The Black British Business Awards are British awards that celebrates the achievements and performance of Black people in British businesses. The awards were designed to highlight the contributions Black people have made to the British economy and to combat stereotypes.
6-675: The awards were founded by Melanie Eusebe who serves as its chair and Sophie Chandauka to promote understanding of the economic contributions and potential of the Black community in the workforce, boardrooms, and customer segments. The founders started the awards to showcase the contributions made to the British economy by Black people. The inaugural ceremony took place in 2014. The awards are divided into several categories, including Arts and Media, Consumer and Luxury, Entrepreneur, Financial Services, Professional Services , and Black British Businessperson of
12-699: A management consultant/strategist for more than 17 years with such global brands as IBM and Ernst & Young . She subsequently started her own business services consultancy, The Fresh Ideas Company. She is also an adjunct professor at Hult International Business School , with a focus on Leadership and Management Skills. In keeping with her concern to uncover role models and inspire a new generation of leaders, Eusebe together with international corporate finance lawyer Sophie Chandauka co-founded in 2014 The Black British Business Awards (BBBAs), whose partners include Everywoman , The Telegraph , Evening Standard and others. Eusebe works with various schools as
18-479: A mentor and is a regular speaker, lecturer and broadcaster for BBC television and radio programmes such as BBC News at Six , What The Papers Say and Radio 4 's Today , as well as hosting a show at Colourful Radio . She has written for such outlets as Huffington Post and Management Today . Eusebe serves on several boards, among them the Creative Industries Federation . Eusebe
24-756: The Black British Business Awards in 2014. She has written for publications such as The Huffington Post and Management Today . She serves on the board of the Creative Industries Federation and teaches as a professor at the Hult International Business School in London. Eusebe was born in England and grew up in Canada of Trinidadian - Dominican heritage, with her mother being a psychiatric nurse who "worked two jobs". Eusebe has said: "I
30-569: The Year. The winners of the awards are selected by an independent panel of judges consisting of senior executives from various sectors. The current leadership of the Black British Business Awards includes Melanie Eusebe and Sophie Chandauka, who are the co-founders and chairs of the organization. Melanie Eusebe Melanie Veronique Eusebe MBE (born 12 March 1977) is a British entrepreneur and author, known for co-founding
36-505: Was raised with black and white friends. I went to a predominantly white school.... Coming to London changed my black experience. In terms of my Caribbean-ness, it is just me. It is part of me, not all of me." After graduating from the University of Toronto , she gained a master's degree in Philosophy (Ethics) from Birkbeck College at the University of London . Eusebe started her career as
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