Since 2013, the OUTstanding lists, presented by the FT, have been celebrating those LGBT+ executives and allies who are not only successful in their careers but are also creating supportive workplaces for other LGBT+ people.

We have recognised LGBT+ future leaders and ally executives too, and this year we have our second list of LGBT+ workers from the public and third sectors.

Trans representation fell this year, from 9 per cent in 2017 across the lists to 6 per cent, but there were more lesbians (up 2.3 percentage points). Gay men still claim more than two-thirds of places. Financial services tightened their grip on the lists, up to almost a third of all nominees. Representation from the law and professional services grew too. Together, these three categories make up over half of the lists. There were sharp drops in those coming from the tech sector and industry.


Judges and methodology

All 2018 role models were nominated by peers and colleagues.

Nominations were then reviewed by the OUTstanding independent judging panel: Dawn Airey, chief executive Getty Images (pictured below); Lord Browne, executive chairman, L1 Energy; Prof Vicki Culpin, professor of organisational behaviour, Ashridge Executive Education; Harriet Green, chairman and chief executive, IBM Asia Pacific; Suki Sandhu, founder and chief executive, INvolve; Josh Spero, journalist, Financial Times; Ashok Vaswani, chief executive, Barclays UK.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 08: Getty Images CEO Dawn Airey attends the 2018 Diva Awards at The Waldorf Hilton Hotel on June 8, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Antony Jones/Getty Images for Diva Magazine)
Dawn Airey © Getty

Each nominee was scored on the seniority and influence of their role, their impact on LGBT+ inclusion inside and outside the workplace and their business achievements. Everyone named in the lists has given their permission to be included.

For the leading LGBT+ executive and ally executive lists, the nominee’s seniority and influence were taken into consideration. They must be visibly out or a vocal ally, working to create a positive environment for LGBT+ people. It was important that people were working towards this goal over and above their day job, which made it hard for the judges to consider diversity and inclusion professionals.

Suki Sandhu, chief executive of INvolve, parent organisation of OUTstanding, said: “Our sixth list is our most international and diverse ever. We’re so proud to see so many senior and future leaders recognised as role models for their work driving cultural change and creating work environments where everyone can succeed.”


