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POWERLIST 2008
LORD ADEBOWALE
ALEXANDER AMOSU
Chief Executive, Turning Point CEO, Amosu Luxury Ltd
IN 2001, Victor became one of ALEX is an entrepreneur who
the fi rst People’s Peers. The became a millionaire at the
same year he was appointed age of 25 when he launched
head of Turning Point, Britain’s Rnbringtones. His company
leading social care organisation, subsequently became the UK’s
which provides services for No 1 provider of ringtones and
people with complex needs, graphics for mobile phones. Alex,
including those affected by drug who began promoting sports and
and alcohol misuse, mental nightclub events aged 16, has
health problems and those with been cited by The Times as one
a learning disability. Turning of the media’s rising stars and
Point runs projects in over 200 by the Daily Telegraph as one of
locations across England and Britain’s most powerful people
Wales. Victor was previously Chief Executive of Centrepoint, in technology and telecoms. Last Christmas he hit the headlines
the youth homelessness charity. He began his career in local when his company sold £20,000 diamond-encrusted iPhones, while
authority estate management, before joining the housing Motorola commissioned him to design a bejewelled Bluetooth
association movement and went on to be Regional Director of the headset. His current businesses include Amosu Luxury Phones,
Ujima Housing Association, Britain’s largest black-led housing Mobscasino – a mobile gaming company, Mobsvideo the world’s
association. Victor advises the government on mental health, fi rst free mobile video portal and a property portfolio worth over
learning disabilities and the role of the voluntary sector. £6m. He is also a dragon in Nigeria’s version of Dragons’ Den.
IverfiThe panel said: ca publistis practuius hebator ‘There are not many us, IverfiThe panel said: ca publistis practuius hebator ‘Alex is a serial us,
condactuam et optin Itam actudees! more infl uential men in Britain when condactuam et optin Itam actudees! entrepreneur whose infl uence in the
Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubisit comes to the Third Sector.’ Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubismobile telecoms arena grows yearly.’
MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO
DR ROBERT BECKFORD
Senior Pastor, Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) Educator, author, broadcaster
PASTOR MATTHEW Ashimolowo’s power and infl uence ROBERT IS the most infl uential
seemingly knows no bounds. KICC has the largest congregation black documentary maker in
of any church in Britain and is one of Europe’s fastest growing Britain. He earned a BAFTA
religious organisations with 12,000 people attending Pastor for diversity in educational
Matthew’s Sunday services in east London. In addition, a broadcasting for a six-part
huge TV audience in Africa, Asia, Europe and USA series for BBC Religion (Test of
regularly watches his broadcast ministry, Winning Time, 2002) and he averages an
Ways, and hundreds of thousands have read impressive three heavyweight
one of more than 30 books he has authored. He fi lms a year with Channel 4. His
ensures KICC does more than most churches by credits include God is Black,
actively supporting the community via a range Empire Pays Back, The Secret
of counselling services, skills training and a Family of Jesus, The Great Africa
supplementary school for GCSE pupils. Planning Scandal and The Secrets of the
permission to build a new super-size, £70m 12 Disciples – all thought-provoking, some controversial. He
church was recently refused by Havering Council, was Britain’s fi rst tutor in black theology at Queens College,
but chances are that will prove only a temporary Birmingham (1992-98) where he taught trainee priests and
setback. ministers for the Anglican and Methodist churches. He has written
numerous academic texts and is currently the Reader in Black
The panel said:
Theology and Popular Culture at Oxford Brookes University and
associate tutor at Westcott House, Cambridge.
‘Christians all
Iverfi ca publistis practuius hebatorover the world us, Iverfi
The panel said:
ca publistis practuius hebator
‘Thought-provoking
us,
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academic who has not been afraid to
Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubishe has to say.’ Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubis
tackle controversial subject matter.’
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