December. Picture: Ed Robinson/OneRedEye

The £2.5million a year boss of one of Britain’s biggest firms to spend more time at home after one of her children told her: ‘I want my mum back.’

The firm, which last month issued a shock profit warning, said that McGregor-Smith, who has been at the helm since April 2007, will be succeeded in December by Phil Bentley, the former boss of Cable & Wireless Communications

When she took the top job at Mitie in 2007 her husband Graham, 54, stepped back from his job working in private equity to spend more time at home. He also retrained as a baritone opera singer.

Baroness McGregor-Smith said:

     ‘I was still a really hands-on mum. Typically I would get up by 6am and the big thing was being with [the children] in the morning and taking them to school and doing lift shares with other mums.’

She usually made it home by early evening and both parents cooked the evening meal together. She has said previously:

“I am delighted that Phil Bentley is joining Mitie. He has proven CEO experience with an excellent track record of significantly enhancing shareholder value in services businesses. I welcome him to the group and I am looking forward to working with him.”

Source: LAILAIS BLOG