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M&G director Mark McLane: ‘I came out to colleagues at a work party’

McLane has been a diversity champion for some of the world’s biggest firms for two decades

Mark McLane tells FN’s inaugural Pride of Finance list: ‘What I knew was that I would not compromise my family for the sake of my job’
Mark McLane tells FN’s inaugural Pride of Finance list: ‘What I knew was that I would not compromise my family for the sake of my job’

Financial News’s inaugural Pride of Finance list celebrates coming out at work stories of senior figures who have led by example to champion LGBTQIA+ inclusion. See the full list here.

M&G’s director of diversity and inclusion Mark McLane worked at Whirlpool when he decided to introduce Carlos — his then-partner, now husband — to all his colleagues and put the company’s commitment on diversity and inclusion to the test. He became the first out chief diversity officer for Whirlpool in the US. 

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