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Inspirational big brands, businesses, community figures and celebrities have been shortlisted for the annual Ethnicity Awards.

The awards, together with official partner HSBC 海角视频, have revealed the 160-strong list ahead of the annual ceremony in London later this month.

It includes big brands and businesses with a track record of enhancing the representation of ethnic minorities at senior levels in the workplace, as well as celebrities including Stormzy, Tinie Tempah and Rochelle Humes.

The annual event celebrates people in the public eye, charitable organisations and companies.聽

The聽National Grid, KPMG, Lloyds Bank, RBS and Viacom International Media Networks are among the top businesses shortlisted for the Outstanding Employer Award.聽聽ASOS, Huggies, L鈥橭real, Netflix and Nike are some of those competing for the Brand of the Year accolade.

Umar Kamani from fashion brand Pretty 聽and Seema Malhotra from Forever Unique are nominated in the Entrepreneur category.聽

Founder of the Ethnicity Awards, Sarah Garrett MBE, said: 鈥淭he Ethnicity Awards aim to promote the achievements of ethnic minorities and strive to improve lack of BAME representation in the workplace and throughout wider society.

鈥淚t鈥檚 great to see so many businesses make the shortlist. The awards will be a great opportunity to raise awareness and shine a light on those doing great things for ethnic minority groups.鈥� 聽

Ian Stuart, CEO of HSBC 海角视频, said: "HSBC 海角视频 is delighted to be lead sponsor of the Investing in Ethnicity Awards again in 2019.

"Diversity and inclusion is vitality important to our business and these awards highlight the incredible work being done to ensure that all people are afforded equal opportunity, regardless of race or ethnicity.

"The calibre of nominations has been outstanding again this year, good luck to all those shortlisted.鈥�

The ceremony will take place on October 25 at Grand Connaught Rooms in London.

The full 2019 shortlist:

INFLUENCER

Amy Jackson, actress

Edward Enninful OBE, editor in chief of British Vogue

Henry Golding, actor

Jourdan Dunn, model and actress

KSI, entertainer

Leigh-Anne Pinnock, pop star

Reggie Yates, actor and presenter

Rochelle Humes, singer and presenter

Stormzy, rapper

Tinie Tempah, rapper

INSPIRATIONAL PUBLIC FIGURE

Alesha Dixon, singer

Dev Patel, DJ

Gemma Chan, actress

Idris Elba, actor

Sir Lenny Henry, comedian

Megan Markle, Duchess of Sussex

Naomi Campbell, model

Steve McQueen, director

Thandie Newton OBE, actress

will.i.am, producer and pop star

SPORTSPERSON

Ama Agbeze MBE, netball player

Anthony Joshua OBE, boxer

Denise Lewis OBE, ex-athlete

John Barnes MBE, ex-footballer

Katarina Johnson Thompson, athlete

Mo Farah CBE, athlete

Natasha Jonas, boxer

Nicola聽Adams聽OBE, boxer

Nikita Parris, footballer

Raheem Sterling, footballer

POLITICAL FIGURE

Cllr Anna Rothery, Lord Mayor of Liverpool

David Lammy MP

Marsha De Cordova MP

Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol

Cllr Muhammed Butt, leader of Brent Council

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

Lord Tariq Mahmood Ahmad, Foreign Minister of State Commonwealth

Baroness Valerie Amos, former UN diplomat

Lord Waheed Alli, peer

MEDIA IMPACT

Season 2 of 'Pose' airs on FX

Himesh Patel's lead role in the movie 'Yesterday'

Ava DuVernay's 'When They See Us' premieres on Netflix

ITV's Coronation Street聽welcomes its聽first black family - The Baileys

Moira Stuart OBE celebrates 40 years of broadcasting as the first black female African-Caribbean newsreader on British television

Ben Hunte appointed by the BBC as the broadcaster's first LGBT+ correspondent

Jorja Smith's outstanding performance at the Brit Awards

Adil Rashid and Eoin Morgan's "Allah was with us" quote after their Cricket World Cup win

