Justin Onuekwusi, one of London's most influential people of 2019, took the floor at our Harrogate conference

Justin Onuekwusi, recently named in the Evening Standard's Progress 1000 as one of London's most influencial people in 2019 for Fintech & banking, is very highly regarded in the investment world and a big advocate of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Justin has always supported our conferences and we are privileged to have such a great speaker at another of our events.

Area of expertise: Developed markets – US, Europe & Japan (ex UK)

Current position:

Fund Manager, Head of Retail Multi-Asset Funds at Legal & General Investment Management. Lead fund manager on a wide range of multi-asset strategies since 2013, including the £4.5bn Multi-Index fund range, bringing together specialised skill sets covering: dynamic asset allocation, manager/security selection and portfolio construction.

Education:

BSc in Economics, Warwick University.

First position:

Senior Investment Analyst at Aon Consulting (2003 to 2007).

Other experience:

Manager Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch (2007 to 2010) & Multi Asset Fund Manager at Aviva Investors (2010 to 2013).

Credentials:

Investment Management Certificate (IMC) & Chartered Financial Analyst Qualification (CFA), Co-chair of LEGIT (Legal & General Inclusion Team) & Chair of the Investment Diversity Working Group, Ambassador for the industry-wide Diversity Project.

Addressing diversity and inclusion: 

"Over the course of my career in the City I have seen for myself that workplaces function best and are most productive when employees bring different backgrounds, experiences, opinions and ways of thinking to the table. However, I also regularly noticed that there was still a huge lack of diversity across many firms and wanted to do whatever I could to highlight and address this. Workplaces should be aware of the positive impact of diversity, and push hard to foster positive, inclusive environments where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves. Inclusion should be exactly what it says on the tin, and that EVERYBODY deserves a seat at the table based on their competence rather than a label that highlights just one aspect of who they are."

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