Ms Blanc has become one of the city's biggest advocates for more diverse boardrooms
Top FTSE executive pushing for approval for all senior executives, white male recruits have been honored in the New Year honors list.
Amanda Blanc, chief executive of Aviva, was awarded the award for services to business, gender equality and net zero.
< p>The 56-year-old Welsh executive has become one of the city's most vocal advocates for more diverse boards after three decades in the male-dominated insurance sector.
Ms Blanc told MPs last month that she would personally monitor lists for vacant senior positions to ensure they are not filled entirely by white men.
She said there would be «no diversity» in hiring for top jobs will not be carried out without prior signature from myself and the HR Director.
The move was designed to promote diversity and ensure that Aviva's recruitment «wasn't just a phone call to a friend saying, 'Do you want a job, call and we'll fix it for you,'» she said.
< p>Ms Blanc was also forced to rebut sexist comments at Aviva's annual meeting when a private shareholder said female directors were good with money because they were good at «basic housekeeping».
Another said Ms. Blanc was «not the right person for the job» and another shareholder questioned whether Ms. Blanc should «wear the pants.»
Ms. Blanc She previously said that in her 34 years During her time in the City, she heard so many misogynistic comments that she developed an immunity to them.
Ms Blanc was born and raised in a former mining village in the Ronda Valley. She is known as an outstanding leader and one of the few Aviva executives over the past decade to turn around the insurer's flagging fortunes.
She was the first. The FTSE 100 chief quit her corporate membership of the CBI when the sex abuse scandal broke earlier this year, while many of her colleagues remained silent.
Her move helped spark a wave of other resignations and sweeping reforms at business. lobby group.
At Aviva, she put the insurer on a stronger footing, seeing off hedge fund activists and boosting the company's share price.
Stephen Hester, the former RBS chief executive who led the bank through the financial crisis, was also knighted in the New Year honors list.
Mr Hester, now chairman of easyJet, was honored for his services to business and the economy.
Former RBS chief executive Stephen Hester is also included in the New Year's honors list. Photo: RSA/PA
The knighthood marks a return to public life for Mr Hester, who was effectively forced out of RBS (now known as NatWest) by the government in 2013.
As the bank's main shareholder, the Treasury has faced conflicts. with Mr Hester on strategy.
High business figures also in the New Year's honors list include TalkTalk chief executive Tristia Harrison, who is made a dame.
She has been honored with a lifetime achievement award for telecommunications the company then provided critical infrastructure during the pandemic.
The statement praised the company for “quickly connecting Nightingale Hospitals and ensuring colleagues and clients could work effectively from home.”
p>Property tycoon Gerald Ronson is also knighted for services to charity and the Jewish community.
BAE Systems chief executive Charles Woodburn has been awarded a CBE for his services to international trade and skills development.
< p>At the beginning of this year, the defense company established a base in Ukraine to increase supplies of weapons and equipment.
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