Pioneering leader receives Powerlist award, with other names listed including Michaela Coel and Stormzy
Dame Sharon White, the first ever female chair of John Lewis Partnership, has been named the UK’s most influential black person.
White topped the 2023 Powerlist, an annual list that aims to provide professional role models for young people of African and African Caribbean heritage. Other prominent black Britons on this year’s list include the actor, writer and creator of I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel, the actor and writer Sir Lenny Henry, and the rapper Stormzy.
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