Pride of Finance
Goldman Sachs MD Pedro Dias Ferreira: ‘Coming out is always liberating’
As part of a series of stories from senior figures in finance who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, a Goldman Sachs managing director shares his journey
5 min read
R3’s Liz Bingham on coming out at work: ‘I nearly cried. I thought my career would implode’
In 2015 the former EY board member received an OBE for promoting equality in the workplace. She tells her story for FN’s Pride of Finance list
6 min read
Clifford Chance partner Anna Thwaites: ‘I outed myself by applying for leave for my civil union’
‘In a way you could say I came out in order to take a day off’
3 min read
Linklaters’ Scott Simpson: ‘If I’m not out and open, I can’t be the best lawyer I can be’
Being in the closet made the Magic Circle partner not be his ‘best self’
3 min read
Pride of Finance: 20 coming out at work stories from senior leaders
FN’s inaugural list celebrates LGBTQIA+ icons of finance
4 min read
EY’s Victor Nieves: ‘Coming out at work helped me tell my family I was gay’
Out LGBTQIA+ colleagues inspired the Big Four partner to be his authentic self
5 min read
UK’s first trans judge Victoria McCloud: ‘The UK is far less accepting than in the 1990s, people are deliberately insulting’
Victoria McCloud says firms need to check employees’ ‘rudeness and intimidation’ towards trans staff
4 min read
UK’s first trans investment boss Reece Tomlinson: ‘Two senior leaders had a very hard time accepting me and they left’
The RWT Growth boss’s team threw her a champagne reception to celebrate the day she came out at work
4 min read
BlackRock’s Martin Parkes: ‘The start of my career was disturbing. I was told to put my identity away’
Finance firms can propel careers of LGBTQIA+ employees by collecting data, says the BlackRock leader
4 min read
M&G director Mark McLane: ‘I came out to colleagues at a work party’
McLane has been a diversity champion for some of the world’s biggest firms for two decades
4 min read
Lloyds Banking Group’s Andrew Walton: I have never faced prejudice for being a gay man in finance
Don’t overthink it, says the finance giant’s chief sustainability officer to those scared to come out at work
3 min read
Innovate Finance and Stripe UK chair Louise Smith: ‘I lied about having a 6ft South African boyfriend’
The first chief digital officer for Lloyd’s of London says the finance sector risks ‘going backwards’ on LGBTQIA+ inclusion
BNY Mellon’s Rob McClenaghan-Harrop: ‘I intentionally omitted names of gay bars in front of colleagues’
The banker on why coming out at work isn’t a ‘one-time thing’
Wall Street pioneer Marty Chavez: ‘Telling my prospective boss I was gay was a litmus test for Goldman Sachs’
Chavez, a Latino who sports Japanese tattoo sleeves and prefers hoodies to suits, told his future employer he was gay in a job interview in 1993. FN showcases his story here as part of our Pride of Finance celebrations
Deloitte’s Will Smith: ‘I was told that being gay would harm my chances of career progression’
The Big Four partner says he’s lost count of the number of times he has been asked questions about ‘his wife’
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
6 min read
Man Group CEO Robyn Grew: ‘I’ve suffered verbal abuse and even physical aggression’
Being open about her sexuality has come with its challenges for the hedge fund boss, she tells FN’s debut Pride of Finance list
2 min read
PwC’s Martin Smith: ‘I felt nervous, I had never disclosed my true identity to senior partners’
The PwC diversity leader says finance firms have a responsibility to ensure marginalised groups aren’t disadvantaged
3 min read
Gender fluid banker Pips Bunce: ‘I received death threats for being myself’
Finance firms are backing away from ‘visible support’ as diversity efforts come under attack, warns the former Credit Suisse director
8 min read
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
3 min read
