IA responds to calls for greater ethnic diversity on board

Will recruit one 'ethnically diverse' member by 2024

Lauren Mason
clock • 2 min read

The Investment Association (IA) has responded to former MP Chuka Umunna's tweet that nobody on its 17-strong board comes from an ethnically diverse background by pledging to appoint "at least one racially and ethnically diverse board member by 2024".

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