Mary Macleod

Mary is a sought-after keynote speaker and has published broadly on diversity and the executive pipeline for female leaders, as well as initiating Charters for Women in several sectors. She is the Ambassador of the London Women’s Forum which focuses on developing senior female executives in the financial services sector into the C-suite and boards. Prior to being a partner at August Leadership, Mary was in the board practice at Korn Ferry and on their UK leadership team, as the founder of their government, NFP, and social enterprise Practice. She also served as the Global Operations COO, Chief of Staff, and Head of Management and Control for ABN AMRO investment bank. Mary started her career in human performance consulting and change management at Accenture.

Mary previously was a Member of the UK Parliament, Advisor to Secretaries of State and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. She was a Commissioner on the UK Social Integration Commission and worked internationally with the UN Commission on the Status of Women. As an activist, she participated in several campaigns in Rwanda, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Liberia on violence against women and girls, female feticide, maternal health, school twinning, forced child marriage and the economic empowerment of women. She is a Trustee of Career Ready.