As a senior “out” executive, Bob co-leads Citi’s Pride group globally, with the President of Citi, and works closely with Citi’s employees, customers, and senior management to develop more diverse senior leaders at Citi and to promote LGBT+ inclusion and rights globally. He is the senior Business Sponsor for the London & New York Citi LGBT+ employee networks. Bob has been honoured as a White House Champion of Change, under President Obama, for his work promoting immigrant rights and integration in the US, has worked closely with Citi colleagues to oppose increasingly LGBT+ hostile legislation in the US, and with Stonewall in its global advocacy work. He speaks at numerous forums on LGBT+, minority and low income communities challenges and policy responses. Bob serves as a founding member of the SAGE (senior vulnerable LGBT+) housing advisory council, and is actively involved with organisations such as Stonewall and the Human Rights Campaign. He serves on the boards of Accion, the U.S. FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the Citi Foundation.
