D&I | NatWest to boost number of black staff in top roles

Banking giant NatWest has pledged to increase the number of black staff in its senior roles within the business, the Guardian reported.

NatWest Group announced plans to boost the number of black staff from one per cent to three per cent in senior positions as part of its new racial equality pledge that also includes shutting down accounts of customers who are racially abusive towards employees.

This move comes after a four-month review took place to focus on the experiences of the organisation’s black staff. This comes in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd in the US back in May.

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After the protests took place, Alison Rose, Chief Executive at NatWest, said: “That led to us having very open and, on occasion, very emotional and difficult conversations with our colleagues about their lived experience.”