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Special report: The uncomfortable truth about race in the City

FN tracks the pace of change in the finance sector

Special report: The uncomfortable truth about race in the City
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Today marks three years since George Floyd's death triggered a wave of promises from the world's largest finance firms to upend poor practices that have suppressed Black individuals' progress.

From the glacial pace on hiring Black investment bankers, to the personal story of KPMG's John McCalla-Leacy, FN tracks the pace of change in the finance sector.

John McCalla-Leacy: ‘I was the only Black person on the main board of the Big Four ever

KPMG’s stylish global ESG boss tells FN about his battles with racism, getting a seat on the board and how his life was transformed by the Prince’s Trust

Black dealmaker:  'My phone should have been ringing off the hook' if banks want to hire more Black bankers

Just 1% of senior dealmakers at top investment banks in Europe are Black, FN reveals, showing the stark lack of ethnic diversity in the financial sector three years on from the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement

Justin Onuekwusi: 'What you really need to progress... is somebody who is going to vouch for you when you're not in the room'

The asset management industry has a duty to lead on diversity and inclusion and drive change, 'particularly if ESG is so important to us'

‘You don’t look like a solicitor’

How I. Stephanie Boyce overcame prejudice to become the Law Society’s first Black president

BlackRock MD Gavin Lewis on why Black people are still kneeling

Unless the majority of senior executives can see measurable impact, it will be difficult to convince them they need to change

T Rowe Price’s Ritu Vohora: ‘Be your own cheerleader, particularly if you are a minority’

'Imposter syndrome crept in a lot because I felt I didn’t belong'

10,000 Black Interns boss Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell: 'You have to work four times as hard because not only are you a woman, but also you're Black'

'There is something very specific about culture in organisations that does stop people who come from less traditional backgrounds from ascending'

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