Tuesday 3 October 2023 • 8am-10am
Guildhall, City of London

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Breakfast Reception

To celebrate Black History Month, join Deputy Andrien Meyers, Chair of the City of London Investment Committee, in conversation with Gavin Lewis, BlackRock Managing Director and author of The Opportunity Index: A Solution-Based Framework to Dismantle the Racial Wealth Gap, and Tim Campbell MBE, BBC Apprentice winner and founder of Bright Ideas Trust, a social enterprise which helps young entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds start businesses.

This event is invitation only and places are strictly limited. Any organisation in the City of London is welcome to nominate two representatives to attend. We will send out formal invitations to those nominated, dependent on capacity.

Tim Campbell MBE is a UK based businessman, who shot to fame as the first winner of the BBC TV series The Apprentice. He went on to become the first Project Director of the Health & Beauty division within Lord Alan Sugar's company, Amstrad PLC. Tim left Amstrad to set-up the Bright Ideas Trust, a charitable social enterprise which encourages young entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds to start business ventures, where he raised over £3 million and supported over 750 start-ups.

Gavin Lewis is Managing Director at BlackRock, and head of their local government pension scheme business. In his latest book The Opportunity Index, he skilfully plots the origins of the racial wealth gap and its impact on the inequalities faced by the Black community today. Weaving a personal and at times moving narrative through some of the most disruptive events of our time, he offers a blueprint for businesses and individuals to understand the risks and opportunities presented by inequality and issues an urgent call to action.

Tim and Gavin will join City of London Investment Committee Chair, Deputy Andrien Meyers, to discuss what equity and access mean in the context of international finance, and explore solutions for real and lasting change.

The event will include a breakfast reception and opportunities to network with representatives of organisations across the City and those working to further equality, diversity and belonging in the Square Mile and beyond.

Any organisation in the City of London is welcome to nominate two representatives to attend. This would ideally be people who have worked to advance equality over the past year. We will then send out formal invitations to those nominated, dependent on capacity.

We look forward to welcoming members of our community to this exciting event in one of our most beautiful spaces.