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Top 100 LGBT+ Executives

Rank Full Name Company Job Title
1 Jim Fitterling Dow Chemical Company Chief executive
2 Stacey Friedman JPMorgan Chase General counsel
3 Peter Arvai Prezi Chief executive and co-founder
4 Stephen Jacques Key Assets Chief executive
5 Martin Chavez Goldman Sachs Vice-chairman
6 Edward Enninful British Vogue Editor-in-chief
7 David Hynam Bupa UK chief executive
8 Angelica Ross Miss Ross Inc President
9 Margot Slattery Sodexo Country president, Ireland
10 Suresh Raj Zeno Group MD, global business development
11 Jan Siegmund ADP Chief financial officer
12 Lisa Wainwright GB Basketball Chief executive (until October 2018)
13 Victor Nieves EY Director, EMEIA capital markets
14 Nick Mott Dentons Assistant general counsel and partner
15 Daniel Gerring Travers Smith Partner, head of pensions
16 Jim Ford Allen & Overy Co-head of life sciences
17 Brian Rolfes McKinsey & Company Partner, global recruiting
18 Geoff Godwin AIG UK chief operating officer
19 Angela Darlington Aviva Group chief risk officer
20 Ken Janssens JPMorgan Managing director, global technology
21 Saleem Fazal Taylor Wessing Partner
22 Iain Anderson Cicero Group Executive chairman
23 Geffrye Parsons Macquarie Bank Managing director
24 David Furnish Rocket Entertainment Chief executive
25 Joshua Graff LinkedIn UK country manager and VP, Emea
26 Jason Grenfell-Gardner Teligent President and chief executive
27 Mark Anderson Virgin Atlantic Executive vice-president, customer
28 James Allan Barclays Managing director, corporate banking FX
29 David Levine Disney General manager, Disney Channels UK/Ireland
30 Cynthia Armine-Klein First Data Corporation Chief control officer
31 Sander van' t Noordende Accenture Group chief executive, products
32 Pippa Dale BNP Paribas Head of global markets roadshows
33 Sarah Dimmelow Core Assets Children's Services Managing director
34 Amanda McKay Balfour Beatty Quality director, major projects
35 David Isaac Pinsent Masons Equity partner and sector head
36 Robert Annibale Citi Global director, inclusive finance
37 Daisy Reeves Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Partner
38 Jon Miller Brunswick Group Partner
39 Richard Socarides GLG Chief communications officer
40 Masa Yanagisawa Deutsche Bank Co-head of Japan equity sales
41 Louis Vega Dow Chemical Company President, Australia and New Zealand
42 Antonia Belcher MHBC Founding partner
43 Robert Hanson John Hardy Chief executive
44 Ollie Saunders JLL Lead director, alternatives
45 Patrick Mispagel Moody's Investors Service MD, Emea ratings and research support
46 Thomas Sanchez Social Driver Chief executive
47 David Shelley Hachette UK Chief executive
48 Robyn Streisand The Mixx Chief executive
49 Michael Brunt The Economist Chief operating officer
50 Maggie Lower TrueBlue Chief marketing officer
51 Jens Audenaert ADP Divisional VP and general manager
52 Elliot Vaughn Boston Consulting Group Partner and managing director
53 John Clifford McMillan Partner
54 Darren Rickards Bank of America Merrill Lynch Managing director, EM corporate banking
55 Lisa Davis Citi MD, global head of enterprise services
56 Joey Gonzalez Barry's Boot Camp Chief executive
57 David Finlayson Credit Suisse Global chief of staff, group operations
58 Sylvia Ng HSBC Head of business development, Greater China
59 Will Smith Deloitte Partner
60 Ben Foat Post Office Group legal director
61 Tony Wood Mercer Marsh Benefits UK health leader
62 Tim Millward ExtraStaff Chief executive
63 Brian Bickell Shaftesbury Chief executive
64 Darren Styles Stream Publishing Managing director
65 Brian Winterfeldt Winterfeldt IP Group Founder and principal
66 Timothy Thompson TD Bank Group Senior VP, strategy and transformation
67 Timothy Chow Diageo General counsel, Latin America and Caribbean
68 Greg Johns IBM North America Director and senior negotiations executive
69 Cliff Hopkins Instagram Global head of marketing
70 Emma Woollcott Mishcon de Reya Partner
71 Huw Morris Lee & Thompson Partner, advertising and marketing
72 Shachar Grembek Reps AI Co-founder and chief technology officer
73 Matt Scarff ITV Director of ITV Creative and Events
74 Hayley Sudbury Werkin Founder and chief executive
75 Wesley Bizzell Altria Senior assistant general counsel
76 Catherine Vaughan EY Partner, global compliance leader
77 Olfert de Wit HSBC Chief operating officer, Singapore
78 Lawrence Spicer RBC VP audit, personal and commercial banking
79 Cynthia Fortlage GHY Chief information officer
80 Gabrielle Novacek Boston Consulting Group Partner and managing director
81 Amin Kassam Bloomberg Chief of staff and senior counsel
82 Monica Boll Accenture Managing director
83 Jeffrey Krogh BNP Paribas Managing director
84 Narind Singh Clifford Chance Partner
85 Martin Stead Nutmeg Chief executive
86 Steve Wardlaw Emerald Life Executive chairman
87 Abby Fiorella Mastercard General auditor
88 Vincent Francois Société Générale Regional chief audit executive
89 Ellen van Essen Vodafone Global head of shared services
90 Justin D'Agostino Herbert Smith Freehills Global head of disputes
91 Emma Goodford Knight Frank Partner, department head, UK
92 Eric Dube Viiv Healthcare Head, North America
93 Shamina Singh Mastercard President, centre for inclusive growth
94 Anna Fullerton-Batten Refinitiv Head of global people acquisition
95 Jorge Pikunic Centrica MD, distributed energy and power
96 Alex Kalomparis Gilead Sciences Vice-president, public affairs, Emea
97 Erik Luengen SAP Vice-president, head of operations
98 Tuvia Borok Goldman Sachs Executive director and senior counsel
99 Marc Rubinstein Asia Pacific Land Managing director, group general counsel
100 Dominik Weh Oliver Wyman Partner

