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POWERLIST 2008
LURENE JOSEPH
ROSALIND KAINYAH
Group Director of Communications and Marketing, London Director, Public Affairs, De Beers Group, USA
Development Agency
LURENE’S ROLE at the LDA, an WASHINGTON, DC-BASED
agency responsible for driving Rosalind Kainyah has one of
London’s sustainable economic the corporate world’s most
growth, is to ensure that what the challenging jobs. As the only US
organisation does is accurately representative of the world’s
communicated to the outside biggest diamond miner she
world. Since she joined in 2004, works to spread the word among
Lurene is credited with having members of Congress and the
reshaped and revitalised the Bush administration about
communications and marketing De Beers’ social investment
strategy of the LDA. programmes in Africa. Ghana-
She came from a diverse born and English educated,
private-sector background. At the Kainyah is the former Executive
prestigious Baker Tilly, she served as a management consultant Director of Corporate Communications at the Diamond Trading
leading key marketing and communications projects with Company, a De Beers company. She transferred across the pond
organisations such as Eurotunnel Plc, and at Shell UK she was in to her current position in November 2006 to represent the De
charge of brand and communications across Europe and helped Beers Group in its work to ‘develop an audience for African
revitalise the company. She has also worked with American economic and social development issues in the US’. A former
utility giant TXU as Vice-President of Brand and Communications international environmental lawyer, she is also a member of the
in Europe. Bar of England and Wales.
The panel said: ‘Lurene handles The panel said: ‘Responsible for how
brilliantly one of the toughest the world’s largest diamond producer
communications jobs in the country.’ is perceived in the United States.’
KANYA KING
OONA KING
Founder/CEO of MOBO Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister on
Equalities, Diversity and Faith
KANYA KING runs one of the world’s biggest black music events AS A part-Jewish, part-African
– the MOBOs (Music of Black Origin Awards), which is broadcast American, yet at the same time
to over 57 countries and coveted by artists the world over. totally British, woman, Oona is
Kanya initially remortgaged her home to fund a ceremony that perfectly suited to her present
gave due acknowledgement to African and Caribbean artists role.
and black music. Before establishing MOBO (of which she is She is infl uential because she
the sole shareholder) in 1996, she was a senior is pretty much the lone voice
researcher for Carlton Television. She now on issues of race at the heart of
also acts as a consultant on a number of government and Gordon Brown
government initiatives for disadvantaged takes her advice seriously.
youth. She is a patron of the Horniman But it is her possible future
Museum and founder member of Net role that is now being talked
Women, an infl uential body of high-profi le about, as she is being tipped
women in the media. Last year she to be the offi cial Labour Party candidate in the next London
appeared as a regular panellist on the Mayoral election four years hence.
ITV show Fortune: Million Pound Eight years in Westminster as Member of Parliament for
Giveaway. Bethnal Green and Bow, before losing her seat in a hotly
contested battle to the Respect Party’s George Galloway, mean
The panel said:
she is well prepared for the sort of campaign she will have to
‘Arguably the
run if she is to emerge victorious in that fi ght.
most important The panel said: ‘Has more infl uence
black woman than anyone over what the
in UK music.’ government does about race issues.’
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