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POWERLIST 2008
JOEL EDWARDS
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
General Director, Evangelical Alliance Actor
WITH MORE than one million OFTEN HAILED as Britain’s ‘fi rst
members in the UK alone, the black movie star’ who moves
oldest alliance of evangelical from Hollywood blockbusters
Christians in the world has to Shakespeare without missing
been led by Joel Edwards for a beat, Chiwetel has gone
the past decade. Consider, far beyond that – now being
too, the fact that he is also acclaimed as simply one of the
an ordained Minister of the world’s great actors. Since his
New Testament Church of fi lm debut in Steven Spielberg’s
God – one of the UK’s largest Amistad in 1997, he has amassed
black denominations – and the such an impressive resumé
weight of his infl uence becomes that he’s regularly sought by
even clearer. The author of directors such as Spike Lee,
two books, he was appointed Chair of the Churches’ Media Woody Allen and David Mamet. He won Outstanding Newcomer
Council in 2006 and also serves as a member of the Faith at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2000 for his role in
& Government Liaison Steering Group of the Home Offi ce. Blue/Orange and an Evening Standard British Film Award (2002)
Jamaica-born Joel spent a decade working as a probation for Dirty Pretty Things. Earlier this year Ejiofor, 30, who began
offi cer. In 1988 he became General Secretary of the African acting as a 14-year-old at Dulwich College, won the coveted Best
Caribbean Evangelical Alliance, his role being to bring Actor at the Laurence Olivier Awards for his powerful portrayal
5 B L F B E J G G F S F O U
together black churches. of Othello.
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condactuam et optin Itam actudees! powerful people in one of the most condactuam et optin Itam actudees! best actors in Britain, leading the way
Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubispowerful religious organisations.’ Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubisfor other black thespians.’
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EKOW ESHUN
TREVOR FAURE U S B O T J U J P O U P B S F X B S E J O H O F X D B S F F S B O E I F M Q Z P V U P B D I J F W F
Artistic Director, the Institute of Contemporary Arts Vice-President and General Counsel, Tyco International
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AS ARTISTIC DirTISTIC Director of the ICA since 2005, Ekow has presided over TREVOR FAURE is credited with
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a substantial rise in audience numbers, going a large way to fulfi lling virtually reinventing the way
his task of restoring direction, cultural infl uence and corporate law is practised. He
V O J U F E C Z P V S T I B S F E W B M V F T B O E B O V O X B W F S J O H D P N N J U N F O U
fi nancial certainty to the organisation. One of pioneered the SMARTER legal U P R V B M J U Z
Britain’s leading cultural commentators and services model, which basically
an award-winning broadcaster, Ekow appears Ekow appears saw the number of law fi rms that 8 F B S F M P P L J O H G P S Q S P G F T T J P O B M T X I P X B O U U P C F D P N F
regularly on BBC 2’s Newsnight Review. He his company, Tyco, retained,
M F B E F S T P G U I F G V U V S F " S F Z P V S F B E Z U P U B L F U I F O F Y U T U F Q
has presented several documentaries for TV, slashed from more than 250 to one,
including Living on the Line, winner of the One achieving, among other things,
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World Broadcasting Trust Media award for ‘double digit’ cost savings. Not
Best Documentary, 2001. surprisingly. This caused waves
& S O T U : P V O H J T B O F R V B M P Q Q P S U V O J U J F T F N Q M P Z F S B O E X F M D P N F T B Q Q M J D B U J P O T G S P N B M M T F D U J P O T
Ekow was the Editor of Arena magazine from throughout the legal profession
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1996-99, becoming at the time the youngest ever and marked out Trevor as one of
P G & S O T U : P V O H ( M P C B M - J N J U F E
editor (28) of a men’s magazine. His memoir Black the country’s top legal brains. He was nominated for Lawyer of the
Gold of the Sun: Searching for home in Africa and Year 2007 and received the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer of the
England was nominated for the Orwell Prize for Year ‘Stand Out’ award. Legal Business magazine ranked him one of
political writing in 2006. the world’s top 25 corporate lawyers. Tyco is an $18bn, NYSE-listed
industrial conglomerate that is involved in a variety of businesses
The panel said: ‘Valued
and projects such as Iraq’s reconstruction and the world’s biggest
security company, ADT, to name just two.
for his intellectual
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innovator and one of Britain’s most
Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubiscurrent affairs’ Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubis
brilliant corporate lawyers.’
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