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LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Helena Morrissey, a leading City
campaigner for gender equality who has previously spoken in
favour of Brexit, is leaving her post as head of Legal &
General’s Personal Investing business, the company said
on Friday.
Morrissey, one of Britain's few high-profile female fund
managers, joined Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) in
May 2017 from fund manager Newton, where she was chief executive
for 15 years.
"I see a changing Britain and have a lot of ideas and other
things that I want to achieve," Morrissey said.
Morrissey set up the 30% Club in 2010, designed to increase
the number of women on British company boards and is chair of
The Diversity Project, which is pushing for more inclusion in
the investment sector.
Morrissey's role will be taken over by Honor Solomon, LGIM's
head of retail for EMEA, and Emma Douglas, head of defined
contribution, Michelle Scrimgeour, CEO of LGIM, said in the
statement.
(Reporting by Carolyn Cohn;
Editing by Huw Jones and Edmund Blair)
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