The聽Big Asian British Summer series airs on the BBC

Michelle Obama becomes the first person of colour to top the 海角视频 Christmas book chart

CHARITY OR COMMUNITY INITIATIVE聽

Anthony Walker Foundation

Black Pride 海角视频

Creative Access

Girl Dreamer

Mandela8

ReachOut

Refugee Action

Runnymede Trust

Chineke Foundation

The Other Box

BRAND

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Fenty Beauty聽

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L'oreal

Monzo

Netflix

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Sky

Vodafone

Zara

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION

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Akeela Ahmed MBE聽

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE

Mark Trevor Phillips OBE

Nimco Ali OBE & Leyla Hussein OBE

Patrick Vernon OBE

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah聽

Samantha Asumadu

Shelina Janmohamed

Sir Simon Woolley

CHARITY OR COMMUNITY聽

Anthony Walker Foundation聽

Chineke Foundation聽

Creative Access聽

Girl Dreamer

Mandela 8

Refugee Action

Runnymede Trust聽

ReachOut

The Other Box

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ENTREPRENEUR

Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, Bulb Energy聽

Eddie Lim, Mango Tree Group

Chieu Cao & Saurav Chopra, Perkbox

Jimmy Choo, fashion designer

Oswald Boateng, fashion designer

Rajeeb Dey MBE, Enternships

Rami Ranger CBE, Sunmark

Seema Malhotra, Forever Unique

Steven Bartlett, Social Chain Group

Umar Kamani, Pretty Little Thing

BAME INSPIRATIONAL LEADER

Asif Bhatti, Whitbread PLC

Chief Inspector Karen Geddes, West Midlands Police

Edleen John, KPMG

Jatin Patel, TSB

Judy Kawaguchi,聽Refinitiv

Geeta Nanda, Metropolitan Thames Valley

Mandeep Heer, Telefonica O2 海角视频

Rupal Kantaria, Oliver Wyman

Sarah Nelson, Sainsbury鈥檚

Syed Bashir Ahmad, Halkin Investments LLP

BAME FUTURE LEADER聽

Alan Leung, Macquarie Group

Aneesa Khan, Ashurst LLP聽

Christine G Ondimu, HSBC 海角视频聽

Dennis Owusu-Sem, BMO Global Asset Management

Donna Fraser, 海角视频 Athletics

Guled Yusuf, Allen & Overy

Katie George, Amazon Web Services聽

Kush Unadkat, Dentsu Aegis Network

Movell Dash, Financial Conduct Authority

Shalah Akhtar, PwC聽

BAME WORKPLACE HERO

Adegboyega Akin-Deko, Santander

Gift Ajimokun, Penguin Random House

Isabella Silvers, Hearst 海角视频

Jat Bains, Macfarlanes LLP聽

Rina Madlani, Fujitsu

Sandra Clough, BNP Paribas

Sereena Abbassi, MC Saatchi

Sharon Salmon, Network Rail

Sheree Atcheson, Deloitte

Yinka Bolaji, RBS

NETWORK GROUP (ERG)

Adobe Black Employee Network, Adobe

African & Caribbean Professional Network, Rolls-Royce

CBAME Network, Capgemini

GMB Race, GMB

Kaleidoscope, L&Q

Multicultural Affinity Network, Balfour Beatty

ONE, National Grid

Race to the Top, Civil Service

The Accenture African Caribbean Network (AACN), Accenture

The Collective, Channel 4

CHAMPION (ALLY)

Ben Tidswell, Ashurst LLP

Claude Brown, Reed Smith LLP聽

Fiona Cannon OBE, Lloyds Banking Group

Georgia Arnold, Viacom International Media Networks

Ileana Sodani, BNY Mellon

Jackie Uhi, HSBC 海角视频

Martin Etheridge, Bank of England

Paula Stannett, Heathrow

Paul Holland, Dentons

Sarah Aitken, Legal & General

OUTSTANDING EMPLOYER

Allen & Overy

Channel 4

Freshfields

HSBC 海角视频

KPMG

Lloyds Bank

Macfarlanes LLP

National Grid

RBS

Viacom International Media Networks