In 2001, the 200-year-old London Stock Exchange appointed Clara Furse as its first female chief executive.听听听
Clara Furse was born to Dutch parents in Canada in 1957.听After studying at听the London School of Economics she began her career in 1979 as a听broker听at听Heinold Commodities. She became a commodity broker at Philips and Drew in 1983, moving on to become听its director in 1988 and then听managing director of UBS.听
Furse's ability to speak several foreign languages as well as her financial acumen worked in her favour in a world dominated by men. In 1998 Furse moved on to become Group Chief Executive at Credit Lyonnais Rouse听where she stayed until December 2000 before taking up her post at听the LSE听
In 2003, she was ranked 34th听and then 17th in听2004's Fortune magazine's list of the听50 Most Powerful Women in Business outside the US. Europe had also taken note of her talent, ranking her听sixth in听a 2003 survey of Europe's most successful female executives.听
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