'My name didn't match my face': JPMAM's Lambert on being colour brave, unmasking microaggressions and talking about black

Lambert, who is a managing director and a fixed income portfolio manager at the firm, said even he didn't realise the prevalence of racial inequality within asset management until he was promoted to a senior role in the industry. "When I allowed myself to look back at how far I had come and how much I had achieved, I realised that I looked around me and I was alone. "That was the catalyst to become involved in D&I (diversity & inclusion)," he said. "I learned there was a cruel lack of representation in the industry at a senior level. It was also then that I realised how truly lucky...