Fergus Speight is General Counsel of Royal London Group – the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investments company – and is responsible for leading the Legal and Company Secretarial function.
Below, Speight discusses why ‘courageous integrity’ is an essential quality in a leader. He talks about the need for leaders to seek out allies, remain authentic, focused, follow their values and speak up when they are challenged. Speight also shares the practical steps he takes to incite change in an organization, highlighting the importance of knowing your company and all its parts so that you can fully understand where legal activities take place – not just what the in-house team does.
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