World’s 100 Most Successful LGBT Executives And Business Leaders, 2017
For the fifth year going, professional network for LGBT+ executives and their allies OUTstanding and the Financial Times have partnered to recognize the world’s 100 most powerful LGBT executives and business leaders.
Alan Joyce, CEO of Australia’s Qantas airlines, has topped the list, followed by Stacey Friedman, General Counsel JPMorgan Chase; Jim Fitterling, COO for Material Sciences at DowDuPont; Gigi Chao, executive vice chairman at Cheuk Nang Holdings; and Dr. Vivienne Ming, co-founder and Managing Partner of Socos.
Rounding out the top 10 are: Inga Beale, the first female chief of 327-year-old insurance market Lloyd’s of London; United Therapeutics CEO (and Sirius radio founder) Martine Rothblatt; Jan Siegmund, CFO at ADP; Dr Siobhan Martin, Executive Director (HR UK & Ireland) at Mercer; and David Hynam, CEO at Bupa UK.
The list of the “World’s 100 Most Successful LGBT Executives And Business Leaders” celebrates those LGBT executives and allies who are not only successful in their careers but who are also creating supportive workplaces for other LGBT people. LGBT activism outside of the workplace and recent business achievements were also taken into account.
World’s 100 Most Successful LGBT Executives And Business Leaders, 2017
| Rank | Name | Company | Job |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Joyce | Qantas airlines | CEO |
| 2 | Stacey Friedman | JPMorgan Chase | General Counsel |
| 3 | Jim Fitterling | DowDuPont | COO 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 | CFO |
| 9 | Dr Siobhan Martin | Mercer | Executive Director — HR UK & Ireland |
| 10 | David Hynam | Bupa UK | CEO |
| 11 | Louis Vega | Dow Chemical | Dow Chemical |
| 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 |
| 15 | Stephen Clarke | WH Smith | CEO |
| 16 | Josh Graff | 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 | CEO |
| 23 | Margot Slattery | Sodexo UK & Ireland | Country President — Ireland |
| 24 | Geoff Godwin | AIG | UK Chief Operating Officer |
| 25 | Bethmara Kessler | Campbell Soup | SVP, Integrated Global Services |
| 26 | Cliff Hopkins | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 51 | Antonia Belcher | MHBC LLP | Senior Partner |
| 52 | Jon Miller | Brunswick | Group Partner |
| 53 | Justin D’Agostino | Herbert Smith Freehills | Global Head of Disputes |
| 54 | Moriaki Kida | EY | Deputy Area Managing Partner |
| 55 | Sally Susman | Pfizer | EVP Corporate Affairs |
| 56 | James Miller | GBG | Chief People Officer |
| 57 | David Levine | DisGM | GM, Disney Channels UK & Ireland |
| 58 | Marion McDonald | Ogilvy | Chief Strategy Officer, APAC |
| 59 | David Shelley | Hachette UK | CEO, Orion and Little, Brown |
| 60 | John Basnage | Hogan Lovells | Partner, Head of US Securities |
| 61 | Kevin Jenkins | Visa | Managing Director, UK & Ireland |
| 62 | Marianne Roling | Microsoft | GM Central and Eastern Europe |
| 63 | Cynthia Armine-Klein | First Data | Executive VP — Chief Control Officer |
| 64 | Dan Perlet | Amazon | Director of Communications, UK |
| 65 | Nicci Take | m62 vincis | CEO |
| 66 | Steve Wardlaw | Emerald Life | Chairman |
| 67 | Liesbeth Botha | PwC | Strategic Digital Transformation Leader |
| 68 | Simon Altham | Wyndham Vacation Rentals | Managing Director — Revenue |
| 69 | Mark S Bonham | Bonham & Co | President |
| 70 | Shachar Grembek | Reps AI | Founder and CTO |
| 71 | Pips Bunce | Credit Suisse | Director |
| 72 | Matt Scarff | ITV | Director of ITV Creative & Events |
| 73 | Tim Ehinger | American Express | SVP and Chief Counsel, International |
| 74 | Kevin Goodman | Babcock International | Executive Director |
| 75 | Steven Chan | State Street Asia Ltd | State Street Asia Ltd |
| 76 | Tim Millward | ExtraStaff | CEO |
| 77 | Wesley Bizzel | Altria | Assistant GC |
| 78 | Adam Rowse | Barclays | Head of Business Banking |
| 79 | Dario Parente | BNY Mellon | MD, EMEA Strategic Programmes |
| 80 | Masa Yanagisawa | Deutsche Bank | Co-head of APAC Capital Introduction |
| 81 | Emma Cusdin | Aviva | People Director |
| 82 | Hayley Sudbury | WERKIN | CEO |
| 83 | Jeffrey Krogh | BNP Paribas | MD |
| 84 | Michael Sosso | BP | Associate GC — Downstream & Shipping |
| 85 | Narind Singh | Clifford Chance | Partner |
| 86 | Dr Debra Wilfong | BP | VP, Formulated Products Technology |
| 87 | Nicholas Collins | Telstra | Director, Global Customer & Sales Operations |
| 88 | James Frost | Gay Times | CEO |
| 89 | Darren Styles | Stream Publishing Ltd | MD |
| 90 | Simon Linares | Direct Line Group | Group HR Director |
| 91 | Christy O’Gaughan | Roche France | Head of Business Analytics & Insights |
| 92 | Abby Fiorella | Mastercard | General Auditor |
| 93 | Martin Stead | Nutmeg | CEO |
| 94 | Amy Borsetti | Senior Director Global Sales Readiness | |
| 95 | Pedro Frade | HSBC | General Counsel Brazil and Argentina |
| 96 | Greg Lowe | Aon | Global Head of Resilience and Sustainability |
| 97 | Kimberley Bird | Lloyd’s Banking Group | Director of Group Operations Systems |
| 98 | Jorge Pikunic | Centrica | MD Distributed Energy and Power |
| 99 | Richard Beaven | Swinton Group | Distribution Director |
| 100 | Daniel Winterfeldt | Reed Smith | Global Capital Markets Partner |
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