James Allan

As co-chair of Barclays Spectrum, James leads on activity with colleagues, clients and communities. He is a role model and ambassador for LGBT leadership and has been nominated for a Business Diversity Award. He has been actively involved in Pride and has engaged with colleagues to promote their Allies programme. His main focus this year has been to undertake Corporate Mentoring with clients, to help them create their LGBT networks, and promote LGBT inclusion in their workplaces. He has also delivered an event with A&Out for AKT raising £30k for the Purple Door project, and lead team to deliver the Spectrum Gala Dinner raising £125k for THT. He is a regular speaker at LGBT content events, including Radius, who has invited him to join their Advisory Panel as a result.