Speakers

Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley became Lady Mayor of London in November 2025. She is the 697th Lord Mayor, the third woman to hold the office, and the first to be styled “Lady Mayor”.

Dame Susan is Chair of Gallagher UK and the Senior Independent Director for UKAR (Northern Rock Asset Management and Bradford and Bingley). She has held senior executive roles at the Department for International Trade and Lloyd's of London, and was previously the Lead Non-Executive Director for the Home Office.

A founding member of the Government Women's Business Council, Dame Susan is a past recipient of the Insurance Institute of London President’s Award, the FS Women in the City Achievement Award, Women to Watch, Leading Women in Reinsurance and top 20 inspirational City Women. In 2015 she received an OBE for services to women in business and in 2023, a DBE for public service to the financial services industry.