What is Nexus LGBTQ?
Nexus LGBTQ brings together LGBTQ employee network leaders, sponsors and chairs in London, UK from across a wide range of sectors to:
- Share strategies to effectively lead and grow LGBTQ employee networks
- Share best practices around LGBTQ in the workplace through thought leadership
presentations and facilitated discussions - Educate participants on key LGBTQ campaigns, initiatives and news stories
- Build their connections for cross-company and cross-employee network benchmarking,
insights, collaboration and support - Enhance their personal networks
- Create a safe space for potentially taboo LGBTQ topics to be explored
- Showcase LGBTQ charitable organisations who might otherwise struggle to access and
engage a broad range of organisations to gain support - Challenge network leaders to explore different solutions and opportunities for themselves and their networks to accelerate and expand both their individual and their network’s progress
How does Nexus LGBTQ operate?
Nexus LGBTQ brings participants together four times a year for quarterly in-person networking breakfasts hosted by different participating companies in central London.
What does it cost to join Nexus LGBTQ?
Nexus LGBTQ is a volunteer-led initiative and participation is free. Any event costs are assumed by the hosting company.
What kinds of employee networks are participating in Nexus LGBTQ?
Nexus LGBTQ participants come from a wide range of market-leading global and UK organisations across sectors like financial services, legal and professional services, technology, retail and consumer, public sector, and many others. Representatives from over 150 organisations are currently participating in NEXUS LGBTQ.
How do I join Nexus LGBTQ?
Please email events@outleadership.com with your request to join Nexus LGBTQ with your name, title, company, employee network name, your employee network role, and where you heard about Nexus LGBTQ. You will then be included on Nexus LGBTQ’s mailing list to receive information regarding our upcoming events.
If your company would be interested in hosting one of our quarterly events in a Central London location for up to 100 people, or if you represent a charity or other organisation who would be interested in showcasing its LGBTQ activities at an upcoming Nexus LGBTQ event, please let us know. Note that as a volunteer organisation, hosting companies pick up any facilities-related costs associated with our quarterly events and we do not feature paid speakers.
Content & Research
Is the potential strategic value of LGBTQ+ ERGs being maximised within UK organisations in 2023?
Download our insights from a survey of 64 NEXUS members. This research paper is intended to support existing LGBTQ+ ERG leads to have strategic conversations internally with their DEI teams, sponsors, allies and leaders and to encourage more organisations to launch LGBTQ+ ERGs that are really effective from day one by incorporating best practices into their plans from the start.
“The LGBTQ+ Employee Lifecycle: What’s Missing?”
Download White paper here.
Still have questions?
Contact us at events@outleadership.com
The NEXUS Team
Dan Ricard, Founder and Chair, NEXUS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielricard/
Dan is a Business Management Director for the COO function within LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) Data & Analytics. He previously held a number of different roles within PwC UK.
Dan was recognised in the 2023 Top 100 Outstanding LGBTQ+ Executives in business and volunteers his time on the City of London Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce and the Advisory Board of HIV Confident.
Birgit Neu, Senior DEI Adviser, NEXUS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/birgitneu/
Birgit Neu is an independent Senior DEI Advisor and was the former Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at HSBC, with a broad career spanning multiple sectors. She has been named in LinkedIn’s Top 10 UK Voices for Equity 2022, Top 20 Diversity Professionals in Industry 2020 by the Global Diversity List and Head of Diversity of the Year at the 2019 European Diversity Awards. She is a Visiting Lecturer on DEI for Warwick Business School, a trustee for legal charity Advocates for International Development (A4ID) and an advisory board member for workplace equity platform Syndio. Birgit also co-chairs Gender Networks, the UK network for corporate gender employee network leaders. She is a regular contributor to thought leadership and advisory groups across different aspects of DEI and ESG for leading organisations worldwide.
Cynthia Fortlage, News updates, NEXUS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cfortlage/
Cynthia Fortlage, a globally recognised gender diversity educator and consultant based in London, UK, founded CAF Services. As a trans+, white, lesbian woman, Cynthia has transcended boundaries to become an international award-winning LGBTQ+ executive, board leader, and sought-after speaker. Having delivered over 485 engaging presentations across more than 30 countries since 2017, she has left an indelible mark on the global conversation around gender diversity and inclusion.
Our History
Nexus LGBTQ (formerly The Network of Networks or “TNON”) was first established in London, UK in 2015, following the format of a similar organisation created for gender network leaders. In 2022, Nexus LGBTQ formed a partnership with US-based Out Leadership, the global LGBTQ+ business platform.
