December 9, 2020
The new initiative is aimed at helping transform the horizons and prospects of young Black people in the UK by offering paid internships, alongside mentoring, training and development.
Willkie’s London office is very excited to have signed up to 10000BlackInterns. This programme is a new initiative, which started as 100BlackInterns, originally focused on creating internships for black people in the UK in the investment management industry. In a few short months, the initiative has expanded to more than 15 other business sectors, including law. The initiative is aimed at helping transform the horizons and prospects of young Black people in the UK by offering paid internships, alongside mentoring, training and development.
More details about our involvement will be shared over the coming months. For more information, please contact Gemma Baker.
The #10000BlackInterns program was co-founded by Dawid Konotey-Ahulu (a co-founder of Redington Limited and Mallowstreet), Jonathan Sorrell (President of Capstone Investment Advisors), Michael Barrington-Hibbert (founder of Barrington-Hibbert Associates) and Wol Kolade (Managing Partner of Livingbridge), the group which founded #100BlackInterns in August 2020. Learn more at www.10000blackinterns.com.