Powerlist 2020
The 13th annual Powerlist was judged by a panel chaired by Dame Linda Dobbs and published in October 2019; sponsored by J.P. Morgan & Co., pwc, linklaters and The Executive Leadership Council.[1][2][3][4]
Top 10
| Rank | Individual | Occupation | Category | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ismail Ahmed | Businessperson | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | founder & chairman of WorldRemit |
| 2 | Pat McGrath | Make-up Artist | Arts, Fashion & Design | founder of Pat McGrath Labs |
| 3 | Michael Sherman | Businessperson | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Chief strategy and transformation officer at BT Group |
| 4 | Jacky Wright | Businessperson | Technology | Chief digital officer at Microsoft |
| 5 | Stormzy | Grime Artist | Media, Publishing & Entertainment | Award-winning Musician |
| 6 | Edward Enninful, OBE | Editor-in-Chief | Media, Publishing & Entertainment | Editor-in-Chief British Vogue |
| 7 | Ebele Okobi | Public policy director | Technology | Public policy director, Africa, the Middle East and Turkey for Facebook |
| 8 | Paulette Rowe | Businessperson | Technology | Global Head, Payments and Financial Services Partnerships, Facebook |
| 9 | Lynette Yiadom-Boakye | Artist | Arts, Fashion & Design | Award-winning painter |
| 10 | Richard Iferenta | Businessperson | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Partner at KPMG |
Outside Top 10
Also listed in the 2020 Powerlist were the following people, organised by industry:
Arts, Fashion and Design
- Adwoa Aboah - Fashion Model and Founder of Gurls Talk
- Chi-chi Nwanoku, OBE - Classical Musician & Founder of Chineke! Orchestra
- Duro Olowu - Fashion Designer
- Dr Shirley J Thompson, OBE - Composer, Conductor and Reader in Music, University of Westminster
- Isaac Julien, CBE - Artist and Filmmaker
- Lemn Sissay, MBE - Poet, Author, Broadcaster
- Matthew Morgan - Founder of Afropunk Festival
- Valerie Brandes - Founder and CEO of Jacaranda Books
Business, Corporate, Financiers and Entrepreneurs
- Alan Smith - Global Head of Risk Strategy and Chief of Staff, Global Risk at HSBC
- Arunma Oteh, OON - Academic scholar, St Antony's College, Oxford, Former Treasurer and Vice President of the World Bank
- Bukola Adisa - Head of Framework and Design at Barclays
- Camille Drummond - Vice President, Global Business Services at BP
- Eric Collins - CEO and Founding Member, Impact X Capital Partners
- Gary Stewart - Director, Telefonica Open Future & Wayra UK
- Jason Black (J2K) - Co-founder of Crep Protect and Co-Owner of Crepe and Cones
- Lindelwe Lesley Ndlovu - CEO, AXA Africa Specialty Risks, Lloyd’s of London
- Netsai Mangwende - Head of Finance for Great Britain, Willis Towers Watson
- Pamela Hutchinson - Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Bloomberg
- Patricia Lewis - Managing Director & Head of European Loans and Special Situations Sales, BofA Securities
- Sandra Wallace - UK Managing Partner, DLA Piper
- Dame Sharon White - Chairman, John Lewis Partnership
- Tavaziva Madzinga - CEO, Swiss Re UK & Ireland
- Tevin Tobun - Founder and CEO, GV Group Gate Ventures
- Wol Kolade - Managing Partner, Livingbridge
- Yvonne Ike - Managing Director and Head of Sub Saharan Africa region, BofA Securities
Media, Publishing and Entertainment
- Ade Adepitan, MBE - TV presenter and Paralympic wheelchair basketball player
- Afua Hirsch - Journalist, author, broadcaster
- Akala - Rapper, journalist, poet and activist
- Anne Mensah - Vice-president of Content UK, Netflix
- Amma Asante, MBE - Writer, Director
- Charlene White - ITN News Anchor
- David Olusoga, OBE - Historian, Joint Creative Director of Uplands Television Ltd
- Femi Oguns, MBE - Founder and CEO of Identity School of Acting
- Gary Younge - Journalist and author
- Idris Elba, OBE - Actor, writer, producer, musician and DJ
- John Boyega - Actor
- Kanya King, CBE -CEO/Founder, MOBO Awards
- Lorna Clarke - Head of Production, BBC Radio 2 & BBC Radio 6 Music
- Marcus Ryder - Chief International Editor of China Global Television Network Digital
- Mo Abudu - CEO/Executive Chair, EbonylifeTV
- Naomie Harris, OBE - Actor
- Paulette Simpson - Executive, Corporate Affairs and Public Policy, Jamaica National Group; Executive Director, The Voice Media Group
