Gina is a powerful, passionate and persuasive speaker on Women’s Leadership, Brexit, Truth and Reconciliation, Politics and Political Activism and much more.
Bloomberg described Gina Miller as an ‘Establishment Wrecking Ball’ but her drive for transparency, scrutiny and integrity is about reform, not wrecking. Her expertise and areas of work cover investments, charities, democracy and political processes; as well as social justice. As a passionate believer in responsible capitalism, Gina believes we all have a civic duty to be actively engaged in challenging contemporary issues facing businesses, politics and wider society.
Post the financial crisis, Gina and her husband Alan founded SCM Direct as a modern disruptive digital wealth management company centred on 100% transparency, low cost and investing with ethics. The foundation says it supports smaller charities by providing funding and support.
In 2012 Gina launched a transparency initiative, the True and Fair Campaign, calling for an end to rip offs and dubious practices in the UK investment and pension industry, as well as a Code of Ethics. Gina’s work through this campaign has resulted in contributions to three EU Directives which have resulted in over 500m consumers across Europe benefitting from enhanced consumer protection from 2018.
Through her True and Fair Foundation Gina supports dynamic small community charities, and works with donors on smarter giving so that their donations achieve maximum impact. She has also been a strident voice in calling out poor practices, lack of transparency, lack of safeguarding and financial scrutiny in the Third Sector. Miller set up the True and Fair Foundation in 2009, with the aim of increasing philanthropy and common good in an era of growing inequality, social fragmentation and small state funding. It aims to encourage those who have been successful to give back to the communities that afforded them their success, lessening the burden of giving for donors and philanthropists who wish to give smarter and in an efficient and transparent manner but may be time poor.
In 2016, Gina successfully challenged the Government over its authority to implement Brexit, winning in both the High Court and Supreme Court. In 2018 Gina continues a ‘democracy and legality’ watching brief of the UK Government’s activities, including challenging the legality of the £1 billion payment to Northern Ireland for the 10 DUP votes, and the power grab within the EU Withdrawal Bill.
As a result of her campaigning and business achievements, Gina was awarded the following accolades:
- Honorary Doctorate of Law; October 2017
- The Most Influential Black Person in the UK 2017
- Campaigner of the Year 2017, Political Studies Association
- 50 Most Influential in Europe, PAM awards 2017
- Transparency Campaigner 2016, Transparency Taskforce
- Inspirational Women Innovator 2016, Brummel
- UK Game Changer of the Year (Fund Management) 2015, ACQS
- City Champion – for Moral leadership 2014, Spears
Gina is married and has three children.
