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POWERLIST 2008
DARCUS BEESE
OZWALD BOATENG
Co-President, Island Records Group Fashion Designer
THE STORY of Darcus Beese is OZWALD BOATENG remains
the stuff of dreams. Over the the youngest tailor and fi rst
past 20 years, he has gone from black designer to open a shop in
being a tea boy at the legendary London’s Savile Row area and has
Island Records to becoming the been credited with revolutionising
most powerful black individual the most famous street in the
in the UK music business after world for men’s tailoring, even
being appointed Co-President though his fi rst shop was just off
of Island’s parent group of the Row itself. He now counts
labels. Beese has been one of Hollywood A-listers and former
the industry’s most respected heads of state as clients. Ozwald
directors of A&R and now began tailoring at the age of 16
oversees the day-to-day running and is entirely self-taught. In 2003
of a label that houses star acts such as Keane and Portishead. he was appointed Creative Director of Menswear at Givenchy.
In 2003 he signed fi ve-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse. In 2005 Ozwald celebrated 20 years at the forefront of British
A year earlier, he had signed Sugababes and strategised their tailoring and was honoured with a major retrospective event at
reinvention, to make them one of Britain’s most successful and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2007 he was also recognised
enduring girl groups. He is the brother of fellow Powerlistee by the World Economic Forum as a young, global leader. Recently,
Tamara Howe and son of the veteran TV broadcaster Ozwald has also created a women’s fragrance and opened a
Darcus Howe. fl agship store, which is now in Savile Row.
The panel said:
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The panel said:
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‘His distinctive style and
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to any youngster who is looking at a
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DR ROBERT BECKFORD
PAUL BOATENG
TIM CAMPBELL
High Commissioner to South Africa Founder, Bright Ideas Trust
PAUL IS one of Britain’s most BECAUSE OF his profi le, Tim has probably been more of an
infl uential foreign diplomats, inspiration to young, up and coming black businessmen than
posted to one of the most anyone, and therein lies his infl uence and the reason he makes this
important African nations. He has list. Ever since he won The Apprentice in 2005, the east Londoner
been British High Commissioner has gone from strength to strength in his own business career, all
to South Africa since 2005, the time presenting a sophisticated, intelligent image
following an eight-year stint as that is the opposite of the bling and gangsta
MP for north west London’s Brent stereotype that far too many young black men
South constituency. As an MP he feel they must live up to. Men like Tim show
became Britain’s fi rst black cabinet it’s cool to be decent and hardworking. After a
minister when he was appointed couple of years under the tutelage of Sir Alan
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Sugar at Amstrad, Tim left to set up his own
(essentially, deputy Chancellor) businesses, the main one being Bright Ideas
in 2002, a post he held for three years. Before that he was variously Trust, a social enterprise to encourage budding
Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health, Minister of entrepreneurs by giving them greater access to
State at the Home Offi ce and Deputy Home Secretary. He was also start-up fi nance and business mentors/advisors.
briefl y Minister for Young People. He and Bernie Grant were the fi rst He is the face of the British Library’s campaign to
black men elected to parliament. Boateng fi rst came to prominence promote their services and a Cabinet Offi ce Social
as an outspoken lawyer and famously declared upon his election to Enterprise Ambassador.
parliament: ‘Today Brent South, tomorrow Soweto.’
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The panel said:
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‘The fi rst and only
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black British ambassador
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