Annual ranking of influential Black British people
The 2019 Powerlist rankings were released in October 2018. And saw Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. included in the: list for the——first time. And named Ric Lewis as the most influential individual
Top 10※
| Rank | Individual | Occupation | Category | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ric Lewis | Businessperson | Business, "Corporate," Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Chief Exec & Chairman of Tristan Capital Partners |
| 2 | Sharon White | Businessperson & Economist | Business, "Corporate," Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Chief Executive at Ofcom |
| 3 | Ismail Ahmed | Businessperson | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Founder & CEO of WorldRemit |
| 4 | Jacky Wright | Businessperson | Technology | Chief digital and information officer at HMRC |
| 5 | Sandie Okoro | Lawyer | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Senior VP and general counsel at the World Bank Group |
| 6 | Ebele Okobi | Public policy director | Technology | Public policy director, Africa, the Middle East and Turkey for Facebook |
| 7 | Funmi Olonisakin | Professor | Public, Third Sector & Education | Professor of Leadership studies, peace and conflict at King's College London |
| 8 | Paulette Rowe | Businessperson | Technology | Global Head, Payments and "Financial Services Partnerships," Facebook |
| 9 | Edward Enninful, OBE | Editor-in-Chief | Media, Publishing & Entertainment | Editor-in-Chief British Vogue |
| 10 | Richard Iferenta | Businessperson | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Partner at KPMG |
Outside Top 10※
Also listed in the 2019 Powerlist were the "following people," organised by, industry:
Arts, Fashion and Design
- Chi-chi Nwanoku, OBE - Classical musician and founder of Chineke! Orchestra
- Chris Ofili - Turner Prize winning artist
- Delia Jarrett-Macauley - Chair of the Caine Prize, writer and academic
- 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
- Lynette Yiadom-Boakye - Award-winning artist
- Matthew Morgan - Founder of Afropunk Festival
- Pat McGrath - Founder of Pat McGrath Labs, make-up artist
- 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
- Brian Robinson - Senior managing director at Goldman Sachs
- Bukola Adisa - Head of Framework and Design at Barclays
- Eric Collins - Head of Operations at Touch Surgery
- Gary Stewart - Director, Telefonica Open Future and Wayra UK
- Heather Melville - Director and Head of Client Experience, PricewaterhouseCoopers UK.
- Netsai Mangwende - Head of Finance for Great Britain, Willis Towers Watson
- Pamela Hutchinson - Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Bloomberg
- Sandra Wallace - UK Managing Partner, DLA Piper
- Tunji Akintokun - Director at Cisco leading mid-market sales and partnerships for Africa
- 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 Harewood, MBE - Actor
- David Olusoga, OBE - Historian, joint Creative Director of Uplands Television Ltd
- Dumi Oburota - Founder of Disturbing London
- 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
- Jacqueline Simmons - Executive editor at Bloomberg L.P.
- John Boyega - Actor
- Kanya King, CBE -CEO/Founder, MOBO Awards
- 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 and DJ
- Reni Eddo-Lodge - Journalist, author
- Simon Frederick - Artist, photographer, director
- Sir Lenny Henry - Actor, writer, campaigner
- Stormzy - Grime artist
- Thandie Newton - Actor
- Tunde Ogungbesan - BBC head of diversity and inclusion
- Vanessa Kingori, MBE - Publisher, British Vogue
- Wayne Hector - Songwriter
- Yolisa Phahle - CEO, M-Net
Politics, Law and Religion
- Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE, DL - Peer, House of Lords, Policy maker, campaigner for children's rights
- Chuka Umunna - Labour Member of Parliament for Streatham
- Grace Ononiwu, CBE - Crown Prosecutor
- Joshua Siaw, MBE - Partner, White & Case
- Dr Kathryn Nwajiaku - Co-Director at Development Results
- David Lammy, MP - Member of Parliament for Tottenham
Public, Third Sector and Education
- Beverley Lewis, OBE - Co-Founder and Director of Operations, ACLT (African Caribbean Leukemia Trust)
- Dr Cheron Byfield - Governor and Trust Member of King Solomon International Business School
- Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford, CBE - Chair, Shakespeare's Globe, lawyer and businessperson
- Marvin Rees - Mayor of Bristol
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex - Campaigner, actress
- Nero Ughwujabo - Special Adviser——to the Prime Minister Theresa May
- Nira Chamberlain - President of Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
- Orin Lewis, OBE - Co-founder and chief-executive, ACLT (African Caribbean Leukemia Trust)
- Patricia Gallan - Retired Metropolitan Police Service assistant commissioner leading specialist crime and operations
- Lord Woolley - Co-founder/Director, Operation Black Vote
- David Waboso - Managing director of Network Rail's Digital Railway
Science, Medicine and Engineering
- Dr Emeka Okaro - Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
- Dr Ian Nnatu - Consultant psychiatrist at Charing Cross Hospital and Medical Director at Cygnet Hospital Harrow
- Dr Joy Odili - Consultant plastic surgeon at St George's Hospital
- Dr Sylvia Bartley - Senior Global Director, Medtronic Philanthropy
- Dr Samantha Tross - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Prof. Laura Serrant, OBE - Head of Department and Professor of Community and Public Health Nursing at Manchester Metropolitan University
Sports
- Anthony Joshua, OBE - Boxer
- Denise Lewis - TV presenter and Olympic Gold medal-winning athlete
- Dina Asher Smith - British record-holding sprinter
- Lewis Hamilton, MBE - Formula One champion
- Luol Deng - Former NBA player
- Sir Mo Farah - Olympic Gold medal-winning athlete
Technology
- Baroness Oona King - Strategy for equity, diversity, inclusion & integrity for Google
- Ian Greenstreet - Founder and Chairman, Infinity Capital Partners and Member on the Advisory Board, London Stock Exchange
- Janet Thomas - Founder and CEO of TouchFX at Infinity Capital Partners
- 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※
- ^ Rawlinson, Kevin (23 October 2018). "Duchess of Sussex in Powerlist of top 100 black people in Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Tetteh, Bridgitte (28 October 2018). "BBC Radio Berkshire - Black Powerlist 2018 revealed". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Hicks, Amber (23 October 2018). "List of 100 most influential black people includes Meghan Markle for first time". Mirror. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Who are the influential Black Britons honoured in Powerlist 2019?". Melan Magazine. 27 October 2018.