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CLAUDINE MOORE MALORIE BLACKMAN
CEO, C. Moore Media Author
NEW ENTRANT NEW ENTRANT
Since relaunching her New York-based Malorie Blackman is the fi rst
PR consultancy only a few months ago, black British writer to have sold
Moore has achieved major partnerships over a million books. A prolifi c,
and new business, a testament to award-winning author of fi ction
her infl uence and reputation in the for children and young people,
US. CMM boast a diverse portfolio of critics love to call her a “national
corporate, fashion and lifestyle clients. treasure”. Her cleverly written
They include Sampo Corporation, novel Noughts and Crosses (which
a major manufacturing business forms part of a series), won the
based in China, and the CMO Club, a 2002 Children’s Book Award and
prestigious organisation exclusively was voted one the nation’s 100
made up of 100s of CMO’s from Fortune favourite books in the BBC’s
500 companies including Walmart Big Read survey. A talented
and British Airways. Moore originally scriptwriter, Blackman also has
launched CMM in 2003. In 2007, she was appointed US regional director numerous credits for children’s programmes such as Byker Grove,
of marketing & business at Hill & Knowlton, the leading international while the adaption of her book Pig Heart Boy won a Bafta for Best
communications consultancy, becoming the fi rst black person to hold Children’s Drama. In 2004 she wrote a novel entirely in verse,
a senior regional position at H&K. Born and raised in England, Moore Cloud Busting, which won a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Silver
relocated to the US after doing an MA from Durham University. Award) the same year.
Infl uential because… she is a black Infl uential because… she’s a million-
Briton who is fl ying the fl ag at the right selling author whose works touch the
height in the United States. children – our future leaders.
DARCUS BEESE PETER CASELY-HAYFORD
Co-president, Island Records Managing director, Twenty Twenty Television
NEW ENTRANT
Darcus Beese became the most The brother of fellow Powerlistee Margaret Casely-Hayford, Peter has
powerful black individual in the carved out a long and successful career in television, making Bafta
UK music business after being and Emmy award-winning programmes. The media-shy executive
appointed co-president of Island’s boasts series such as Brat Camp, Lads Army, That’ll Teach ’Em and
parent group of labels last year. The Choir to his name. Casely-Hayford began his career at the BBC in
He now oversees the day-to-day the TV accounts department, later moving to News & Current Affairs
running of a company that houses where he managed programmes such as Question Time
stars such as U2, Mary J Blige, and Newsnight, before becoming production unit
Paul Weller and Akon. His story manager of Panorama for fi ve years. In 2007
is a classic case of starting from Casely-Hayford and his partners sold their
the bottom and rising to the top. independent production company Twenty
Beese went from being a tea boy Twenty Television for £21m to the Shed Media
at Island to becoming one of Group. He remains managing director of
the industry’s most respected Twenty Twenty and sits on the board of Shed
directors of A&R. In 2003 he signed fi ve-time Grammy winner where he continues to develop new ideas for
Amy Winehouse. A year earlier, he had signed Sugababes and the company.
later orchestrated their reinvention, to make them one of
Britain’s most successful girl groups. Beese is the son of the
veteran TV broadcaster Darcus Howe.
Infl uential because… the
company he runs is
responsible for
Infl uential because… the acts that he some of the most
has under his charge are literally some popular shows
of the biggest in the world. on TV.
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