Kathy Masterson
LIMERICK businesswoman Margot Slattery, managing director of Sodexo Ireland, has been named among the Top 100 influential Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender business leaders.
Margot, who is originally from Dromin in Co Limerick, is number 50 on the list compiled by Outstanding, a not-for-profit professional network for LGBT executives and their allies, and published in association with the Financial Times.
She is the only person from the Republic of Ireland to feature alongside senior business leaders that include Burberry chief executive Christopher Bailey and celebrity retail expert Mary Portas.
Margot drives awareness of sexual orientation across Sodexo’s international business, both as part of the company’s global LGBT network leadership team and the global pride group, and Sodexo was a founding partner and signatory of Ireland’s first Diversity Charter.
Outside Sodexo, Margot is on the board of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, a policy and strategy-focused non-government organisation in Ireland looking to introduce a workplace charter on how lesbian, gay and bisexual diversity helps drive business excellence.
“I’m very honoured to be included in an exceptionally heavy-hitting list of high profile business leaders. People are at the heart of making a company successful so it’s essential there are visible role models to help create an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive,” said Margot.
Sodexo Ireland, which provides food and facilities management services, employs approximately 1,800 people in 200 locations across Ireland.
