The Black Talent Charter strives for equality of opportunity for black talent.
Our goal is to ensure the % of black professionals matches UK working population within 10 years, with representation at every level, whilst supporting people to be their authentic self.
We offer practical tools to support businesses and give confidence to top leadership. We constructively challenge and change mindsets in the corporate world, whilst supporting and nurturing black talent to access high earning career opportunities.
Black talent is disproportionately overlooked and underserved, particularly in financial and professional services, the sectors of the economy which typically have the highest remuneration.
The serious under-representation of black talent in finance and the professions is not due to a gap in educational attainment – black talent has a higher representation at universities than in the UK working population (8% in all universities and 4% at the top 20). The under-representation is exacerbated by the ‘stay gap’ – with black professionals less likely to stay and progress in their firms than their peers.
READ MOREWe have developed three pillars to focus us and help us achieve our vision of:
Our three pillars are:
Systemic change in business is impossible unless all three pillars are developed together.