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Beale

British  
/ biːl /

noun

  1. Dorothea . 1831–1906, British schoolmistress, a champion of women's education and suffrage. As principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College (1858–1906) she introduced important reforms

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“Lloyd’s is a huge, protective club,” said Inga Beale, its first and only female chief executive, who left in 2018.

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The corporation this summer bid farewell to John Neal, Beale’s successor as its chief executive, with a champagne toast.

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Beale said she was shocked by what she found when she assumed the chief executive role in 2014.

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Beale’s attempt to modernize Lloyd’s culture and technology provoked a “complete backlash right from the beginning,” including a stream of hostile emails and letters, she said.

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An attempt to tweak Lloyd’s dress code in 2014, by allowing men in the market to work in shirt sleeves on a blazing hot day, provoked an instant revolt, Beale said.

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