Full Name
Lesley Wan
Job Title
Founder and CEO
Company
The Eagle Club
Speaker Bio
Lesley has been a voracious champion of D&I throughout her career. In her previous role at Lloyds Banking Group, she supported all strands of diversity by fostering a positive culture where people's different backgrounds, views and values are given appropriate respect at work. She led the hugely successful Breakthrough Mentoring programme to promote and retain female talent building the network to 15,500+ members – the success of which she then used to raise the profile of other diversity initiatives in the organisation including, the Rainbow Network.
Lesley is on the board of EurOut at London Business School and is a lifelong supporter on LGBT+ issues. She is the Founder and CEO of Through the Looking Glass Charity (2012) (which provides less affluent students with rare insight into City professions) and Founder and CEO of The Eagle Club (established in 2013 - a global network of 500+ female general counsel and c-suite which helps to elevate women into senior leadership positions and to reach their potential and build strong support structures). The Eaglets Club was formed last year to identify the in-house female rising stars of the future - which has seen the promotion of 3 eaglets to general counsel roles in 6 months.
Lesley is also the Chair of the prestigious British Legal Awards judging panel which features some of the most impressive general counsel & former private practice Managing & Senior Partners of our generation.
Lesley has won numerous awards throughout her career. Most recently, she received an award for The Eagle Club for successfully championing the progression of women into senior leadership roles. She was previously featured in the Guardian as one of 10 women changing the face of the City and in October 2019, Lesley was included in the top 50 Executive list as an OUTstanding Role model.
In her senior leadership roles as general counsel, Lesley is committed to promoting a good culture of inclusion, diversity, equality and meritocracy across the organisation. She uses her influence and experiences as a seasoned General Counsel and Whistleblowing Officer to build trust and stability across her network, as well as externally with the legal and consultancy firms that she works with and, importantly, with UK regulators.
Lesley is on the board of EurOut at London Business School and is a lifelong supporter on LGBT+ issues. She is the Founder and CEO of Through the Looking Glass Charity (2012) (which provides less affluent students with rare insight into City professions) and Founder and CEO of The Eagle Club (established in 2013 - a global network of 500+ female general counsel and c-suite which helps to elevate women into senior leadership positions and to reach their potential and build strong support structures). The Eaglets Club was formed last year to identify the in-house female rising stars of the future - which has seen the promotion of 3 eaglets to general counsel roles in 6 months.
Lesley is also the Chair of the prestigious British Legal Awards judging panel which features some of the most impressive general counsel & former private practice Managing & Senior Partners of our generation.
Lesley has won numerous awards throughout her career. Most recently, she received an award for The Eagle Club for successfully championing the progression of women into senior leadership roles. She was previously featured in the Guardian as one of 10 women changing the face of the City and in October 2019, Lesley was included in the top 50 Executive list as an OUTstanding Role model.
In her senior leadership roles as general counsel, Lesley is committed to promoting a good culture of inclusion, diversity, equality and meritocracy across the organisation. She uses her influence and experiences as a seasoned General Counsel and Whistleblowing Officer to build trust and stability across her network, as well as externally with the legal and consultancy firms that she works with and, importantly, with UK regulators.
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