“The question for corporate Britain is not about whether the non-white talent is there or ready, the question is whether it is willing to appreciate it, attribute commercial and competitive value to it and change the historical constructs operating currently in the Boardroom and more broadly in our corporate institutions.” Parker Review Update, February 2020
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Finance - A Selection
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Dame Vivian Hunt DBE
Managing Partner UK & Ireland, McKinsey & Company global management consultancy, 2013 – 2020
Ric Lewis
Founding Partner, Executive Chairman and CIO, Tristan Capital Partners
Dame Sharon White DBE
Chair, John Lewis Partnership PLC
Bernard Mensah
President of International, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Paulette Rowe
President, Integrated Solutions at Paysafe payments platform, 2020 – present; Global Head, Payments and Financial Services Partnerships, Facebook, 2018 – 2020
Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, CStJ, FRSA, FBCS
Founder and Chairman, Restoration Partners merchant bank, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London
Sir Damon Buffini
Founding partner, ex-Chairman and Managing Partner of Permira global private equity firm
Jacky Wright
Chief Digital Officer and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft US
Tidjane Thiam
CEO Credit Suisse Group AG, 2015 – 2020; Group CEO, Prudential plc
Yvonne Ike
Managing Director and Head of Sub Saharan Africa (ex-RSA), Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Netsai Mangwende
Head of Finance for Great Britain, Willis Towers Watson global risk advisory, broking and solutions corporation
Dr Mo Ibrahim
Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Founding Chairman, Satya Capital Ltd private equity fund
Gina Miller
Co-founder, SCM Direct investment management company
Ishmail Ahmed
Founder and Chairman, WorldRemit, digital money transfer company
Tavadziva Mandzinga
CEO, Swiss Re, UK and Ireland
Wol Kolade
Managing Partner, Livingbridge EP LLP private equity firm
The Professions
The Hon. Dame Linda Dobbs DBE
Justice of the High Court of England and Wales, 2004 – 2013;
Sandie Okoro
Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the World Bank Group, Vice President for Compliance at the World Bank, 2017 – present;
Professor Leslie Thomas QC
Barrister and Queen’s Counsel;
Professor Dapo Akande
Professor of Public International Law at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University;
The Professions - A Selection
The Hon. Dame Linda Dobbs DBE
Justice of the High Court of England and Wales, 2004 – 2013
Sandra Wallace
Solicitor and Joint Managing Director (UK and Europe), DLA Piper global law firm
Martin Griffiths FRCS
Consultant vascular and trauma surgeon and NHS National Clinical Director for Violence Reduction
Sandie Okoro
Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the World Bank Group, Vice President for Compliance at the World Bank
Sir David Adjaye OBE
Founder and Principal of Adjaye Associates, multi-award-winning architect
Dame Donna Kinnair DBE
Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing
Dr Courtney Griffiths QC
Barrister and Queen’s Counsel, leading international criminal lawyer
Segun Osuntokun
Solicitor, disputes lawyer and London Managing Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP global law firm
Richard Iferenta
Partner and Vice-Chair, KPMG LLP, Head of UK Financial Services Indirect Tax Practice
Professor Dapo Akande
Professor of Public International Law at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University
Tom Shropshire
Solicitor and Partner in Linklaters LLP global law firm, Global Head of US Practice
Professor Leslie Thomas QC
Barrister and Queen’s Counsel, leading civil liberties lawyer and Gresham Professor of Law
Daniel Alexander QC
Barrister, Queen’s Counsel and Deputy High Court Judge, leading intellectual property lawyer
Joshua Siaw MBE
Solicitor and Partner in White and Case LLP global law firm, Director of Africa Practice