Our Vision

is for businesses in the UK to include Black people at all levels of decision-making in at least the proportion we are represented in Britain itself.

*”Black, Black British, Caribbean or African” 2022 was 4.2% (2.4 million) – Census 2021, Office of National Statistics

Our Story

The Black British Business Awards were founded in 2014 by Sophie Chandauka MBE and Melanie Eusebe MBE, who set out to create a much-needed platform to spotlight exceptional Black talent in the UK. Their aim was to demonstrate that Black talent not only exists in the UK, but that it exists in meaningful numbers. They challenged the notion that the under-representation of Black talent at senior levels in British business was somehow defensible because companies ‘couldn’t find’ Black talent. They decided to find that talent and to shine big bright lights on these exceptional people.

Today, under Dr Sophie Chandauka’s leadership and with the support of our partners, the Black British Business Awards campaigns for the equitable representation and inclusion of Black people at decision-making levels of businesses in the UK. For us, campaigning is about creating, leading, and participating in change-making courses and forums for British business, as well as unapologetically celebrating the achievements of Black professionals in this nation. Our programmes, delivered through sister organisation The Network of Networks (TNON), break down outdated systems, policies, and behaviours and help to build new, more inclusive ones.