Inspirational big brands, businesses, community figures and celebrities have been shortlisted for the annual Ethnicity Awards.
The awards, together with official partner HSBC UK, have revealed the 160-strong list ahead of the annual ceremony in London later this month.
It includes big brands and businesses with a track record of enhancing the representation of ethnic minorities at senior levels in the workplace, as well as celebrities including Stormzy, Tinie Tempah and Rochelle Humes.
The annual event celebrates people in the public eye, charitable organisations and companies.
The National Grid, KPMG, Lloyds Bank, RBS and Viacom International Media Networks are among the top businesses shortlisted for the Outstanding Employer Award. ASOS, Huggies, L’Oreal, Netflix and Nike are some of those competing for the Brand of the Year accolade.
Umar Kamani from fashion brand Pretty LittleThing.com and Seema Malhotra from Forever Unique are nominated in the Entrepreneur category.
Founder of the Ethnicity Awards, Sarah Garrett MBE, said: “The Ethnicity Awards aim to promote the achievements of ethnic minorities and strive to improve lack of BAME representation in the workplace and throughout wider society.
“It’s great to see so many businesses make the shortlist. The awards will be a great opportunity to raise awareness and shine a light on those doing great things for ethnic minority groups.”
Ian Stuart, CEO of HSBC UK, said: "HSBC UK is delighted to be lead sponsor of the Investing in Ethnicity Awards again in 2019.
"Diversity and inclusion is vitality important to our business and these awards highlight the incredible work being done to ensure that all people are afforded equal opportunity, regardless of race or ethnicity.
"The calibre of nominations has been outstanding again this year, good luck to all those shortlisted.”
The ceremony will take place on October 25 at Grand Connaught Rooms in London.
The full 2019 shortlist:
INFLUENCER
Amy Jackson, actress
Edward Enninful OBE, editor in chief of British Vogue
Henry Golding, actor
Jourdan Dunn, model and actress
KSI, entertainer
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, pop star
Reggie Yates, actor and presenter
Rochelle Humes, singer and presenter
Stormzy, rapper
Tinie Tempah, rapper
INSPIRATIONAL PUBLIC FIGURE
Alesha Dixon, singer
Dev Patel, DJ
Gemma Chan, actress
Idris Elba, actor
Sir Lenny Henry, comedian
Megan Markle, Duchess of Sussex
Naomi Campbell, model
Steve McQueen, director
Thandie Newton OBE, actress
will.i.am, producer and pop star
SPORTSPERSON
Ama Agbeze MBE, netball player
Anthony Joshua OBE, boxer
Denise Lewis OBE, ex-athlete
John Barnes MBE, ex-footballer
Katarina Johnson Thompson, athlete
Mo Farah CBE, athlete
Natasha Jonas, boxer
Nicola Adams OBE, boxer
Nikita Parris, footballer
Raheem Sterling, footballer
POLITICAL FIGURE
Cllr Anna Rothery, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
David Lammy MP
Marsha De Cordova MP
Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol
Cllr Muhammed Butt, leader of Brent Council
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
Lord Tariq Mahmood Ahmad, Foreign Minister of State Commonwealth
Baroness Valerie Amos, former UN diplomat
Lord Waheed Alli, peer
MEDIA IMPACT
Season 2 of 'Pose' airs on FX
Himesh Patel's lead role in the movie 'Yesterday'
Ava DuVernay's 'When They See Us' premieres on Netflix
ITV's Coronation Street welcomes its first black family - The Baileys
