Melanie Eusebe

Last updated

Melanie Eusebe

MBE
Born (1977-03-12) 12 March 1977 (age 46)
St Austell, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Toronto; Birkbeck, University of London
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur and author
Known forFounder of the Black British Business Awards
Website melanieeusebe.com

Melanie Veronique Eusebe MBE (born 12 March 1977) is a British entrepreneur and author, known for co-founding the Black British Business Awards in 2014. She has written for publications such as The Huffington Post and Management Today . [1] [2] [3] She serves on the board of the Creative Industries Federation and teaches as a professor at the Hult International Business School in London.

Contents

Early life and education

Eusebe was born in England and grew up in Canada of Trinidadian-Dominican heritage, [4] with her mother being a psychiatric nurse who "worked two jobs". [5] Eusebe has said: "I was raised with black and white friends. I went to a predominantly white school.... Coming to London changed my black experience. In terms of my Caribbean-ness, it is just me. It is part of me, not all of me." [4] After graduating from the University of Toronto, she gained a master's degree in Philosophy (Ethics) from Birkbeck College at the University of London. [6]

Career

Eusebe started her career as a management consultant/strategist for more than 17 years with such global brands as IBM and Ernst & Young. [7] She subsequently started her own business services consultancy, The Fresh Ideas Company. [8] [9] She is also an adjunct professor at Hult International Business School, with a focus on Leadership and Management Skills. [6]

The Black British Business Awards

In keeping with her concern to uncover role models and inspire a new generation of leaders, Eusebe together with international corporate finance lawyer Sophie Chandauka co-founded in 2014 The Black British Business Awards (BBBAs), [7] whose partners include Everywoman, [10] The Telegraph , [11] Evening Standard [12] and others.

Broadcasting and other media work

Eusebe works with various schools as a mentor and is a regular speaker, lecturer and broadcaster for BBC television and radio programmes such as BBC News at Six , What The Papers Say and Radio 4's Today , [6] as well as hosting a show at Colourful Radio. [13] She has written for such outlets as Huffington Post [14] and Management Today . [7]

Eusebe serves on several boards, among them the Creative Industries Federation. [7]

Eusebe was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to diversity in business. [15]

In July 2023, she was presented with an honorary degree from the University of Exeter – Doctor of Laws (LLD) – "in recognition of her commitment to championing diversity" throughout her career. [16] [17]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Linda Bellos</span>

Linda Ann Bellos is a British businesswoman, radical feminist and gay-rights activist. In 1981 she became the first woman of African descent to join the Spare Rib collective. She was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in London in 1985 and was the leader of the council from 1986 to 1988.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anne-Marie Imafidon</span> British child prodigy and STEM activist

Anne-Marie Osawemwenze Ore-Ofe Imafidon (pronounced:, i-MA-fi-dən; is a British-Nigerian social entrepreneur and computer scientist. She founded and became CEO of Stemettes in 2013, a social enterprise promoting women in STEM careers. In June 2022, she was announced as the 2022–2023 President of the British Science Association. She has worked for many tech companies such as Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard and Deutsche Bank. She is a well known speaker and has spoken at many international conferences such as, the Web Summit, SXSW, and the Women of the World Festival. Along with this she is the member of the Advisory Board of the Girl Guides and the Council of Digital Economy as well as the trustee of the Institute for the Future of Work.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caryn Franklin</span>

Caryn Franklin MBE is a British fashion and identity commentator and visiting professor of diverse selfhood. She was former fashion editor and co-editor of i-D magazine in the 1980s and long-time presenter of BBC television's The Clothes Show from 1986 to 1998. She has been a commentator on fashion, image and identity politics for more than 40 years. She regularly blogs from her website.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rachel Lowe</span> British entrepreneur (born 1977)

Rachel Tanya Lowe MBE is a British serial entrepreneur and board games developer. She is best known for developing the Destination series of games, including editions for Toy Story, the London 2012 Olympic Games and Downton Abbey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kanya King</span> British entrepreneur

Kanya King, is a British entrepreneur who is the founder of the MOBO Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hult International Business School</span> Business school

Hult International Business School is a private business school with campuses in Cambridge, London, San Francisco, Dubai, and New York City. Hult is named for the school's benefactor Bertil Hult and is affiliated with the EF Education First Group.

Sophie Tendai Chandauka MBE is a Zimbabwe-born corporate finance lawyer, entrepreneur and Head of Americas Risk Management and Intelligence at Meta. Previously, Chandauka was Global COO of Shared Services and Banking Operations at Morgan Stanley based in New York and prior to this, she was CAO of the Legal and Compliance Division of Morgan Stanley in EMEA, based in London. Before joining Morgan Stanley, she was the Head of Group Treasury (Legal) at Virgin Money in London. She began her career as a corporate finance lawyer and Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie in London. Apart from her professional achievements, she is recognised in the United Kingdom for her community work as an advocate for education, equality, diversity and inclusion and also as a mentor for young entrepreneurs and aspiring lawyers.

