Rochelle Humes, Gok Wan and Rita Ora lead nominations for 2023 Ethnicity Awards
Amid This Morning being nominated for a National Television Award next month - the first one since Phillip Schofield's exit - one of the show's presenters is up for another major award.
ITV star Rochelle Humes, 34, joins the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Rita Ora, Gok Wan and Liverpool FC footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold in being nominated for the 2023 Ethnicity Awards as the shortlist is revealed. The UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry Mae Muller and new Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa are also in the running to take home a prize.
The 2023 Ethnicity Awards shortlists sees top names from sports and showbiz nominated for efforts to promote diversity and inclusion The awards, held in partnership with HSBC UK, annually celebrates the most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the UK with prestigious accolades celebrating their achievements and work to promote diversity and inclusion.
Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton, who spoke out earlier this year about the 'traumatising' racism he suffered in school from the age of six, is recognised for his unparalleled career in motorsport and unwavering support to charity. It is estimated Hamilton donated more than £20 million to charitable causes in 2022.
Pop star turned This Morning presenter Rochelle Humes is also tipped to win big as is legendary broadcaster and fashion guru Gok Wan who away from the media spotlight has championed causes to promote equality, partially for LGBTQ+ people from minority communities.
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Eurovision star Mae Muller is up for Best Music Artist (Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty I)
As is newly wed singer Rita Ora (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)2023 British Eurovision entry Mae Muller, meanwhile, has been shortlisted in the Music Artist category. Mae has previously responded to anti-semtism in the music industry, posting to Instagram : "To all my Jewish friends and followers, I love you. There is no place for antisemitism in this world. I'm very proud of my Jewish roots and so should you [be]."
Liverpool football player and England star Trent Alexander-Arnold, who co-founded social mobility initiative Football for Change and founded The After Academy, is nominated for Sports Personality for his high-profile stance against racism and selfless acts of kindness, such as donating his time to the An Hour For Others charity in Liverpool.
2023 ETHNICITY AWARDS NOMINEES
INSPIRATIONAL PUBLIC FIGURE
Patricia Bright
Steven Bartlett
Ali Abdaal
Daniel Kaluuya
Idris Elba
Michaela Coel
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Alex Scott
Ozwald Boateng
Tim Campbell
Lewis Hamilton
MUSIC ARTIST
Pritt
Jim Legxcy
Cat Burns
Asim Riaz
Lil Simz
Rina Sawayama
Dave
Rita Ora
Mae Muller
Jorja Smith
MEDIA IMPACT OR PROGRESS MOMENT
BBC One: Champion new series
Disney's Little Mermaid
ITVX: Riches
School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls
Queen Charlotte
Joy Ride
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who
Dreaming Whilst Black: Adjani Salmon
Netflix : Bling Empire
The new Doctor Who star was announced in May (BBC)ONLINE INFLUENCER
Big Manny
Kike Oniwinde Agoro
Courtney Daniella Boateng
Rachel Ama
Marvyn New Harrison
Cherry Jain
Abibat
Amber Gill
Nadiya Hussain
Miah Carter
PUBLIC SERVICE OR CAMPAIGNER
Akala
Ayo Sokale
Ashna Sarkar
Waheed Alli
Valda Jackson
Dr Joan St John
Harnaam Kaur
Diane Abbott
Karen Blackett
Patrick Vernon
SPORTS PERSONALITY
Eniola Aluko
Jessica Ennis-Hill
Lauren James
Denise Rosemarie Lewis
Lewis Hamilton
Nicola Adams
Dame Kelly Holmes
Nikkita Parris
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Alice Dearing
EXCEPTIONAL INCLUSION
Zarina Mahmud - Credit Suisse
Brucine Francis - Jacobs
Maria St Louis - Channel 4
Chanelle Gray - Savills
Sujan Sribalakrishnan - Amazon
Simone Coultress Johnson - Matthey
Kerry Griffiths - BP
Apeksha Naik - Great British Railways
Mina Prince – Macquarie
Nicole Willams - Ashurst
INSPIRATIONAL LEADER
Raghu Narula - NatWest
Rakesh Thakrar - Phoenix Group
Victoria Chan - Santander
Oli O'Donoghue - HSBC
Belton Flournoy - Protiviti
Vinay Ramkumar - Avanade
George Kwashie Awusu - KPMG
Mohammed Basid - CBRE
Jay Rohman - Lloyds Banking Group
Mandisa Gordon - Jaguar Land Rover
CHAMPION (ALLY)
Liam Cowell - DLA Piper
Louise Bucknole - Paramount
Simon Croxford - UBS
Simon Tarry - Smith + Nephew
Richard Court - Cadent Gas Ltd
Honey Kirtley - BNY Mellon
Hayley Creighton - National Grid
Emily Parker - Tesco
David Aldrich – Moody’s
Deborah Nutt - Arcadis
WORKPLACE HERO
Aderinsola Bamgbelu - Warner Brothers
Seleeta Watson - Computacenter
James Barkley - Rolls Royce
Sarita Rai - Tarmac
Lily Satterthwaite - Microsoft
Sosseh Njie - BCLP Law
Seema Bhatnagar - PwC
Zahida Zabairu - Nestle
Jannet Dosanjh - Pinsent Masons
Anoushka Lilley - Nationwide Building Society
FUTURE LEADER
Cecilia Adjei-Sarpong - Essence Media
Mike Adebiyi - Google
Marina Ebrubah - The Man Group
Tashan Dwyer - Allen Overy
Junaed Khan - UK Government
Ahmed Yusuf - OVO
Laura Rice - Motability Operations
Alexinder Riyat - Citi
Jyoti Jassi - Network Rail
Leanna Hay - Experian
NETWORK GROUP (ERG)
Airbus
BT
GSK
Sainsburys
The Co-Operative Bank
Virgin Money
Stonewater
Amazon
PwC
Legal and General
OUTSTANDING EMPLOYER
BP
BT
Lloyds Banking Group
HSBC
Jacobs
KPMG
NatWest
Macquarie
Stonewater
UBS
SOCIAL IMPACT
Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers
HSBC UK and The Prince’s Trust | Black participants in The Trust’s Enterprise programme
Aleto10, in partnership with OVO
State Street Partnership with ELBA Parity Project
Diversity Project's #TalkAboutBlack
'The Guestlist' - The Elephant Room (nominated by Burberry)
UpSkill Digital
Generation Change by Paramount
Templeton & Partners (Nadeem Ahmad)
Career Partnership by BP
Speaking about the shortlist, Founder of the Ethnicity Awards, Sarah Garrett MBE, said: "I want to congratulate everyone on the shortlist. So many people listed on the 2023 Ethnicity Awards shortlist are continuing to do good - both publicly and privately - for minorities and people of colour across the UK. They are very deserving of their place on the shortlist. The awards in November will be a celebration of their achievements. It is going to be a fantastic night.”
Ian Stuart, CEO of HSBC UK, official partner of the Ethnicity Awards added: "HSBC UK is incredibly proud to be a long-time partner of the Investing in Ethnicity Awards, recognising people and organisations making a positive impact on diversity, equity and inclusion across the UK.
"Within our own organisation, we continue to take action to increase representation, remove barriers and help open up opportunities for all our colleagues, our customers and the communities we serve. Congratulations and good luck to all the incredible role models and change makers nominated this year."
The full list of categories and nominees is available at .
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