The 100 City people you need to follow on Twitter this year, day three: Chairmen and chief executives

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Last year was a tough one to be a leader in the City. As regulators got tough on businesses in the finance, energy and infrastructure sectors, there was a moral panic about who pays how much tax, with various companies having their dirty washing put unceremoniously on display.

So you can forgive chairmen and chief executives for being unwilling to put themselves at the mercy of their critics on social media. But there are a brave few who have decided to take on the masses and, in the interests of transparency (or just because they have a lot to say), venture on to Twitter. Tweeting bosses: we salute you. Here are the 20 you need to follow in 2015.

1. Luke Johnson @LukeJohnsonRCP Chairman, Risk Capital Partners Luke Johnson chairman of http://www.riskcapitalpartners.co.uk ; http://www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk ; http://www.gailsbread.co.uk . Luke writes weekly at http://www.ft.com 
2. Helena Morrissey @MorrisseyHelena Chief executive, Newton CEO Newton, Chair IMA. Wife of @handofflowers & mother of nine wonderful children. Working for diversity at all levels with @30percentclub & @OpportunityNow1
3. Seb James @DCSebJ Chief executive, Dixons Carphone CEO, Dixons Carphone plc, always keen to hear from customers & colleagues. I can't always reply to every tweet but my teams at @knowhowtohelp and @cpwcares will
4. Bill Browder @Billbrowder Chief executive, Hermitage Capital
CEO Hermitage Capital and Head of Global Magnitsky Justice campaign.
5. Paul Pester @PaulPester Chief executive, TSB
CEO TSB Bank plc | Keep up to date on TSB at @TSB_news | For customer queries please use @TSB
6. Simon Segars @SimonSegars Chief executive, ARM
CEO of ARM, on the boards of EDAC and the GSA. Interested in all things technology related. British and based in Silicon Valley.
7. John Fallon @johnfallon Chief executive, Pearson I’m the chief executive of @PearsonPLC, the world's leading learning company.
8. Rupert Soames @rsoames Chief executive, Serco
Interested in: people, public policy, the eccentric and absurd, the countryside. Proud to be CEO of Serco.
9. Steve Holliday @NGSteveH Chief executive, National Grid
Chief Executive of National Grid plc. This account is run by the exec office and tweets from Steve are signed SH. Tweet him about #STEM #skillsgap
10. Xavier Rolet @xrolet Chief executive, London Stock Exchange Group
CEO, London Stock Exchange Group
11. Rakesh Kapoor @RakeshKapoor_ Chief executive, Reckitt Benckiser No bio
12. Ruby McGregor-Smith @RubyMS Chief executive, Mitie Group Chief Executive Mitie Group plc ,Senior Independent Director of PageGroup PLC, trustee of BITC,non -exec of DCMS.Passionate about growing Mitie.
13. Ronan Dunne @ronandunneo2 Chief executive, Telefónica UK
CEO O2 Telefónica UK. Trustee StepUpToServe. Insider's view of leading a digital services business (+rugby/football!). For latest O2 news & help, say Hi to @O2
14. Peter Rigby @PeterRigbyINF Chief executive, Informa Chief Executive of Informa Plc
15. Harriet Green @harrietgreen1 Former chief executive, Thomas Cook*
Woman, Wife, Mother, Non Exec Director and now cyclist! Instagram. Harrietgreen1
16. Hermann Hauser @hermannhauser Founder and chief executive, Amadeus Capital Partners
Partner Amadeus Capital Partners, serial entrepreneur.
17. Stephen Kelly @SKellyCEO Chief executive, Sage Group
Chief Executive of @sagegroupplc. Passionate about supporting SMEs & promoting their role in driving economic growth, job creation and wider prosperity
18. Samir Brikho @samirbrikho Chief executive, Amec Foster Wheeler
Chief Executive of Amec Foster Wheeler. Leading by example – safety, people development and a sustainable future matter [to me].
19. Martin Gilbert @MartinGilbert83 Co-founder and chief executive, Aberdeen Asset Management
Co-founder & CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management, a FTSE100 company. Born in Malaysia, educated in Aberdeen, married with 3 kids. Enjoy golf, sailing & skiing.
20. Jasmine Whitbread @JasmineatSC Chief executive, Save the Children International CEO Save the Children International. 

*We've chosen to include Harriet Green, despite the fact she's stepped down as chief executive of Thomas Cook. This is partly because we're pretty sure that, having turned around Thomas Cook, she'll be back in a senior role in 2015 – and partly because her Instagram account is better than most of our friends'.

Follow the entire week's list as a Twitter list, or see the entrepreneurs and the analysts you need to follow.