The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

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António Horta-Osório

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Antonio Horta-Osorio, chief executive officer of Lloyds Banking Group Plc, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. The U.K. government sold its last remaining shares in Lloyds, bringing Britain's biggest mortgage lender back into full private ownership almost a decade after it was bailed out in the depths of the financial crisis. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesChris Ratcliffe—Bloomberg via Getty Images
  • Title
    CEO
  • Affiliation
    Lloyds Banking Group

In 2011, eight months after becoming CEO, Horta-Osório stepped away to seek help for stress. Today he’s giving his colleagues tools to help themselves while openly talking about his own crisis (and deftly navigating Brexit). Lloyds provides senior staff with mindfulness tools and psychological analysis so they can better process anxiety; it will soon roll out similar help for all employees.   Read the full feature here.