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Dame Baroness Tom Hall of Fame

Vivian Hunt Patricia Ilube
Scotland

Managing Partner, Founder of Crossword
McKinsey & Co Secretary General of Cybersecurity; African
the Commonwealth Gifted Foundation

Vivian, who chaired the Powerlist Baroness Scotland was number The entrepreneur and
judging panel for three years, was one on the Powerlist in 2007. At philanthropist is the founder of
made Dame Commander of the the 2015 Commonwealth Heads Crossword Cybersecurity PLC, the
Order of the British Empire in the of Government meeting, she cyber security technology transfer
Queen’s 2018 New Year Honours made history by becoming the business that is listed on London’s
for “services to the economy and first woman to be voted in as ISDX Growth market. A leading
to women in business”. She is the the Secretary General of the figure in his field, Tom works
Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Commonwealth of Nations. A with a number of universities,
United Kingdom and Ireland prominent politician and barrister, governments and consulting firms.
offices, based in central London. she served in a number of His services were further
Having worked at the company positions within the government recognised when in 2018 he was
for nearly 20 years, she is a key prior to her current appointment, named an advisory fellow of St
figure in the organisation, and including Attorney General. She is Anne’s College, Oxford. He was
also leads the Pharmaceuticals one of the presidents of Chatham appointed a Commander of the
& Medical Products Practice in house, a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Europe, the Middle East and trustee, and a non-executive in the 2018 Birthday Honours
Africa. Outside of work, she is a director of the UBS.In December for services to Technology and
passionate about charity work 2014, Baroness Scotland was Philanthropy.
and is on the board of several UK elected Alderman for Bishopsgate One of his major successes
organisations, including the Henry in the City of London, having has been the African Science
Smith Charity and Action on stood (in accordance with Academy, an all-girls science and
Addiction. convention in the City) as an maths academy in Ghana.
independent candidate.

Ric Lewis In the world of international property investment there are fewer more
respected names than Ric Lewis. He is called the ‘Goldman Sachs’, of
the European real estate world and globally he is regarded as one of the
foremost leaders in his field. His London-based company Tristan Capital
Founder/Co-CEO/ Partners, is the largest black-led private company in Britain.
Chairman, Tristan Capital Ric serves as co-chief executive and chairman of the firm which has total
Partners assets under management exceeding £11 billion. In 2018 Ric engineered a
deal in which one of the world’s largest insurance groups, New York Life
(AAA-rated with $538 billion in AuM), purchased a minority equity stake in
Tristan. The deal enables Ric and his other senior partners to create an ever-
larger investment business while still retaining independence and control of
the franchise.
With more than 90 staff across eight different locations across Europe, Ric
brings more than 25 years of experience and investment success to his role.
Outside of the boardroom Ric is one of the City’s leading philanthropists.
He is a passionate advocate of charitable causes that work to improve
access of quality education to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
His interest in the area led him to found his own charity in 2009: the Black
Heart Foundation, which has been active in supporting initiatives that
improve educational benefits for young people. Ric serves on the Board
of Governors of King Solomon Academy and the Board of Directors of the
Eastside Young Leaders Academy among other such charities.

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