London Stock Exchange CEO Julia Hoggett on inspiring those ‘who don’t feel that they quite fit in’ (exclusive)

Dame Julia Hoggett (Image: LSE)

‘One of the privileges of being in this kind of role is that it has a potential for impact on the next young woman who’s trying to figure out whether she wants to be a sociologist or a financier, who thinks that there’s no way she can ever work in the City because she’s gay.”

These words, spoken with calm conviction, encapsulate the essence of Dame Julia Hoggett — a woman who has consistently defied expectations. Seated in her office with the historic Coat of Arms of the London Stock Exchange behind her, the leader of the Financial & Legal category of this year’s Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley is a study in purposeful presence (see here for all the 10 influential figures who made our Attitude 101

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