Julia Hoggett

Dame Julia Hoggett fits The Reformer archetype almost perfectly. Since taking charge of the London Stock Exchange in 2021, she has made the modernisation of UK capital markets her defining mission, publicly championing the overhaul of listing rules, chairing the Capital Markets Industry Taskforce and pushing debates on executive pay competitiveness and pension fund investment into UK equities. Her leadership style pairs regulatory fluency, honed at the FCA and in banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with a willingness to challenge entrenched City orthodoxies about risk, governance and valuation. Rather than defending the status quo of a venerable institution, she has repositioned the Exchange as an agent of systemic change amid delistings and New York's gravitational pull. The Reformer's blend of institutional insight and appetite for structural renewal defines her tenure.