Moira Stuart OBE celebrates 40 years of broadcasting as the first black female African-Caribbean newsreader on British television
Ben Hunte appointed by the BBC as the broadcaster's first LGBT+ correspondent
Jorja Smith's outstanding performance at the Brit Awards
Adil Rashid and Eoin Morgan's "Allah was with us" quote after their Cricket World Cup win
The Big Asian British Summer series airs on the BBC
Michelle Obama becomes the first person of colour to top the UK Christmas book chart
CHARITY OR COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
Anthony Walker Foundation
Black Pride UK
Creative Access
Girl Dreamer
Mandela8
ReachOut
Refugee Action
Runnymede Trust
Chineke Foundation
The Other Box
BRAND
ASOS
Fenty Beauty
Huggies
L'oreal
Monzo
Netflix
Nike
Sky
Vodafone
Zara
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
Adam Abdullah
Akeela Ahmed MBE
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
Mark Trevor Phillips OBE
Nimco Ali OBE & Leyla Hussein OBE
Patrick Vernon OBE
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah
Samantha Asumadu
Shelina Janmohamed
Sir Simon Woolley
CHARITY OR COMMUNITY
Anthony Walker Foundation
Chineke Foundation
Creative Access
Girl Dreamer
Mandela 8
Refugee Action
Runnymede Trust
ReachOut
The Other Box
UK Black Pride
ENTREPRENEUR
Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, Bulb Energy
Eddie Lim, Mango Tree Group
Chieu Cao & Saurav Chopra, Perkbox
Jimmy Choo, fashion designer
Oswald Boateng, fashion designer
Rajeeb Dey MBE, Enternships
Rami Ranger CBE, Sunmark
Seema Malhotra, Forever Unique
Steven Bartlett, Social Chain Group
Umar Kamani, Pretty Little Thing
BAME INSPIRATIONAL LEADER
Asif Bhatti, Whitbread PLC
Chief Inspector Karen Geddes, West Midlands Police
Edleen John, KPMG
Jatin Patel, TSB
Judy Kawaguchi, Refinitiv
Geeta Nanda, Metropolitan Thames Valley
Mandeep Heer, Telefonica O2 UK
Rupal Kantaria, Oliver Wyman
Sarah Nelson, Sainsbury’s
Syed Bashir Ahmad, Halkin Investments LLP
BAME FUTURE LEADER
Alan Leung, Macquarie Group
Aneesa Khan, Ashurst LLP
Christine G Ondimu, HSBC UK
Dennis Owusu-Sem, BMO Global Asset Management
Donna Fraser, UK Athletics
Guled Yusuf, Allen & Overy
Katie George, Amazon Web Services
Kush Unadkat, Dentsu Aegis Network
Movell Dash, Financial Conduct Authority
Shalah Akhtar, PwC
BAME WORKPLACE HERO
Adegboyega Akin-Deko, Santander
Gift Ajimokun, Penguin Random House
Isabella Silvers, Hearst UK
Jat Bains, Macfarlanes LLP
Rina Madlani, Fujitsu
Sandra Clough, BNP Paribas
Sereena Abbassi, MC Saatchi
Sharon Salmon, Network Rail
Sheree Atcheson, Deloitte
Yinka Bolaji, RBS
NETWORK GROUP (ERG)
Adobe Black Employee Network, Adobe
African & Caribbean Professional Network, Rolls-Royce
CBAME Network, Capgemini
GMB Race, GMB
Kaleidoscope, L&Q
Multicultural Affinity Network, Balfour Beatty
ONE, National Grid
Race to the Top, Civil Service
The Accenture African Caribbean Network (AACN), Accenture
The Collective, Channel 4
CHAMPION (ALLY)
Ben Tidswell, Ashurst LLP
Claude Brown, Reed Smith LLP
Fiona Cannon OBE, Lloyds Banking Group
Georgia Arnold, Viacom International Media Networks
Ileana Sodani, BNY Mellon
Jackie Uhi, HSBC UK
Martin Etheridge, Bank of England
Paula Stannett, Heathrow
Paul Holland, Dentons
Sarah Aitken, Legal & General
OUTSTANDING EMPLOYER
Allen & Overy
Channel 4
Freshfields
HSBC UK
KPMG
Lloyds Bank
Macfarlanes LLP
National Grid
RBS
Viacom International Media Networks
