Contributor(s): Baroness Shafik | To celebrate Black History Month, join us for this conversation between LSE alumna Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu and LSE Director Minouche Shafik.

Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (@SholaMos1) is a lawyer and political and women's rights activist. She speaks on law, politics, diversity equality and inclusion and women’s rights. Passionate about women in leadership, Shola is the founder & editor of the Women in Leadership publication. Additionally, Shola is an Equality Commissioner on the Commission for Gender-Equal Economy; a member of the Women’s Budget Group Policy Advisory Group; a Trustee of World Merit and a member of the steering committee of the Women’s Equality Party. An academic enthusiast, she completed her first degree LLB Hons from the University of Buckingham at the age of 19. Likewise she went on to achieve an Executive MBA from the University of Cambridge; a PhD in Law from Birkbeck, University of London and a LLM in Commercial & Corporate Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Minouche Shafik is the Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to this, she was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.

The London School of Economics Students' Union (@lsesu) is the representative and campaigning body for students at the London School of Economics and Political Science. LSESU is a not-for-profit organisation run by LSE students, for LSE students. The LSESU aims to give students life-changing experiences. Black History Month is one of the key dates in the Union calendar.

The London School of Economics and Political Science is a social science university based in central London with a global reach. We ranked first in Europe and second in the world for social sciences and management in the QS subject rankings 2020.

125 years of LSE

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