Non-executive chairman
Arthur J Gallagher
With a passion for mentoring other women to help them fill their own potential, Sue Langley is a champion of gender diversity in business. Her insurance career spans over 15 years, and she has held a number of leadership positions in major brokerages: COO and board member at Hiscox, director of market operations and a member of the executive team at Lloyd’s of London, director of Lloyd’s Asia and chair of Lloyd’s Japan. In 2015, she was appointed as non-executive chairman of AJG. She is also a vice president of the Insurance Institute of London and a recipient of its President’s Award in 2009.
Langley is also the financial services representative on the Women’s Business Council, and has received accolades for her contributions to the diversity cause, including an OBE in 2015 for services to women in business.
An outstanding female leader, she frequently speaks on key issues, such as the gender pay gap and women’s mentoring needs. In one of her recent talks, she advised women to capitalise on their differences and use them to propel themselves to leadership positions, and to remain resilient and confident while working towards the top.
