LGBT Dominates this years OUTstanding list

On October 26th OUTstanding released its 5th annual list. The list celebrates LGBT executives and allies providing supportive workplaces for other LGBT people.

Among the list are just some of the orginisations we here at VERCIDA work with. VERCIDA hopes to see more of our clients make the list in the years that follow. 

Here are 50 of the top 100 LGBT executives and allies for 2017:

1.  Alan Joyce, Qantas, CEO
2. Stacey Friedman, JPMorgan Chase, General Counsel
3. Jim Fitterling, DowDuPont, Chief Operating Officer for Material Sciences
4. Gigi Chao, Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Ltd, Executive Vice Chairman
5. Dr Vivienne Ming, Socos LLC, Managing Partner
6. Inga Beale, Lloyd’s of London, CEO
7. Martine Rothblatt, United Therapeutics Corp, CEO
8. Jan Siegmund, ADP, Chief Financial Officer

9. Dr Siobhan Martin, Mercer, Executive Director — HR UK & Ireland

10. David Hynam, Bupa UK, CEO

11. Louis Vega Dow Chemical Co, President Dow Australia & New Zealand

12. Michael Salter-Church, Open Reach, Head of External Affairs and Policy

13. Daniel Gerring, Travers Smith, Partner, Head of Pensions

14. Peter Arvai, Prezi, CEO & Co-Founder

15. Stephen Clarke, WH Smith, CEO

16. Josh Graff, LinkedIn, EMEA VP for Marketing Solutions

17. Philip O’Ferrall, Viacom International, Executive Vice President/MD

18. David Furnish, Rocket Entertainment, CEO

19. Christopher Bailey, Burberry, Chief Creative Officer

20. Sander van ‘t Noordende, Accenture, Group Chief Executive, Products 

21. Stephen Day, Burson-Marsteller, Chief Executive Officer, UK

22. Brian Bickell, Shaftesbury, Chief Executive

23. Margot Slattery, Sodexo UK & Ireland, Country President — Ireland

24. Geoff Godwin, AIG UK, Chief Operating Officer

25. Bethmara Kessler, Campbell Soup Co, SVP, Integrated Global Services

26. Cliff Hopkins, Instagram, Global Head of Marketing

27. David Isaac, Pinsent Masons LLP, Partner

28. Ken Janssens, JPMorgan, Managing Director

29. Jim Ford, Allen & Overy, Partner

30. Robert Hanson, John Hardy, CEO

31. Alex Schultz, Facebook, VP Growth Marketing

32. Daisy Reeves, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Partner

33. Amanda McKay, Balfour Beatty, Quality Director Major Projects

34. Dan Fitz, BT, Group GC & Company Secretary

35. Tudor Havriliuc, Facebook, Vice President, Human Resources

36. Elliot Vaughn, Boston Consulting Group, Partner

37. Deborah Sherry, GE Digital, Senior VP and Chief Commercial Officer

38. Angela Darlington, Aviva Group, Chief Risk Officer

39. Mark Anderson, Virgin Atlantic, Executive Vice President — Customer

40. Ali Berryman, Barclays, MD, Head of Card Services, UK Cards

41. Suresh Raj, Zeno Group, MD, Global Business Development

42. Ben Foat, Post Office, Group Legal Director

43. Lawrence Spicer, RBC, VP, Audit, Personal & Commercial Banking

44. Alan Mason, BlackRock, MD, Head of Americas ETF

45. Bob Annibale, Citi, Global Director of Citi Inclusive Finance

46. Cynthia Fortlage, GHY International, Vice President Information Technology

47. Deian Rhys, Simmons & Simmons, Partner

48. Iain Anderson, Cicero Group, Executive Chairman

49. Gerry Stone, Bank of America, COO, Global Banking & Market Operations

50. John Clifford, McMillan LLP, Senior Partner

Other individuals that made this years top 100 are:

• Pedro Farde, General Counsel Brazil and Agentina (HSBC),
• Adam Rowse, Head of business banking (Barclays),
• Matt scarff, Director of ITV creative and events (ITV),
• Liesbeth Botha, Strategic digital transformation leader (PWC),
• Daniel Winterfeldt, Global capital markets partner (Reed Smith)

A huge congratulations to all candidates from us all at VERCIDA.

If you are interested in working with any of the organisations named above, please follow the relevant links to find out more.

VERCIDA works with over one hundred clients who are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. If you are an employer and interested in working with VERCIDA to promote your diversity and inclusion initiatives and attract the best candidates, please call 02037405973 or email [email protected] for more information.

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