Where does Elizabeth Corley find the time and energy to write bestselling novels while fulfilling her duties as chief executive of one of Europe’s largest asset management companies?

Corley joined Allianz Global Investors Europe as chief executive three years ago. The company, with US subsidiaries Pimco and RCM, managed €736bn ($1.14 trillion) of assets globally at the end of March. Corley is responsible for running the business in Europe, which includes strategy, monitoring, distribution to most of the group’s retail customers and some of its institutional clients and central services, such as information technology.