The Motivational Photo Gallery
By portraying black and ethnic minority success stories from a range of professions, the “Motivational Photo Gallery” has been set up to provide new role models for young people from all backgrounds to aspire to. Each banner in the gallery shows a different individual who has provided a motivating quote, photo and biography – all of which appear on their individual stands.
- Shirley Thompson
- Becoming leader of the Newham Academy of Music Youth Orchestra at the age of 18, Shirley Thompson is now an award-winning composer and conductor. She has also made a series of short films depicting social life and carries outwork multi-media workshops wit
- Jacqui MacDonald
- Jacqui MacDonald is a Lecturer at he Institute of Education, University of London. Jacqui has a wide experience of co-ordinating careers work in schools, colleges, at local education authority level and in higher education. She has authored several books,
- Floella Benjamin OBE
- Floella Benjamin’s varied career has taken her through the media industry as a presenter, producer and writer as well as running her own television production company for seventeen years. Floella is a Governor of the National Film & Television School, a
- Karan Bilimoria
- Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young in London and graduated in Law from Cambridge University, Karan Bilimoria started Cobra Beer from scratch in 1989. Today, it is one of the fastest growing beer brands in the UK, has been expo
- Imtaz Khaliq
- Imtaz Khaliq is Londons first female tailor and one of the leading lights in the new couture tailoring movement. With a huge profile client base, having designed for pop star Dina Carroll, actress Michelle Pfeiffer, newsreader Kay Burley and supermodel Ta
- Jas Rao
- Jas’s passion for radio began in his early college days when he decided to try and change the educational atmosphere into something a bit more lively! How did he attempt this? Yep, you got it a radio station! Being a natural entertainer and having a lov
