Powerlist 2019

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[1][2][3][4]

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

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

Politics, Law and Religion

Public, Third Sector and Education

Science, Medicine and Engineering

Sports

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

  1. ^ Rawlinson, Kevin (23 October 2018). "Duchess of Sussex in Powerlist of top 100 black people in Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ Tetteh, Bridgitte (28 October 2018). "BBC Radio Berkshire - Black Powerlist 2018 revealed". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Hicks, Amber (23 October 2018). "List of 100 most influential black people includes Meghan Markle for first time". Mirror. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Who are the influential Black Britons honoured in Powerlist 2019?". Melan Magazine. 27 October 2018.

Black British people