Darren joined the Bank in 2000. He is a member of the Bank’s global LGBTQ+ Leadership Executive Council and is Executive Co-Sponsor of the LGBTQ+ Pride Network in EMEA. He hosts and gives talks at EMEA wide town halls and LGBTQ+ Pride and Ally panel events both internally and externally, including featuring high-profile LGBTQ+ role models like Mohsin Zaidi. He hosted the ‘Gender Does Not Fit in a Box’ panel with a focus on EMEA and APAC, as well as the 2020 Courageous Conversation for a Global Corporate Banking audience. He initiates and champions conversations and dialogue on LGBTQ+ topics in the offices throughout the Gulf, Israel and Africa where such topics are seldom, if ever, raised. He is a key advocate for the Bank’s junior talent, mentoring junior team members through their own ‘coming out’ journeys and he coordinated the launch of an internal, widely subscribed to, mentoring programme for young out at work employees. Darren was also appointed as founding member of the Inclusive Business Campaign Advisory Board for the Institute of Directors with a focus on supporting and increasing LGBTQ+ inclusion at Board level for companies across the UK.