Melanie Reid is a British journalist. Her weekly column for The Times' magazine, "Spinal Column", is about disability and her life as a disabled person. She broke her neck and back in April 2010 while horse riding, and is now a tetraplegic. Following her accident, she spent twelve months in the spinal unit of Southern General Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland.

Jessica Urcella Huie MBE is the founder of multicultural greeting card company, Color blind cards and JH Public Relations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lopa Patel</span> Digital entrepreneur

Lopa Patel, MBE, is a British Indian businesswoman and a strategically minded leader in executive and non-executive roles. She is best known for delivering transformational change via the implementation of digital technology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holly Tucker</span>

Holly Lee Tucker is a British entrepreneur, and UK Ambassador for Creative Small Businesses. Tucker is founder of Holly & Co, and founder of notonthehighstreet.

Sharmadean Reid is a British Jamaican entrepreneur. She is the founder of WAH Nails and Beautystack. She is an advocate for women's empowerment.

Dawn Bonfield is a materials engineer and founder and director of Towards Vision, a company which aims to work towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering. She is past president and former chief executive of the Women's Engineering Society (WES), and in 2018 was an ambassador for the Year of Engineering, promoting engineering careers through a roadshow aimed at meeting parents.

Margaret Henrietta Augusta Casely-Hayford CBE is a British lawyer, businesswoman and public figure who is active in the voluntary sector. She is Chancellor of Coventry University, chairs the board of trustees of Shakespeare's Globe, and was formerly chair of ActionAid UK and company secretary and head of legal services for leading retailers the John Lewis Partnership. She is in the forefront of working to create diversity on boards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vanessa Kingori</span> Kenyan-born writer, publisher of GQ magazine

Vanessa Kingori is chief business officer at Condé Nast Britain and Vogue European business advisor. She is also British Vogue's Publishing Director. Prior to that, Kingori was the publisher of British GQ across all platforms. She has worked for media publishing house Condé Nast UK for over a decade. 

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophie Deen</span> Childrens author and coding educator

Sophie Deen is a British children's author and leader in the field of coding and STEM for young people. She is the CEO of Bright Little Labs, a kids media company that makes animations, books, games and toys with a focus on 21st century skills, inclusive role models, and sustainability.

Elspeth Finch is the founder and CEO of IAND. She won the 2013 Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal and was appointed MBE in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carrie Anne Philbin</span> Director of Educator Support at the Raspberry Pi Foundation

Carrie Anne Philbin is an English teacher of computer science and an author. She is a director of educator support at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and chairs the Computing At School (CAS) diversity and inclusion group, #CASInclude. She wrote the computing book Adventures in Raspberry Pi (2013) for teenagers. She runs the YouTube channel Geek Gurl Diaries and in 2017, was the host for Crash Course Computer Science.

Alexandra Depledge is a British technology entrepreneur, known best for being the founder and CEO of Resi, and as the founder and former CEO of Helpling, formerly known as Hassle.com. In 2016 she was awarded an MBE for services to the sharing economy.

References

  1. ↑ George Eleady Cole, "Melanie Eusebe", Black Social History, 12 August 2015.
  2. ↑ The Black British Business Awards website.
  3. ↑ "About" Melanie Eusebe website.
  4. 1 2 Iesha Townsend, "Melanie Eusebe, Business Leader", Students for Students Initiative.
  5. ↑ Natricia Duncan, "‘Black Businesses Become Billion Pound Industries’", The Voice , 27 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Melanie Eusebe | Executive Producer of WoW at the Southbank Centre", The—Dots.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Founders", The Black British Business Awards.
  8. ↑ The Fresh Ideas Company.
  9. ↑ "Inspirational Woman: Melanie Eusebe | Co-Founder of the Black British Business Awards", WeAreTheCity, 17 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Spotlight on Everywoman Club: Melanie Eusebe and Sophie Chandauka pave the way for workplace diversity", Update, Everywoman, May 2015, pp. 3–4.
  11. ↑ Isabelle Fraser, "Black British Business Awards on the hunt for nominees", The Telegraph, 10 April 2017.
  12. ↑ Benedict Moore-Bridger, "Black Business Awards given to rising stars", Evening Standard , 6 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "About", The Fresh Ideas Company.
  14. ↑ "Melanie Eusebe" at Huff Post.
  15. ↑ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B18.
  16. ↑ "Honorary graduates 2023". University of Exeter. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  17. ↑ Parton, Russell (25 July 2023). "Graduates urged to 'embrace gift of diversity' as Black British Business Awards founder honoured". University of Exeter. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.