Liz Bingham

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Elizabeth Anne Bingham OBE is a British businesswoman and president of R3, the industry body for restructuring professionals.

A managing partner at EY (Ernst and Young), she joined the firm in 1986 having previously worked at BDO Stoy Hayward.[1]

She is a leading campaigner for diversity in the workplace for which she has been named a Stonewall Role Model.[2] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to equality in the workplace.[3][4]

Awards[edit]

She has an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from BPP University[5]

Other awards she has received include:

  • 2012 award for achievement from Women in Banking & Finance
  • 2012 ranked 31 in the World Pride Power List of influential LGBT people worldwide
  • 2013 ranked 27 by Accountancy Age in the Financial Power List
  • 2013 named in the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour 100 Power List [6]
  • 2013 one of Cranfield's 100 Women to Watch list.
  • 2014 ranked 18 in the FT Top 50 Outstanding in Business List.

In April 2014, she was a judge in the BBC Woman's Hour power list 2014.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Women in leadership". Guardian.
  2. ^ "Role models: being yourself. Sexual orientation and the workplace" (PDF). Stonewall. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  3. ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N11.
  4. ^ 2015 New Year Honours List Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "BPP honours three outstanding women". Law and More. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  6. ^ "The Power List 2013". BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour.
  7. ^ "Woman's Hour Power List 2014 – the panel". BBC Radio 4.