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Bobbi Pickard speaking at the Trans in the City Awards 2022

Bobbi Pickard (born January 1969)[1] is a British human rights and LGBTQIA+ rights campaigner, and founder of Trans in the City.[2] She was the one of the first openly transgender employees at BP, and runs a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultancy firm.[3][4]

Life

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Bobbi Pickard was born in January 1969,[1] and grew up struggling with gender dysphoria from the age three.[5] She was open with her gender identity until aged six, when her father told her that boys didn't wear dresses or play with dolls. Growing up, she struggled to hide her identity, becoming isolated at school. The emotional toll of hiding her true self culminated in a suicide attempt at age 14, when puberty intensified her gender dysphoria.[3] She first shared her gender identity with a select group of people in 1991. Over two decades later, in 2015, she was able to medically transition, before publicly coming out in her workplace at BP in 2017.[5][6][7]

Pickard has previously worked for British Aerospace, Kodak, and Computer Weekly, among others, before becoming self-employed and starting her own business in the early 2000s.[6] Later, she began working at BP.[8]

She became the Co-Chair of BP Pride's Transgender Group.[9] Trans in the City was founded by Pickard in 2017, as a UK based not-for-profit organisation championing equality for trans and non-binary people in business. Pickard is the organisation's CEO.[10][4]

In 2021, she became the first openly trans person to close the London Stock Exchange,[11] is a patron of the LGBTQIA+ parents charity FFLAG,[12][13] and a Golden champion of the LGBTQIA+ homelessness charity Stonewall Housing.[12][14] In the past she has been a trustee for Mermaids[15] and an ambassador for MindOut.[16] She has raised several hundred thousand pounds for trans charities since 2016.[10]

In 2025, she became a patron of Swindon and Wiltshire Pride,[17] and joined the panel of judges for the British LGBT Awards.[18]

Through her consultancy work, Bobbi has spoken at a variety of events, teaching businesses and workplaces how they can be supportive of their transgender and non-binary employees.[15][19][20]

Accolades and awards

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In 2019, Pickard was included in PwC's Stonewall 50 Inspirational Role Models List,[21] was #1 in the Yahoo Finance OUTstanding 50 LGBT+ Future Leaders’ List and received the Rainbow Honours LGBTQ Champion Award.[6][22]

In 2020, Pickard became British LGBT Awards Nestle Diversity Champion,[23] placed #4 in the Yahoo Finance OUTstanding 50 LGBT+ Future Leaders’ List[24] and #14 in the Pride Power List.[25]

In 2021, Pickard was named Diversity Hero at the European Diversity Awards,[26] and placed #12 in the Pride Power List.[27]

Pickard was named Stonewall Changemaker of the Year in 2022.[28]

In 2025, she was included as a role model on Diva Magazine's DIVA Power List, their yearly celebration of LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people.[29]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bobbi Charlotte PICKARD personal appointments - Find and update company information". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  2. ^ Baldwin, Philip (30 September 2024). "'Trans and non-binary rights need everyone working together'". GAY TIMES. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b Gaubert, Adrien; Gaubert, Pierre. "Bobbi Pickard: A trailblazer for trans inclusion transforming resistance into progress". mygwork.com. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b "ABOUT". Bobbi. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b "'My life had no future': How it felt to come out as trans in the 70s". Metro. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Kelleher, Patrick (13 November 2022). "Trans in the City's Bobbi Pickard on surviving against the odds". PinkNews. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Trans people can wait seven years for NHS initial assessment". BBC News. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  8. ^ "8 minutes with Bobbi Pickard, CEO of Trans in the City". march8.com. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  9. ^ "That conversation probably saved my life". bp global. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Trans in the City". Trans in the City. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  11. ^ Parsons, Vic (16 November 2021). "History made as first out trans person closes London Stock Exchange". PinkNews. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Belfast Workplace Conference". Stonewall. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  13. ^ fflag (3 August 2022). "FFLAG's new Patron - Bobbi Pickard". FFLAG. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  14. ^ "House of Stonewall – Stonewall Housing". Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  15. ^ a b Somerville, Ewan; Lough, Catherine (4 May 2023). "Former Mermaids trustee gives trans advice to private school headteachers". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  16. ^ Hadjimichael, Georgios (14 March 2023). "Find us at the Stonewall Workplace Conference". MindOut. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  17. ^ Bates, Sam (23 May 2025). "Swindon & Wiltshire Pride Welcomes Bobbi Pickard as Patron". Swindon and Wiltshire. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Judging Panel 2025". British LGBT Awards - The official site for the British LGBT Awards. View the nominees and winners. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  19. ^ Wyatt, Honey (29 May 2024). "How HR can create a trans inclusion policy". HR Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  20. ^ "EUROUT 2024: Learning from Legends, Leading with Pride". London Business School. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  21. ^ "Inspirational 50 - PwC" (PDF).
  22. ^ Team, Editorial (26 June 2020). "DIVA COMMUNITY: In conversation with Bobbi Pickard". diva-magazine.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Nestlé – Top 10 Diversity Heroes 2020 - British LGBT Awards". 11 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  24. ^ "The OUTstanding Top 100 LGBT+ Future Leaders 2020". Yahoo Finance. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  25. ^ List, Pride Power (3 July 2020). "PRIDE POWER LIST 2020". PRIDE POWER LIST. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  26. ^ "European Diversity Awards: business leaders, firms and charities nominated for top honours". 14 October 2021.
  27. ^ List, Pride Power (26 June 2021). "PRIDE POWER LIST 2021". PRIDE POWER LIST. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  28. ^ EDITOR (3 August 2022). "Bobbi Pickard appointed as FFLAG patron". diva-magazine.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  29. ^ "The DIVA Power List 2025 has arrived!". 23 April 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
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