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Baroness Baroness Tom Hall of Fame
Amos Scotland Ilube
Director, School of Oriental Secretary General of Founder of Crossword
and African Studies the Commonwealth Cybersecurity; African
Gifted Foundation
One of the most phenomenal At the 2015 Commonwealth The entrepreneur and
people to be associated with Heads of Government philanthropologist is the
the Powerlist, Baroness Amos, meeting, Baroness Scotland founder of Crossword
our first judging panel Chair, made history by becoming Cybersecurity PLC, the
is one of the most influential the first woman to be voted cyber security technology
black Britons ever. Her career in as the Secretary General transfer business that is listed
has been highly impressive, of the Commonwealth on London’s ISDX Growth
from working her way through of Nations. market. Tom works with
the corridors of power as A prominent politician a number of universities,
a Government Minister in and barrister, she served governments and consulting
Westminster, to running the in a number of positions firms. He’s the founder of the
House of Lords, to the UN and within the Government African Science Academy,
British High Commissioner to prior to her current Africa’s first all-girls STEM
Australia. As Director of the appointment. She is one of school. In 2017 he was made
School of Oriental and African the presidents of Chatham a non-executive director of
Studies, University of London, House, a Queen’s Diamond the BBC. This year, he was
she is the first black woman Jubilee trustee, and a non- awarded a CBE for services to
to lead a university in the UK. executive director of UBS. technology and philanthropy.
Gina Miller Last year’s No 1 has rarely been out of the news over the past
couple of years. Her outspoken views on the Brexit debate have
made her one of the most well-known figures on the topic.
Gina held the Government to account over who had the power
Best for Britain campaigner, to trigger Article 50 and her campaign, Best for Britain, has been
and founder SCMDirect.com, a tough response to supporters of a so-called ‘hard Brexit’. She
MoneyShe.com, SCM50.com, raised more than £400,000 to fund the project, which she donated
True and Fair Foundation to pro-Remain MPs, aiming to raise voter turnout and to inform
people of how to vote tactically against a hard Brexit.
Her efforts forced Theresa May to get parliamentary approval
for triggering Article 50, after she recruited law firm Mishcon de
Reya to mount the legal challenge and describing it as “the most
important constitutional law case in living memory”.
Guyana-born Gina co-founded SCM Private and has worked in
the retail financial services sector since 1992. She is passionate
about consumer protection and says financial companies have a
duty to manage people’s money with honesty and integrity.
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