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‘Black lawyers like me are a painfully small minority’ Corporate purpose cannot just be about profit, says Segun Osuntokun, who won the top gong at last year’s Black British Business Awards Segun Osuntokun is London managing partner at law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Credit: Eddie Mulholland Segun Osuntokun is the head of a City law firm responsible for 900 employees and £250m of turnover. He has three decades of experience advising banks, private equity funds and blue chip companies. But when he turns up for a meeting, he is still conscious of his race.  “You walk into a meeting room or a negotiating room [and] you’re the only black person in the room – you’re the most senior person in the team,” he says. 

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