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.

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 and 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, OBE - 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 and 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

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 One 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