Karen Blackett, OBE

Chief Executive Officer, MediaCom UK

Warned by her father that being both black and a woman she would have to work twice as hard, Reading-born Karen Blackett has nevertheless proved that she has the talent, drive and grit to succeed. She has been chief executive of media buying and planning agency MediaCom for over four years now, with clients including Coca-Cola, BSkyB, Audi and Volkswagen, and was voted fifth most influential black person in the UK in the PowerList 2014, rising to the top in the 2015 list ahead of Steve McQueen and Ken Olisa. As part of her current role, Blackett has helped launch the first government-backed apprenticeship scheme for the creative industry, which she hopes will help diversify the marketing and communications industry.

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