Top 50 Ally Executives

Rank Full Name Company Job Title
1 Catherine Bessant Bank of America Chief operations and technology officer
2 Jose Berenguer JPMorgan Chase Chief executive, JPMorgan Brazil
3 Greg Case Aon President and chief executive
4 Rekha Menon Accenture Chairman and senior managing director, India
5 Jean-Laurent Bonnafé BNP Paribas Chief executive
6 Gregg Alton Gilead Sciences Executive vice-president, chief patient officer
7 Mark Wilson Aviva Chief executive (until October 2018)
8 Larry Ryan Dow Chemical Company President, growth platforms and technologies
9 Peter Grauer Bloomberg Chairman
10 Jules Quinn King & Spalding Partner
11 Peter Harrison Schroders Group chief executive
12 Lee Ranson Eversheds Sutherland Co-chief executive
13 Richard Jeanneret EY Americas vice-chair, Northeast regional managing partner
14 Peter Markey TSB Marketing director
15 Sue Fox M&S Bank Chief executive
16 Margaret Egan Hyatt General counsel and secretary
17 Hannah Grove State Street Chief marketing officer
18 Ryan Stork BlackRock Chairman and head, of Asia Pacific
19 James Forese Citigroup President
20 Richard Arnold Manchester United Managing director
21 Sharon Hague Pearson Senior vice-president
22 David Sproul Deloitte UK senior partner and chief executive
23 David Mathers Credit Suisse Chief financial officer
24 Iain Conn Centrica Chief executive
25 Neta Feller Natural Intelligence Chief people officer
26 Chris Grigg British Land Chief executive
27 Jennifer Rademaker Mastercard Executive VP, global customer delivery
28 Jim Herbert Aon Chief development officer
29 Sophia Ahmad Sky Director, Sky Mobile
30 Matt Elliott Virgin Money People director
31 Vince Smith EY Japan leader, transaction advisory services
32 Sarah Morris Aviva Chief people officer
33 Danny Harmer Metro Bank Chief people officer
34 Emma Codd Deloitte Managing partner for talent, UK and north-west Europe
35 Ollie Roberts AB In-Bev Global vice-president, people
36 Georgia Dawson Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Partner
37 Laureen Seeger American Express Chief legal officer
38 Leonique van Houwelingen The Bank of New York Mellon Chief executive of BNY Mellon’s European bank
39 Stuart Lewis Deutsche Bank Chief risk officer
40 Daniel Klein Microsoft Head of global OEM operations
41 Suli Hampson Lloyds Banking Group Head of service delivery, credit operations
42 Su-Ling Voon Morgan Stanley Managing director, legal and compliance division
43 Annette Hickey PayPal Senior director, global customer services, Emea
44 Rebecca Emerson Oliver Wyman Partner
45 Sammi Cho BNY Mellon Asia Pacific chief operating officer
46 Heidi McCormack Emerald Life Chief executive
47 Jane Masen State Street Managing director
48 Sharon Doherty Vodafone Group organisation and people development director
49 Susan Allen Santander Head of customer interactions
50 Tara Marsh Wunderman Global head of content

