Gb Ladipo is a director in the growth capital solutions unit at City investment bank Numis. He has previously worked in M&A roles at Nomura, boutique Hawkpoint and UBS. He is also an ambassador for the non-profit, Reboot. Two years on from the murder of George Floyd, he tells Financial News about his experiences as a still rare example of a Black investment banker in London
Back when I started out in banking, one of the first questions anyone would ask you is what school you went to. Luckily, I have a response they can relate to — I went to Felsted, which is a relatively exclusive private school in a village in north Essex.