Justin Onuekwusi, head of retail multi-asset funds at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London for his work promoting and campaigning for diversity in the asset management industry.
The prestigious honour, which dates back to 1237 and has been awarded to the likes of Bill Gates, Florence Nightingale and Nelson Mandela, is one of the oldest-surviving traditional ceremonies still in existence and is awarded to those who have achieved success or recognition in their chosen field. Onuekwusi, who has worked at LGIM for seven years, is co-founder of the Diversity Project and its #TalkAboutBlack campaign, which aims to address the "four kinks in the hosepipe" that are preventing racial equality from being achieved in the asset management industry. The 'looking at your s...
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