- Reggie Yates - Actor, broadcaster & DJ
- Reni Eddo-Lodge - Journalist, author
- Simon Frederick - Artist, photographer, director
- Sir Lenny Henry - Actor, writer, campaigner
- Vanessa Kingori, MBE - Publisher, British Vogue
- Yolisa Phahle - CEO, General Entertainment, Naspers Ltd
Politics, Law and Religion
- Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE, DL - Peer, House of Lords, Policy Maker, Campaigner for Children’s Rights
- David Lammy, MP - Member of Parliament for Tottenham
- Dr Sandie Okoro - Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel, World Bank
- Grace Ononiwu, CBE - Chief Crown Prosecutor, West Midlands
- Joshua Siaw, MBE - Partner, White & Case
- Dr Kathryn Nwajiaku - Head of International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Secretariat, OECD
- Martin Forde, QC - Barrister
- Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin - Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons
- Segun Osuntokun - Managing Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Public, Third Sector and Education
- Beverley De Gale, OBE & Orin Lewis, OBE - Founders, ACLT (African Caribbean Leukemia Trust)
- Dr Cheron Byfield - Governor and Founder of King Solomon International Business School and CEO Excell3
- Dr Dayo Olukoshi, OBE - Principal, Brampton Manor Academy
- Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford, CBE - Chair, Shakespeare’s Globe, Chancellor of Coventry University, Non-Executive Director, Co-op Group
- Marvin Rees - Mayor of Bristol
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex - Campaigner, actress
- Nira Chamberlain - President of Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
- Professor Funmi Olonisakin - Vice-President and Vice-Principal International and Professor of Security, Leadership and Development at King's College London
- Lord Woolley - Co-founder/Director, Operation Black Vote
- Sonita Alleyne, OBE - Master, Jesus College, Cambridge and member of BBC Trust
Science, Medicine and Engineering
- Dame Donna Kinnair - CEO & General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing
- Dr Emeka Okaro - Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
- Dr Ian Nnatu - Consultant psychiatrist
- Dr Joy Odili - Consultant plastic surgeon
- Dr Martin Griffiths - Lead trauma surgeon, Royal London Hospital & Clinical Director for Violence Reduction, NHS
- Dr Samantha Tross - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Dr Sylvia Bartley - Senior Global Director, Medtronic Philanthropy
- Prof. Laura Serrant, OBE - Head of Department and Professor of Community and Public Health Nursing at Manchester Metropolitan University
- Prof. Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, OBE - Chief Midwifery Officer, NHS England
Sports
- Anthony Joshua, OBE - Boxer
- Dina Asher Smith - British record-holding sprinter
- Eniola Aluko - Footballer
- Lewis Hamilton, MBE - Formula 1 Champion
- Luol Deng - Former NBA player
- Nicola Adams, OBE - Boxer
- Raheem Sterling - Footballer
Technology
- Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, MBE - CEO and Co-Founder, Stemettes
- Baroness Oona King - Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Snap Inc.
- Ian Greenstreet - Founder and Chairman, Infinity Capital Partners and Member on the Advisory Board, London Stock Exchange
- Ije Nwokorie - Senior Director, Apple Inc.
- Mariéme Jamme - CEO, SpotOne Global Solutions and Advisory Board Member, Data-Pop Alliance
- Martin Ijaha, CBE - Founder, Neyber
- Nneka Abulokwe, OBE - Founder and CEO, MicroMax Consulting
References
- "Powerlist 2020 Top 10". www.powerlist.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- "Meghan Markle and Stormzy named among Britain's most influential black people". The Independent. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- Mills, Kelly-Ann (25 October 2019). "Raheem Sterling joins Meghan and Stormzy in top 100 most influential black Brits". mirror. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- "Who's on the list of the most influential black people?". BBC News. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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