By St Anne’s College and GiveOut
The second lecture in the Michael Dillon LGBT+ Lecture Series will be given by Lord Browne of Madingley
St Anne’s College, the University of Oxford and GiveOut are delighted to announce that the second Michael Dillon LGBT+ Lecture will be given by Lord Browne of Madingley, the most senior British businessperson to have come out as LGBT+.
The lecture will take place on Friday 17 June in the Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre in St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, from 5pm BST and will be followed by a drinks reception.
The lecture will be introduced by Helen King QPM, Principal of St Anne’s College, and Lord Browne will be in conversation with David Isaac CBE, Provost of Worcester College and formerly Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (2016-2020) and Chair of Stonewall (2003-2012).
Lord Browne of Madingley previously wrote the foreword for GiveOut’s Pride with Purpose report, developed in partnership with Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs and Latham & Watkins, which provides recommendations for businesses looking to be better global allies.
Registration for the lecture is encouraged but not required for attendance.
ABOUT LORD BROWNE OF MADINGLEY
Lord Browne of Madingley is the most senior British businessperson to have come out as LGBT+. He was the Chief Executive of British Petroleum (BP) between 1995 and 2007, when he resigned after being outed by tabloid newspapers and a former partner. He has since written and lectured to improve diversity in the corporate world. As well as chairing numerous businesses, research institutions and cultural venues (from the Donmar Warehouse theatre to the Francis Crick Institute) he served as the President of the Royal Society of Engineering from 2006 to 2011. He was knighted in 1988 and granted a peerage in 2001.
ABOUT THE MICHAEL DILLON LGBT+ LECTURES
The Michael Dillon LGBT+ Lectures are named in honour of Michael Dillon, an Oxford alumnus who was the first person known to have medically transitioned from female to male in the UK. To read more about Michael Dillon and his time at St Anne’s, visit the college’s website. Announced in November 2020 with an online panel event ‘LGBT+ Rights in a Time of Pandemic’, the Dillon Lectures are given by LGBT+ individuals from professions other than academia who have reached a position of outstanding achievement in their field. The inaugural lecture was given by Maggi Hambling CBE in November (during Michaelmas Term) 2021.