Director of AFRICA: Seen & Heard (ASH) | Consultant - #Communications, #Creative and #Culture | #Manager - #Lifestyle, #Projects and #Programmes | #Writer | Award-winning #Filmmaker - Member BAFTA North America
Offering a fair crack at a career in finance The sector is one of the least diverse parts of the UK economy however — slowly but surely — things are changing Financial services accounts for 12 per cent of UK GDP and provides 2.5 million jobs, yet remains one of the nation’s most unequal industries. At every measure of diversity, from socioeconomic background to ethnicity and gender, top jobs and higher pay are still heavily weighted towards professional-class white men. A “Who gets ahead and how” report from the City of London and the Bridge Group consultancy sets out this division starkly, revealing that 89 per cent of staff in senior level jobs are from professional backgrounds, compared with 52 per cent of wider UK chief executives and 37 per cent of the country’s total working population. The article's subject Tobi George-Oyediran, 23, secured her position as a quantitative trading analyst for STX Group after taking part in training events at Nottingham University’s finance society. This initiative highlights the potential for financial institutions creating programmes and employment pipelines in alignment with universities that deliver CSR missions, DEI targets and the best candidates for positions based on merit. #finance #diversity #inclusion #graduates #trainees #employment #meritocracy #programmemanagement
