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Does Wall Street have a diversity problem?

As the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, Bank of America's Ebony A Thomas and veteran Wall Street trader J Derek Penn discuss the issues

Bank of America’s senior vice-president for ESG, Ebony A Thomas, and J Derek Penn, the author of Diary of a Black Man on Wall Street
Bank of America’s senior vice-president for ESG, Ebony A Thomas, and J Derek Penn, the author of Diary of a Black Man on Wall Street

With two weeks to go before the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, which triggered a tremendous outpouring of grief and a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement across the world, the finance sector is still coming to terms with its own diversity issues.

At a Barron’s Live-Financial News event unpicking whether Wall Street has a diversity problem, Penny Sukhraj caught up with Ebony A Thomas, Bank of America’s senior vice-president for ESG, and J Derek Penn, the author of Diary of a Black Man on Wall Street.

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