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Dame Inga Beale: ‘I went back in the closet at Lloyd’s of London after facing resistance as a female CEO’

Being openly bisexual and a female chief executive at one of the City’s oldest institutions came with big challenges, Beale tells FN’s Pride of Finance list

Inga Beale is just one of a host of City trailblazers whose stories FN is showcasing to mark Pride Month
Inga Beale is just one of a host of City trailblazers whose stories FN is showcasing to mark Pride Month

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.

Dame Inga Beale was the only woman to have run Lloyd’s of London in its 300-year history when she stepped down in 2018. Beale, who is bisexual, has been a poster woman for diversity and inclusion in the finance sector. 

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