SuperPower Speakers
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Meet the trailblazers, innovators, and changemakers set to light up the BCF25 Superpower Summit stage this summer.
Barbara Mills KC
Chair of the Bar Council, England and Wales 2025
Segun Osuntokun
Global Senior Partner,
BCLP
Shari Dunn
CEO & Principal
ITBOM LLC
Kolarele Sonaike
Communication Skills Coach & Barrister, The Great Speech Consultancy
Ben Nwaeke
Chief Legal Officer, Soho House & Co Inc.
Maria Rocha Barros
SVP and Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer, Booking.com
Dr. Solomon Osagie
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Zempler Bank
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Tony Phillips
Partner, Pillsbury
Caroline Flanagan
Exec Coach and Author
Jason Pitter KC
Barrister, Leader NE Circuit, New Court Chambers
Jennie Dorsaint
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman
Group General Counsel, Bakkavor
Sharon Blackman OBE
Managing Director & General Counsel, Citi
Egbe Manton
Founder, Inspire Law Global
Kamal Patheja
Exec Coach/Facilitator
Sunita Harley
Coach/Inclusive Consultant
Lauren Awoyinka
Senior Associate, Baker McKenzie
Lorna Nsoatabe
Partner, Slaughter & May
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Martin Forde KC
Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row
Melinda Albert
Interim Co-Head Legal Risk Management Insurance, HSBC
Michael Salau
Partner, Beale & Co
Nancy Kacungira
Presenter & Correspondent, BBC News
Nicol Watson
Exec Coach/Facilitator
Lewitt Nurse
Deputy General Counsel, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu
CEO & Co-founder, Definely
Noline Matemera
Partner, Osborne Clarke
Oba Nsugbe KC, SAN
Barrister, Head of Chambers, Pump Court
Pamela Usukumah
Senior Associate, Covington & Burling LLP
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Rodger Moss
Partner, Brown Rudnick
Sabine Chalmers
General Counsel & Co Sec/Director of Reg Affairs & NED, BT Group, Bank of England, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Samallie Kiyingi
Former Global General Counsel, Standard Chartered Corporate & Investment Bank
Paulette Mastin
Partner, Reed Smith
Timi Balogun
Partner & Head of Africa Desk, Fladgate LLP
Siobhan Morris
Risk, Regulatory & Compliance Director
Lara Oyesanya
Independent Non-Executive Director, PensionBee Group plc
Trevor James
Partner, Morrison Foerster
Tunji Akintokun MBE FCL
Senior Director, Head of Enterprise Solutions (UK & Ireland), LinkedIn
Vanya Bromfield-Hughes
General Counsel, John Crane
Yindi Gesinde
Partner, Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team
Lorraine Chimbga
Associate,
Pinsent Masons
Ariel White-TsimikalIs
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Akima Paul-Lambert
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Emmanuel Asuquo
Financial Adviser & Founder of Noir Excel & The Eman Effect
Bianca René
Head of HR, UK Practice Groups, Squire Patton Boggs
Char Erskine
Diversity & Talent Senior Manager, Osborne Clark
Christian Weaver
Barrister, Garden Court North Chambers
Christina Franzese
Counsel, Freshfields
Conway Blake
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
Fudia Smartt
Partner, Spencer West
Georgena Clark
Director, Employment EMEA, Sony PlayStation
Isaac Eloi
Senior Manager, Business & Legal Affairs, The Orchard
Jaya Handa
Head of EMEA Firmwide Privacy, JP Morgan Chase & Co
Dana Denis-Smith OBE
CEO Obelisk & Founder, First 100 Years Women in Law
David Ziyambi
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Eniola Oyesanya
Associate, Slaughter & May
Ferdisha Snagg
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Herbert Swaniker
Partner, Clifford Chance
Ngozie Azu
Special Advisor, Slaughter and May
Nkechi Hokstad
Managing Associate, Ogier
Cliff Fluet
Partner and Head of Media & Entertainment, Lewis Silkin
Freda Isingoma
Head of Octopus AIM Venture Capital Trusts
Nina Goswani
Head of Inclusion UK, Clifford Chance
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Sarah Griffin
Former Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Usha Puri-Dewage
Executive Coach and Associate Director of Attorney Learning & Development, Morrison & Foerster
Marcus Harewood
Senior Associate, A&O Shearman
Leanora Babb-Benjamin
Clinical Hypnotherapist
Foluke Taylor
Pyschotherapist and Author
Sheree-Ann Michelle
Corporate Wellness Coach
Jivaan Bennett
Barrister, Temple Tax Chambers
Abena Poku
Founder & CEO, Excel Alliance
Julian Richard
Director,
Extense
Tim Garner
Vice President of Business Development
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