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.[1][2][3][4]
Rank | Individual | Occupation | Category | Notability |
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1 | Ismail Ahmed | Businessperson | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | founder & chairman of WorldRemit |
2 | Pat McGrath | Make-up Artist | Arts, Fashion & Design | founder of Pat McGrath Labs |
3 | Michael Sherman | Businessperson | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Chief strategy and transformation officer at BT Group |
4 | Jacky Wright | Businessperson | Technology | Chief digital officer at Microsoft |
5 | Stormzy | Grime Artist | Media, Publishing & Entertainment | Award-winning musician |
6 | Edward Enninful, OBE | Editor-in-Chief | Media, Publishing & Entertainment | Editor-in-Chief British Vogue |
7 | Ebele Okobi | Public policy director | Technology | Public policy director, Africa, the Middle East and Turkey for Facebook |
8 | Paulette Rowe | Businessperson | Technology | Global Head, Payments and Financial Services Partnerships, Facebook |
9 | Lynette Yiadom-Boakye | Artist | Arts, Fashion & Design | Award-winning painter |
10 | Richard Iferenta | Businessperson | Business, Corporate, Financiers & Entrepreneurs | Partner at KPMG |
Also listed in the 2020 Powerlist were the following people, organised by industry:
Arts, Fashion and Design
Business, Corporate, Financiers and Entrepreneurs
Media, Publishing and Entertainment
Politics, Law and Religion
Public, Third Sector and Education
Science, Medicine and Engineering
Sports
Technology