Dean ForbesDean Anthony Edward Forbes (born 18 October 1978) is a British business executive. Since February 2021, he has been chief executive officer of Forterro, a software company based in London. Prior to his appointment, he held executive positions at The Access Group, integrated travel company KDS, human resources company CoreHR, Oracle, and Primavera Systems. Forbes was raised in a single-parent household on an estate in Lewisham, and was homeless twice as a teenager.
Linda DobbsDame Linda Penelope Dobbs, DBE (born 3 January 1951) is a retired High Court judge in England and Wales, who served from 2004 to 2013. Dobbs was the first non-white person to be appointed to the senior judiciary of England and Wales.New NationNew Nation was a weekly newspaper published in the UK for the Black British community. The newspaper was launched in November 1996 by Richard Adeshiyan, the founding Editor who gave the title its name. The newspaper was Britain's Number 1-selling black newspaper. The paper was published every Monday.Afua KyeiAfua Serwah Kyei (born 15 October 1982) is a British financial executive who has been chief financial officer (CFO) of the Bank of England since 2019.
Kwame Kwei-ArmahKwame Kwei-ArmahOBE (born Ian Roberts; 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London) is a British actor, playwright, director and broadcaster. In 2005, Kwei-Armah became the second black Briton to have a play staged in London's West End when his award-winning piece Elmina's Kitchen transferred to the Garrick Theatre. He was the first black Briton to head a major British national theater, when he took the directorship of the Young Vic in 2018.
Black British peopleBritish people of sub-Saharan African descentEthnic groupBlack British people, also referred to as Black Britons, are British people of Sub-Saharan African descent. The term Black British developed in the 1950s, referring to the migrant populations from the former British colonies in the West Indies (sometimes referred to as the Windrush Generation) and West Africa, though it had been used to describe earlier populations from West Africa.
LinklatersLinklaters LLP is a British multinationallaw firm, headquartered in London. Founded in 1838, it is one of the five 'Magic Circle' law firms known for their corporate and financial expertise. It currently employs about 3,100 lawyers in 30 offices across 20 countries. In financial year 2024-25, Linklaters reported revenues of £2.32 billion and average profits per equity partner of £2.2 million.
Tim Campbell (businessman)Timothy CampbellMBE (born 1979) is an English businessman. He is best known as the winner of the first series of the British version of the reality television series The Apprentice, in which contestants originally competed to win a £100,000-a-year job working for businessman Alan Sugar. Early life and educationTimothy Campbell was born in Canning Town, London, in 1979. He went to St Helen’s Primary School. He graduated from Middlesex University with a BSc in psychology.J.P. Morgan & Co.J.P. Morgan & Co. was an American financial institution specialized in investment banking, asset management and private banking founded by financier J. P. Morgan in 1871. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company is now a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, the largest banking institution in the world by market capitalization. The company has been historically referred to as the "House of Morgan" or simply Morgan.
Chief financial officerA chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization who is assigned the primary responsibility for making decisions for the company for projects and its finances; i.a.: financial planning, management offinancial risks, record-keeping, and financial reporting, and, increasingly, the analysis of data. The CFO thus has ultimate authority over the finance unit and is the chief financial spokesperson for the organization.
Bank of EnglandThe Bank of England (BoE) is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker and debt manager, and still one of the bankers for the government of the United Kingdom, it is the world's second oldest central bank, after Sweden's (1668). It is considered to be one of the world's "Big Four" central banks.
United KingdomCountry in northwestern EuropeThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a population of over 69 million in 2024.
Afro-Caribbean peoplesAfro-Caribbean or African Caribbeanpeople or Afro-West Indians are Caribbean people who trace their full or partial ancestry to Sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of the modern Afro-Caribbean people descend from the West and Central Africans taken as slaves to the colonial Caribbean via the trans-Atlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries to work primarily on various sugar plantations and in domestic households.
Linda DobbsDame Linda Penelope Dobbs, DBE (born 3 January 1951) is a retired High Court judge in England and Wales, who served from 2004 to 2013. Dobbs was the first non-white person to be appointed to the senior judiciary of England and Wales.New NationNew Nation was a weekly newspaper published in the UK for the Black British community. The newspaper was launched in November 1996 by Richard Adeshiyan, the founding Editor who gave the title its name. The newspaper was Britain's Number 1-selling black newspaper. The paper was published every Monday.Afua KyeiAfua Serwah Kyei (born 15 October 1982) is a British financial executive who has been chief financial officer (CFO) of the Bank of England since 2019.Kwame Kwei-ArmahKwame Kwei-ArmahOBE (born Ian Roberts; 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London) is a British actor, playwright, director and broadcaster. In 2005, Kwei-Armah became the second black Briton to have a play staged in London's West End when his award-winning piece Elmina's Kitchen transferred to the Garrick Theatre. He was the first black Briton to head a major British national theater, when he took the directorship of the Young Vic in 2018.Black British peopleBritish people of sub-Saharan African descentEthnic groupBlack British people, also referred to as Black Britons, are British people of Sub-Saharan African descent. The term Black British developed in the 1950s, referring to the migrant populations from the former British colonies in the West Indies (sometimes referred to as the Windrush Generation) and West Africa, though it had been used to describe earlier populations from West Africa.LinklatersLinklaters LLP is a British multinationallaw firm, headquartered in London. Founded in 1838, it is one of the five 'Magic Circle' law firms known for their corporate and financial expertise. It currently employs about 3,100 lawyers in 30 offices across 20 countries. In financial year 2024-25, Linklaters reported revenues of £2.32 billion and average profits per equity partner of £2.2 million.Tim Campbell (businessman)Timothy CampbellMBE (born 1979) is an English businessman. He is best known as the winner of the first series of the British version of the reality television series The Apprentice, in which contestants originally competed to win a £100,000-a-year job working for businessman Alan Sugar. Early life and educationTimothy Campbell was born in Canning Town, London, in 1979. He went to St Helen’s Primary School. He graduated from Middlesex University with a BSc in psychology.J.P. Morgan & Co.J.P. Morgan & Co. was an American financial institution specialized in investment banking, asset management and private banking founded by financier J. P. Morgan in 1871. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company is now a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, the largest banking institution in the world by market capitalization. The company has been historically referred to as the "House of Morgan" or simply Morgan.Chief financial officerA chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization who is assigned the primary responsibility for making decisions for the company for projects and its finances; i.a.: financial planning, management offinancial risks, record-keeping, and financial reporting, and, increasingly, the analysis of data. The CFO thus has ultimate authority over the finance unit and is the chief financial spokesperson for the organization.Bank of EnglandThe Bank of England (BoE) is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker and debt manager, and still one of the bankers for the government of the United Kingdom, it is the world's second oldest central bank, after Sweden's (1668). It is considered to be one of the world's "Big Four" central banks.United KingdomCountry in northwestern EuropeThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a population of over 69 million in 2024.Afro-Caribbean peoplesAfro-Caribbean or African Caribbeanpeople or Afro-West Indians are Caribbean people who trace their full or partial ancestry to Sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of the modern Afro-Caribbean people descend from the West and Central Africans taken as slaves to the colonial Caribbean via the trans-Atlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries to work primarily on various sugar plantations and in domestic households.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.