Women must prioritise their own needs first

Natixis Investment Managers executive managing director and head of wholesale fund distribution for Asia-Pacific Madeline Ho with her husband, Mr Tan Wei Kuan, and their two children, Brian and Chloe.
Natixis Investment Managers executive managing director and head of wholesale fund distribution for Asia-Pacific Madeline Ho with her husband, Mr Tan Wei Kuan, and their two children, Brian and Chloe. ST PHOTO: SAHIBA CHAWDHARY
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Financial services veteran Madeline Ho made her first investment around the time she started working and never looked back.

Ms Ho was offered the opportunity to buy shares when the bank she worked at then was preparing to list on the share market.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 10, 2019, with the headline Women must prioritise their own needs first. Subscribe