6 . Glasgow Business January/February 2013
» Executive dinner event serves up many words of wisdom from Lady Susan Rice CBE of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland as well as networking opportunities
Chamber members hear from Lady Susan Rice CBE
Leading bank figure shares her insights
A
year to the day since welcoming easyJet’s Carolyn McCall OBE, Chamber members
returned to the Hilton for the second Executive Dinner, this time with Managing Director of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland, Lady Susan Rice CBE. Aſter a three-course networking dinner, Chamber President Varry McMenemy introduced Rice, who then addressed delegates about her hugely varied work history, offering a number of insights into her business philosophy. Discussing her upbringing in
the north eastern United States, Rice said: “I was brought up to believe that you don’t have to be limited by who you are or where you come from” and that “the world has room for lots of different viewpoints and yours isn’t the only
Bank of Scotland upon her move to the UK. “When I went into banking, I
Varry McMenemy, President, Glasgow Chamber, with Lady Susan Rice CBE, Managing Director of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland
right one”. Te themes of self-motivation and open- mindedness were touched on repeatedly as she discussed a career that has involved stints as a medical researcher and later Dean at Yale University, before joining
had no idea what the vocabulary was,” admited Rice, “but I found that by asking questions and coming in at the end, we usually solved the problem at hand.” And when launching Bank of Scotland’s Life & Pensions business, and faced with regulatory approval not being processed in time, Rice said: “My first thought was of jail.” She concluded an illuminating talk with her observations on corporate social responsibility and support for the arts.
Lady Susan Rice CBE
“I was brought up to believe that you don’t have to be limited by who you are or where you come from”
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