Winners of Black British Business Awards 2021 revealed

Sophie Chandauka, co-founder and chair of the awards, said: “This year’s winners are not only carrying out extraordinary items in their personal organisations, but also their individual lives.”

She praised the “ingenuity, resilience and industrial savviness” of this year’s growing stars and said the winning senior leaders “epitomise” the that means of position designs: “They are leading major industrial capabilities although acting as intelligent counsel for their buyers, boards of administrators and mounting talent through the pandemic and period of time of social unrest.”

Segun Osuntokun of regulation company Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner was named black British businessperson of 2020 at past year’s ceremony.

In an job interview with The Telegraph, Mr Osuntokun known as for business enterprise leaders to assure the momentum at the rear of Black Lives Subject and improving diversity in the Metropolis was not just “a moment”.

Black British Small business Awards 2021 winners

Black British businesspeople of the calendar year
Edgar Chibaka and Jamal Tahlil, co-founders, To start with Reaction Team Ltd

Influencer of the calendar year
Marvyn Harrison, founder, Dope Black Dads

Ally of the year
Kate Priestman, senior vicepresident, R&D, GSK

Arts and media growing star
Hannah Chukwu, assistant editor, Penguin Random Property

Arts and media senior chief
Miya Knights, world wide content material strategist, Poq Commerce

Customer and luxury increasing star
Vese Aghoghovbia, founder, Philly & Buddies

Consumer and luxurious senior chief
Alexandria Dauley, resourceful director, Dauley Models

Entrepreneur mounting star
Alessandra Madubunyi, director, WE are COCO

Entrepreneur senior chief
Michael Khouri-Bent, managing director, Metropolitan Treatment Remedies

Fiscal services increasing star
Jordon Clarke, GCM/syndicate world ops job lead, Morgan Stanley

Fiscal companies senior leader
Lara Oyesanya, group standard counsel, WorldRemit

Expert providers climbing star
Samuel Lawrence, vice-president EMEA, mid-marketplace, JLL Technologies

Qualified products and services senior chief
Akima Paul-Lambert, litigation lover, Hogan Lovells

STEM climbing star
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu, founder and main government, Definely

STEM senior chief
Gareth Dauley, govt vice-president, Pacific Green Technologies