Dame Susan Carol Langley DBE (née Walford; born 2 July 1963), is a British insurance and risk manager, who since 2015 chairs Arthur J Gallagher Holdings (UK) Ltd.^[1]

Elected since 2018 as Alderwoman for Aldgate Ward, on 28 September 2023, Dame Susan became Aldermanic Sheriff of London for 2023/24.^[2]

Early life

Born in 1963 at West Ham then in Essex, the daughter of James Walford, later of Spring Hill Farm, Fordcombe, Kent, and his wife, Shirley née Hammers, she was educated at Redden Court School^[3] before going up to read geography at Southampton University, graduating (BSc).

Career

Having travelled in Australia after university, she joined Thomson Tour Operators as a Programme Manager (1987–96), then PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Principal Consultant working with a range of FTSE companies (1996–98), before becoming COO of Hiscox. With Lloyd's of London from 2007 until 2012, Langley served as Director for North America and Market Development, Director of Lloyd's Asia and Chairman of Lloyd's Japan, before joining the Department for International Trade (DIT) as CEO for Financial and Professional Services (2013–15).

Since 2010, Langley serves as Senior Independent Director for UKAR (Northern Rock Asset Management & Bradford and Bingley)^[4] and was Lead non-executive director at the Home Office (2014–22)^[5] as well as a Trustee of Macmillan Cancer (2017–21).

DBE breast star

Honours and appointments

National honours

• : Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2023)
  • : Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2015)
• : Member of the Order of St John (2023);

MStJ insignia

See also

• City of London
• Lloyd's of London

References

External links

• www.cityoflondon.gov.uk