Post Power List 2017: Inga Beale
CEO, Lloyd’s of London
Rank: 9
Inga Beale has made great strides in 2016 in promoting the issue of diversity and ending up on the New Year's Honours list.
However, in 2017 Beale faces the biggest challenge of her leadership so far in the shape of Brexit.
Specifically, the possibility of losing passporting rights has raised the prospect of Lloyd's establishing either a single European underwriting hub or several.
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