Beckles, Yolande – Hot 100
Nearly five years ago, a heavily pregnant Yolande Beckles marched into Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and told Hugh Crisp that his firm was suffering for its failure to recruit non-white, non-privileged trainees. She walked out with a £10,000 cheque and Global Graduates was officially off the ground. Today, Beckles commands a staff of 15, and Global […]