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POWERLIST 2008
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JASON ROCKETT
PHIL WALKER
Executive Director / Chief Executive Offi cer, Sheffi eld United plc Vice-President, Capgemini Consulting
THE ONLY black, male chief PHIL HEADS up consultancy
executive across all 92 giant Capgemini’s market
professional football clubs in development unit and was
England, Jason is one of the Chief Operating Offi cer for
few players to make the tricky two years. He is part of the UK
transition from playing fi eld to executive with responsibility
boardroom. At Sheffi eld, he for six consulting practises
is responsible for generating and 600 staff within a multi-
revenue from non-football- million-pound business.
related ventures. Jason is a Phil has extensive business
former professional footballer experience, having had senior
having played for Rotherham roles at Xerox, Dell and
United and Scarborough. He also IBM. He is a recognised and
played for Great Britain at the World Student Games in Sheffi eld dynamic ‘thought leader’ in the domain of how to make major
in 1991, where he won a bronze medal, and again in 1993 when organisations more customer orientated. After graduating
they were held in Buffalo, USA. Professionally, he is a qualifi ed from Loughborough University, Phil became a teacher of
chartered surveyor who is a director of the Scarborough mathematics in London before entering the private sector. He
Development Group, a property development company is a signifi cant fundraiser for the Prince’s Trust having taken a
(controlled by Sheffi eld United’s Chairman, Kevin McCabe), team of fundraisers to Namibia in 2007. A consummate public
where he has worked for the past 12 years. speaker, he also mentors a number of young business people.
The panel said: Iverfi ca publistis practuius hebator‘Sheffi eld United are oneus, IverfiThe panel said: ca publistis practuius hebator ‘Phil’s consultancy us,
of the best-rcondactuam et optin Itam actudees! un clubs in the Champion- condactuam et optin Itam actudees! expertise is sought at the very
ship, Jason has had a lot to do with that.Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubis Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubishighest levels of government.’
STEPHEN WILTSHIRE
TREVOR WILLIAMS
Artist Chief economist, Lloyds TSB
STEPHEN’S UNCANNY ability accurately to draw intricate IN ADDITION to leading the team
buildings and cityscapes completely from memory has earned that supports Lloyds’ trading
him the title of leading architectural artist of the world. and sales activities, Trevor
Stephen, 34, creates his artwork after only brief glimpses of regularly appears on radio and
his subject matter. His artwork has been frequently exhibited TV to offer expert opinion on the
in venues all over the world and he now has his own fi scal issues of the day. Trevor
gallery in London. Diagnosed as autistic when is a member of the Institute
he was aged just three, Stephen’s talent for for Economic Affairs Shadow
drawing was noticed when he was fi ve. By Monetary Policy Committee. The
eight he started drawing cityscapes and Shadow MPC is an elite group of
most of the major London landmarks. independent leading monetary
Stephen’s work has been the subject of economists and, from June 2007,
Pearson is a dynamic, international media company recognized for its prestigious brands including
numerous television programmes around Trevor became one of the nine
the world and he is the only artistic voting members, and one of only four City-based members, with
T_he Financial Times, Penguin Books, Edexcel and Pearson Education, the world’s largest educational
autistic savant in the world whose work the remaining being professors and academics. Trevor, who has
has been recorded and published since a masters degree in economics from Essex University, joined publisher. We help children and adults to learn, business people to make good decisions, and readers
his childhood. Lloyds from the civil service where he worked as an economist.
Before that he was a lecturer. He writes for various Lloyds
to wind down or wise up with a good book. Our businesses fuel a growing demand for knowledge and
The panel said:
TSB publications and for Moneyfacts, City AM, the Express
newspaper, Real Finance and trade journals.
share a common purpose: to help our customers live and learn.
‘Changed the way
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most prominent and infl uential
Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubispeople.’ Sciem in sul conihi, tate medo, pubis
economists in the country.’
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