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City must ‘own the bad numbers’ on ethnic diversity and start talking about action

Diversity Project event calls on financial services not just to collect the numbers, but to discuss what might affect change

City Hive boss Shah urges the City not to get too fixated on the data
City Hive boss Shah urges the City not to get too fixated on the data Photo: Getty Images

The City must “own” its bad record on ethnicity and start talking about how to boost representation, according to a leading diversity campaigner.

“As an industry we love numbers. We feel very secure in data, we like to collect it, we like to look at it,” said City Hive chief executive Bev Shah.

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