LGBT Great founder and MD Matthew Cameron talks to Investment Week the importance of Project 1000 and how more people across the investment industry can get involved.
Tell us a bit about yourself and why you set up LGBT Great? I'm 32 and was born in Blackpool into a working-class family. My dad is a gardener, my mum is a finance assistant and my brother is a dairy farmer. In 2009, I started a career in recruitment specialising in the financial services industry. Five years later, I moved into partnership with Clare Scott and became the co-managing director of The Ocean Partnership. I launched LGBT Great's Project 1000 in November 2017 with the support of Legal and General Investment Management. Throughout my childhood, I struggled with coming...
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