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Meet Te Judging Panel T


he biggest change to this year’s Powerlist is the composition of the judging panel. For the past four years it has been chaired by Baroness Amos and this year it gives us great pleasure to


welcome Vivian Hunt as her successor. We are glad to also have on board new panellists Mike Webster, Nike Jonah, Olakunle Babarinde and to welcome back Pastor Nims. Te focus of the panel was crystal clear from the off. Starting with our definition of influence, namely ‘the ability to


Vivian Hunt Director, McKinsey & Co


Our chair, Vivian, leads Mckinsey’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Practice covering strategy, commercial, research and development and other areas for Europe the Middle East and Africa. She is the most senior black woman among leading strategy consultancies. Until this year, Vivian has been an ever-present on the Powerlist, occupying third place for the past two years.


Michael Webster Managing Partner, Webster Dixon Solicitors LLP


Mike is one of the UK’s top black solicitors. For many years he has run Webster Dixon of which he is the joint owner and managing partner. Webster Dixon were one of the first


black-owned firms to specialise in commercial law. Mike is the former chair of the Black Solicitors Network and now sits on the board. He has appeared twice in the Powerlist.


Nike Jonah Managing Partner, Connecting Dots


In the past 12 years, Nike has gained extensive international experience working across a broad spectrum of the arts and creative industries in London and New York. Until recently she ran Decibel – one of the world’s biggest showcases for minorities in the arts – for Arts Council England. In 2010 she was named one of 50 female leaders to watch by the prestigious Cultural Leadership. She now runs her own creative arts agency Connecting Dots.


Pastor Nims Obunge Pastor Freedoms Ark Church, CEO, the Peace Alliance


Rev Nims Obunge is the Pastor of Freedoms Ark Church in Tottenham and also serves as the CEO of Te Peace Alliance, a national crime reduction and community cohesion charity


working on a local and national basis in partnership with faith, voluntary, community, statutory and business organisations. He serves on a number of boards and advisory committees engaged in education, policing, crime and community safety, social justice and faith.


Olakunle Babarinde Head of Trading Technology Sales UK&I, Tomson Reuters


Kunle has had a 20-plus year career in engineering, product-marketing and sales at leading technology firms and global financial institutions. At Tomson Reuters he has led the award-winning black employees network for the past six years and he is a judge for Tomson Reuters Community Champions which gives £250,000 to charities of its employees every year.


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change positively lives and alter events’, they studied evidence of how potential Powerlist entrants are multifaceted in their impact/influence. No longer is it enough for a candidate simply to have a good job. It’s now about what else a nominee does – what charities they support, how much mentoring they do. Te meeting, which took place in central London, took the best part of seven hours. At the end of it they came up with the list you are about to read. Good job, well done.


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