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Cicero’s Iain Anderson: ‘I came out on national TV. It was a scary moment’

The lobbying boss says finance firms must not row back on commitments to diversity initiatives as FN unveils our Pride of Finance list

‘I spent too much time thinking about what people might think’,  Iain Anderson tells FN
‘I spent too much time thinking about what people might think’, Iain Anderson tells FN

Financial News’s inaugural Pride of Finance list celebrates coming out at work stories from senior figures who have led by example to champion LGBTQIA+ inclusion. See the full list here.

Iain Anderson, executive chair of Cicero, was appointed as the UK government’s first LGBT business champion in 2021. But his journey to support the LGBTQIA+ community began in the 1990s.

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