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

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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

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Also listed in the 2020 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
  • 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

Politics, Law and Religion

Public, Third Sector and Education

Science, Medicine and Engineering

Sports

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

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  1. ^ "Powerlist 2020 Top 10". www.powerlist.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ Petter, Olivia (25 October 2019). "Meghan Markle and Stormzy named among Britain's most influential black people". The Independent. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Mills, Kelly-Ann (25 October 2019). "Raheem Sterling joins Meghan and Stormzy in top 100 most influential black Brits". Mirror. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Who's on the list of the most influential black people?". BBC News. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

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