

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

Kola Sonaike
Communication Skills Coach & Barrister, The Great Speech Consultancy

Ben Nwaeke
Chief Legal Officer, Soho House & Co Inc.

Maria Barros
SVP and Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer, Booking.com

Solomon Osagie
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Zempler Bank
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Tony Phillips
Partner, Pillsbury

Caroline Flanagan
Career Coach,
Caroline Flanagan

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
Managing Director & General Counsel, Citi

Egbe Manton
Founder, Inspire Law Global

Kamal Patheja
Coach/Facilitator, Technology Lawyer

Sunita Harley
Coach and Inclusion & Professional Development Consultant, Collective Insight

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
Colab Leadership Ltd, Founder & Executive Coach

Lewitt Nurse
Deputy General Counsel, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking

Nmandi 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’s

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

Siobhan Morris
Risk, Regulatory & Compliance Director

Timi Balogun
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Trevor James
Partner, Morrison Foerster

Lara Oyesanya
Board Director, PensionBee Group plc

Tunji Akintokun
Senior Director, Head of Enterprise Solutions (UK & Ireland), LinkedIn

Vanya Bromfield-Hughes
General Counsel, John Crane

Yindi Gesinde
Partner, Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team
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Tony Phillips
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Ariel White-Tsimikalis
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

Akima Paul Lambert
Litigation Partner, Hogan Lovells

Emmanuel Asuquo
Head of Inclusion UK, Clifford Chance

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 Solicitor, Spencer West

Georgena Clarke
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
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