Fidelity's Ellis and SLA's Butwell among Socio-Economic Taskforce advisory board appointees

Launched by HM Treasury in November

Fidelity International's global CIO Steve Ellis, and Standard Life CEO and Standard Life Aberdeen executive leadership team member Noel Butwell are among the appointees to the advisory board of the City of London Socio-Economic Taskforce.

In November, HM Treasury and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy commissioned the City of London Corporation to lead an independent taskforce to boost socio-economic diversity in UK financial and professional services. With a "vision… for equity of progression where high performance is valued over ‘fit' and ‘polish'", the taskforce is described as "the first of its kind". Industry consultation will provide a roadmap on how government, regulators and sector bodies can incentivise employer action. Other members of the taskforce's advisory committee include CEO o...