DIVERSITY
FIRST-EVER
LGBT BUSINESS CHAMPION IAIN ANDERSON IS A LEADER
Cicero / AMO Co-Founder & Executive Chairman Iain Anderson is the UK ’ s first-ever LGBT business champion , and an advocate for companies driving global change
WRITTEN BY : BLAISE HOPE
The UK government made history in September 2021 when it appointed Iain Anderson , the Founder and Executive Chairman of global communications firm Cicero / AMO , as its first-ever business champion .
I spoke with Iain Anderson for an in-depth discussion on the state of LGBTQ + acceptance at work , how the business world can affect change and the efforts he has been involved in .
Blaise Hope : Hi Iain , great to meet you . So tell us who you are and your journey to today .
Iain Anderson : Great . I ' m Iain Anderson . I am the UK ’ s first ever LGBT business champion and I also chair Cicero / AMO , which is a leading public policy research and communications business . I started off as a business journalist . I ' ve covered corporate and economic issues all my life . I ' ve worked with business and political leaders .
I launched my business about 20 years ago and work with corporates large and small , domestic and global across a range of sectors . I ' m probably best known for working in and around the financial services and FinTech sector , but my business now works across virtually every part of the economy . If you cut me in half , which is a rather strange idea , I would say Ian likes being part of the debate . I have been very much involved in LGBTQ activism for about the past five or six years .
66 March 2022