My friend Rosie Wyatt, who has died aged 67 of cancer, began her career teaching English in Germany and went on to become a founding director of VIA International management consultancy in 1989. She was a pioneer of flexible working.
Her career as a management consultant was global, taking her to India, Spain and frequently the US, among other countries. While at Arthur Andersen, which she joined in 1986 as a change manager, she advocated part-time working, and at VIA she created an environment that promoted a healthy work-life balance, before the term had really been invented. She implemented open communication, all-round feedback, transparent pay, flexible hours, working from home, and longer maternity leave.
