Nigerian Born, Ken Olisa Named Most Influential Black Man In Britain

Ken Olisa, a businessman has been named the most influential black Briton on the Powerlist 2016 – the annual list of the 100 most powerful people of African and African Caribbean heritage in Britain.




Though he is fully British, he was born in 1951 of a Nigerian father and a British mother. The 64-year-old businessman, who was also the first black Briton to serve as a director at a FTSE 100 company with Thomson Reuters, will receive the Powerlist 2016 award at a ceremony at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on Monday night.

Olisa beat Lenny Henry, Sharon White, 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen and F1 champ World champion Lewis Hamilton to the award.