J.P. Morgan Chase
Cecil (He/Him) holds an MSc in Information Systems. He is a husband and father of two. He was a lifelong banking technologist, joining J.P. Morgan to run a software engineering function within Cybersecurity in 2018. During the pandemic he pivoted his career to a full time focus on diversity, equity and inclusion across J.P. Morgan’s EMEA business, encompassing 37 countries, and over 30,000 employees. As such, he led a strategy covering, Disability, Gender, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and Military Veterans in the region. Where his team have been successful in growing diverse representation, whilst also highlighting and celebrating the value of difference both inside and outside the firm. More recently Cecil has moved back into the business to run a risk management function overseeing 3rd party suppliers.
Cecil currently serves as a non-executive director of J.P. Morgan Jersey Trust Company Limited; and is on the education advisory board of The Sutton Trust, a social mobility charity. This year Cecil has been recognized as an Inclusive Champion in the Global Inclusion List of 2026. This follows from previous recognitions including the 2024 Diversity Power list (list of Top 50 Diversity professionals in the UK); being recognized by the MIPAD (Most Influential People of African Descent) organization as one of their top 100 global Innovators and Changemakers for his work supporting diversifying the financial services industry. In 2023 he was awarded the title Head of Diversity of the Year at the Burberry British Diversity Awards. Whilst his team have been nominated for DEI Team of the year on numerous occasions Cecil is on the judging panel for the Powerlist and the Black British Business Awards.