Black Men Business Talks
The Black Men Business Talks will offer Black men a space to learn effective growth strategies for business development and career success. With interactive talks and group discussions led by stand-out business men and senior leaders, this event will offer you practical advice and insights on how to be your best authentic self as a Black man in industry, lead in whatever capacity you find yourself in and create success on your own terms. This is one you do not want to miss. There will be a chance to network with speakers, business leaders and industry professionals, following the event.
Who is this for?
We invite all Black men, Black Women and allies of the Black community who would like to develop, be inspired, and have real, honest and open discussion in an environment that supports learning and growth. Regardless of your race this is a fantastic session for you to attend.
Speakers (More TBC)

Sir Lenny Henry
Comedian, writer, and award-winning actor.
star on children’s television to becoming one of Britain’s best-known
comedians, as well as a writer and an award-winning actor.
Lenny has appeared in numerous TV shows, and selling-out live stand-up
tours in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. His work has won him many
awards including the Monaco Red Cross and The Golden Nymph Award at
The Monte Carlo Television Festival, the Radio & Television Industry Club
Award for BBC Personality of the Year, The Golden Rose at the Montreux
Television Festival and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British
Comedy Awards. In 2016, Lenny was awarded the British Academy
Television Special Award.

Marvyn Harrison
Founder – Dope Black CIC & Belovd Agency.

William Adoasi
CEO and Founder of Vitae London.

David Olusoga
British-Nigerian historian, broadcaster and film-maker.
David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, broadcaster and film-maker. His most recent TV series include Empire (BBC 2), Black and British: A Forgotten History (BBC 2), The World’s War (BBC 2), 4 seasons of A House Through Time (BBC 2) and the BAFTA winning Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners (BBC 2).
David is also the author of Black & British: A Forgotten History which was awarded both the Longman-History Today Trustees Award and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. His other books include The World’s War, which won First World War Book of the Year in 2015, The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism and Civilizations: Encounters and the Cult of Progress. David was also a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Black British History and writes for The Guardian and is a columnist for The Observer and BBC History Magazine. He is also one of the three presenters on the BBC’s landmark Arts series Civilizations. In 2020 he held an exclusive interview with former President of the United States, Barack Obama. David’s most recent book Black and British: A Short, Essential History won the Children’s Illustrated & Non-Fiction book of the year at the 2021 British Book Awards.