36. COMEBACK - Chris – EY – Father of four – SPL – sharing mental load – working 80%
Episode description
My guest today is Chris Ashton-Holt, a Director in EY’s Consulting business, leading the Project Development offering within their Sustainable Infrastructure team. He has worked there for nearly 12 years after joining straight from university, and within EY he focuses on setting large infrastructure projects up for success, with a particular focus on low carbon electricity generation including nuclear power.
Chris has just returned from 4 months of shared parental leave following the birth of his fourth child and first daughter, Elodie. Chris has previously taken time off after the birth of his 3 boys Lucas (now 12), Leon (6) and Elias (4).
We talk about:
- Genuinely sharing the mental load with his wife
- The experience of taking SPL
- Why it's worth taking SPL
- Working PT in a big job
- Being a father to four children
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