After pledging disclosure, many UK banks still silent on race diversity data
By Sinead Cruise and Elizabeth Howcroft
Ireti Samuel-Ogbu, Managing Director and Citi's Country Officer for Nigeria and Ghana
LONDON (Reuters) – For many bankers, rising to seniority cements their status as a company insider. Citi executive Ireti Samuel-Ogbu never felt so out of place.
“I felt on the outside,” said Nigerian-born Samuel-Ogbu, who has worked at Citi for 32 years. “I only felt that when I became senior because suddenly the fact there were so few people of colour helping to lead the organisation was brought into stark relief.”
The world’s biggest banks renewed pledges to improve diversity within their predominantly white ranks last year, after the death of George Floyd in police custody in the United States in May sparked global protests about racism.