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Top 50 Future Leaders

Rank Full Name Company Job Title
1 Billy Kamberis Barclays Head of sales, service and performance CIB
2 Alberto Pino Dow Chemical Company Latin America homecare marketing manager
3 Joanna Walker Virgin Money Customer experience and sustainability manager
4 Wally Suphap Morgan Stanley Vice-president, legal and compliance research
5 Anjeli Patel EY Senior consultant, people advisory services
6 Robert Ronneberger BlackRock Vice-president, multi-asset strategies
7 Christina Riley Kier Senior planner
8 Nathan Eastwood Clifford Chance Senior associate
9 Cat Hudson GSK Senior manager, R&D strategy and portfolio
10 Krishna Omkar King & Spalding Associate
11 Brendan Walls LinkedIn Director
12 Daniel Docherty Bank of America Merrill Lynch Vice-president — business support manager
13 Anthony Marroney Standard Chartered Bank Associate director
14 Sue Baines Barclays UK Director of debit card optimisation and growth
15 Mark Darby Salesforce Head of strategic services, Emea
16 Pete Foley Mercer Senior associate
17 Jonathan Andrews Reed Smith Trainee solicitor
18 Asako Kawamura EY Senior consultant
19 Eraldo d'Atri Clifford Chance Senior associate
20 Ben Cawley Standard Chartered Bank Senior account manager, restructuring and recoveries
21 Julia Atwater Atos UK head of communications, B&PS division
22 Henry Li Eversheds Sutherland Associate, litigation and dispute management
23 Jon Tilli Deutsche Bank Vice-president, commercial real estate
24 Louis Ng Fidelity International Early careers talent acquisition manager
25 Samantha Jayne Nelson Marsh Risk engineer
26 Annika Zawadzki The Boston Consulting Group Principal
27 Em Sendall Deloitte Manager
28 Esther McDermott Dentons Senior associate
29 Nicholas Deakin Citibank Associate, Emea healthcare group
30 Herman Duarte Hduarte Legal Founding partner
31 Jeremy Seeff Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM) Partner
32 Manuel Betancourt Rubiano KPMG Adviser
33 Rafael Campos Valdez Schroders HR business partner
34 Cory Valente Dow Chemical Company Senior R&D manager for Dow Performance Silicones
35 Filipe Roloff SAP Customer success manager
36 Amanda Walker JPMorgan Chase VP, corporate and investment bank
37 Christon Mallett Amazon Marketing manager, Fire TV appstore
38 Aoife Martin Mastercard Senior engineer, operations and technology
39 Bruna Gil LinkedIn Partner manager
40 Clare Eastburn Citi Global head of operational regulatory change
41 Darren Goodwin American Express Account protection specialist
42 Jesus Alvarado Nike Mexico Consumer director
43 Laura Devaney Johnson & Johnson Associate director, franchise R&D
44 Michael Lam Goldman Sachs Executive director
45 Josh Brekenfeld Lloyd's of London Oversight manager
46 TJ Richards Santander UK Customer service analyst, property services
47 Tlotlo Nkwe Standard Chartered Bank Associate director, trade sales
48 Anthony Francis Lloyds Banking Group Agile delivery lead, group transformation
49 Celine Tan HSBC Senior manager, client management
50 David Burton-Sampson Metro Bank Mortgage distribution operations manager

Top 30 Public Sector

Rank Full Name Company Job Title
1 Antonio Zappulla Thomson Reuters Foundation Chief operating officer
2 Kevin Jennings Tenement Museum President
3 Dinesh Bhugra British Medical Association President
4 Martin Shanahan IDA Ireland Chief executive
5 Lee Marshall Church of England Pensions Board Chief of staff
6 Ian Adams NHS Resolution Director of membership and stakeholder engagement
7 Carole Anderson Golden Jubilee Foundation Head of strategy and performance
8 Dominic Shellard De Montfort University Vice-chancellor
9 Pav Akhtar UNI Global Deadline Director of professionals and managers
10 Tammy Smith US military Major general
11 Tony Lloyd ADHD Foundation Chief executive
12 Edward Lord City of London Corporation Chair of establishment committee
13 Altin Hazizaj Child Rights Centre, Albania Executive director
14 Alan Gemmell British Council Director, India
15 Craig Beaumont Federation of Small Businesses Director, external affairs and advocacy
16 Ken Batty East London NHS Foundation Trust Non-executive director
17 Stephen Hails Northumbria Police Chief inspector
18 Neil Bentley WorldSkills UK Chief executive
19 Rob Salter-Church Ofgem Director, retail systems transformation
20 Colin Riordan University of Cardiff Vice-chancellor
21 Wanda Goldwag Office for Legal Complaints Chair
22 Gemma Bull The Big Lottery Fund Development director
23 Bev and Sarah Milner Simonds eat:Festivals Directors
24 Eric Shaw Washington DC Office of Planning Director
25 Ian Green Terrence Higgins Trust Chief executive
26 Gurchaten Sandhu International Labour Organization Project director
27 Polly Shute Together for Short Lives Executive fundraising director
28 Neil Buckley Legal Services Board Chief executive
29 Jeep Bryant The Broadway League Director of marketing and business development
30 Tom Ketteley UK Visas & Immigration, Home Office Assistant director, litigation operations
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