BAME
Chamber tackles inequalities in business opportunities The month of October was Black History Month, a chance to celebrate the excellent achievements of black people across Britain. It was also an opportunity to reflect on current inequalities that continue to cast a shadow on society as we know it.
Shade Abdul
Nowhere can these inequalities be seen more starkly than in the business community. The latest update from the Parker review on board diversity, published earlier this year, showed that more than a third of FTSE 100 companies and two thirds of FTSE 250 companies did not have any ethnic minority representation on their boards.
8 Southwark BUSINESS TODAY
There are those who talk about tackling these inequalities and those who do something about it. Shade Abdul falls into the latter category. A professional architect and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Shade sits on Southwark Chamber of Commerce’s executive committee and drives forward its engagement with local small businesses led by people of ethnically diverse backgrounds.
