He's the Queen’s escort in London who locked horns with John Bercow and has a library named after him at Cambridge - not bad for a boy who grew up without a loo in Nottingham

Today Ken Olisa is officially named as the most powerful black person in Britain, not that any of the commuters on the 8.10am from Hampton Wick would know it.

Unassuming and usually dressed in the commuter’s favoured uniform of suit and raincoat, the only thing that hints at his influence is his trademark bow tie – he owns more than 100.

Otherwise, there is little to suggest that Mr Olisa is, according to the annual Powerlist – which names the most influential black people in Britain, more important than Sir Lenny Henry or Mo Farah or the Oscar-winning film director Steve McQueen. How could anyone know that this quiet man from Nottingham wields more power than Lewis Hamilton or Baroness Lawrence?

But wield power Ken Olisa does. The 63-year old was the first British born black man to serve on the board of a public company (Reuters), has his own merchant bank (Restoration Partners), and a library named after him at his Cambridge alma mater (Fitzwilliam).

He is a keen philanthropist (the library came after a £2 million donation), a former governor of the Peabody Trust, a chair of not one but two charities (Thames Reach, which deals with the homeless, and Shaw Trust, which helps the disabled), and is on the board of the Institute of Directors.

And as if all of that weren’t enough, in April, he was made Lord Lieutenant of London, appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. The title gives him an office in Whitehall, a staff of 90, and puts him in charge of all visits made by the royal family within the city – with him even standing in for them on occasion.

So he escorted the Queen to the Home Office last week, and had the miserable task of accompanying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Spectre premiere last month, along with Prince Harry. The next morning he was up early to spend yet more time with the Duchess – this time, on a charity visit to Islington Town Hall.

“I do a lot of calming down in the moments before their arrival,” he explains. “People tend to get very wound up and stressed.” Not so Olisa, who is as cool as the proverbial cucumber, even when wearing the heavy military-style uniform of the Lord Lieutenant.


To read more /source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/12008327/Meet-Ken-Olisa-The-most-powerful-black-man-in-Britain.html

Interesting

Really interesting.

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He only bears a Nigerian name. I doubt if he has ever set foot on his father land before.

Okay, good news from the Queens land, at least we don't have another Okon in forced servitude making Edikaikong nonstop.



I never heard about this guy until today. Means he's as unassuming and quiet as they say he is..... Kudos man.

The queen's black handbag.



Does she plan to rule forever?

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Smart guy
All it takes is one signature
Even if it takes cleaning the royal dogs poop

I scan through d write up no Nigeria was mention, if it is crime now, Oyinbo will trace him back to Nigeria.

IlekeHD:
The queen's black handbag.

Keep shut

dominique:
He only bears a Nigerian name. I doubt if he has ever set foot on his father land before.

I don't think that's relevant, to me the most important thing is that I share kinship with his forbears.


Wether he has set foot in Nigeria or not doesn't matter and still wouldn't change his ancestry.

Only a Nigerian by name... a briton at heart

Simply put, he is an ABOBAKU.

Freegift75:
Keep shut

Abobaku of the queen's black handbag

dominique:
He only bears a Nigerian name. I doubt if he has ever set foot on his father land before.

FACT!

Good to know but this info wunt affect the price of iffan dish here in Calabar

I can't sleep

Freegift75:




Keep shut

"Keep shut" ( )

Gerrarra here,joor !!!

dominique:
He only bears a Nigerian name. I doubt if he has ever set foot on his father land before.

sure a pity.

our sons building the lands of others and Nigeria is left almost in ruins!

even in the ruins, bomb still blows away the little hope there is for this wondering man

many nights drenched to the very core of his marrow

crossed and tossed by the raging seas

watched ashore , unsure where to shop next

but he would find the light again! this land of mine

for he is blessed with an unbreakable spirit
though the weight of his wayward sons weighs him down
he wud purge off, plunge on
all hail d motherland
dressed in the beauty of a thousand queens
here to reign
here to rule
here to stay!
Thou lion of africa
Wade on


Penned by Eplanet

Thats bcus you are jobless..if u get work u 4 don dey get ready to beat the third mainland bridge traffic..

anonym0us:
I can't sleep

femmy82:
Thats bcus you are jobless..if u get work u 4 don dey get ready to beat the third mainland bridge traffic..

I'm not staying in Lagos.so?

nice one...hope he has a charity set up in naija?

Even after living 70 years in UK, born a half cast and married to an English woman, eating their food and dressing like them, yet his face is still like a typical biafra man

In Coza's voice, I Celebrate You sir

interesting story

Copy

Nice for him.

its just a matter of time, just give me 5 yrs!