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Sir Kenneth Aphunezi Olisa (born 13 October 1951) is a British businessman and philanthropist. He is the first mixed Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London. He founded and led the AIM-listed technology merchant bank Interregnum and now leads Restoration Partners. Ken Olisa is Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and has served and serves on several boards of philanthropic, educational and regulator organisations. Sir Kenneth with his wife endowed the Olisa Library at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

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Early life

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Born in Nottingham[1] in 1951 of a Nigerian father and a British mother,[2] Olisa was educated at Nottingham High Pavement Grammar School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he held a scholarship and studied Natural Sciences and then Social, Political and Management Sciences. His technology career began in the 1970s at IBM.[3] Olisa married Julia Sherwood in Cambridge in 1976.[4]

Career

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At IBM he held various posts before joining Wang Laboratories[5] in 1981. Following a period as marketing director for Europe, VP of US Marketing and then of Worldwide Marketing based in Boston, he was appointed Senior VP and general manager of Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME) located in Brussels. He led the team which restored the EAME operation to profitability, following which he launched an unsuccessful management buyout resulting in his departure in 1992.

Olisa then founded Interregnum, a technology merchant bank, leading it through its early growth, its entry into and exit from a joint venture with BDO Stoy Hayward, the AIM IPO in 2000. He was also a principal advisor to, and director of, uDate.com, which was later sold to Barry Diller's USA Interactive in 2003. Olisa retired from Interregnum in 2006 and now runs Restoration Partners.[6]

Olisa has considerable public company board-level experience on both sides of the Atlantic. He was the first British-born black man to serve on the board of a major UK public company (Reuters) and is a former non-executive director of Thomson Reuters (where he was a member of the Audit Committee),[7] and is also a former non-executive director and Deputy Chairman of the Institute of Directors.

He was a Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Canada's largest independent software developer, Open Text Corporation. More recently, he served as a non-executive director of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) from 2007 and from which he was fired over governance concerns after which he coined the expression "More Soviet than City" to describe the way he and Sir Richard Sykes had been treated. He also serves on the boards of, or is an adviser to, several privately held and innovative companies including the UK's leading corporate governance advisor Independent Audit.[8]

In 2009, The Sunday Times named him Not for Profit non-executive director of the year, and in 2016 he was voted number one in the Powerlist's Top 10 most influential British black people.[9]

In 2012, he was appointed Chairman of the Thebes Group, an IT consultancy service provider.[10]

In November 2017, Olisa succeeded Adedotun Sulaiman as the Chairman of Interswitch and in 2018 he joined the Board of Huawei (UK) resigning in March 2022.[11]

In January 2023, Olisa was appointed Chairman of BusinessLDN (formerly known as London First) following the retirement of Paul Drechsler.[12][13]

In 2024, he was appointed a Commissioner and Vice-Chair of the National Preparedness Commission.[14] In 2025, he lectured at the Royal Geographical Society on the subject of national preparedness in the UK.[15]

In March 2025, he was appointed a committee member of the Windrush Commemoration Committee.[16]

Charitable Work

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Olisa is also a patron of several charities, including School-Home Support (SHS), a charity helping disadvantaged children and young people overcome barriers to education such as poverty, domestic abuse, and housing issues. He is also Patron of Fore, a philanthropy fund charity which funds scale-up initiatives for other charities.[17] In 2019, he was appointed President of London Youth.[18] He has served as Chair of welfare to work charity Shaw Trust.[19] He also served as President of Thames Reach, a charity working to shelter and resettle the homeless in London.

He is a trustee of King Charles III Charitable Fund formerly The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund.[20]

He is the patron of Red Trouser Day, a charity which raises awareness of colorectal cancer.[21]

Honours and appointments

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Olisa, speaking as Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London in 2018

Olisa was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Birthday Honours for services to homeless people in London, a Commander of the Order of St John in 2017 and a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to business and philanthropy.[22][23][24] Olisa was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London on 29 May 2015.[25]

In 2018, he was awarded honorary doctorates by Kingston University[26] and by Nottingham Trent University.[27] He received a further honorary doctorate from the University of Worcester in 2019.[28] and from the University of Westminster in 2023. [29]

Olisa is a Freeman of the City of London. He is Founder and Chairman of the Powerlist Foundation (now the Aleto Foundation).

He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society since 2006, as well as a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Directors.

His past appointments include serving as Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, Director of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, member of the Government's Women's Enterprise Taskforce; Governor of the Peabody Trust for ten years; non-executive director of the West Lambeth NHS Trust; and a start-up regulator twice: first as an inaugural Postal Services Commissioner, from 2001 to 2004, and as a board member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, the body charged with managing the expenses, pay and pensions of members of parliament.

On 19 March 2019, Olisa greeted Queen Elizabeth II and the Duchess of Cambridge at the opening of the newly refurbished Bush House.[30]

On 17 May 2021, Olisa became High Bailiff and Searcher of the Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey in succession to Sir Roy Strong.[31][32] In that role, he took part in the 2023 Coronation.[33] In October 2021, Olisa was elected as an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple.

In 2025 Olisa was elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[34]

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Sir Kenneth Aphunezi Olisa OBE (born 13 October 1951) is a British businessman, philanthropist, and serving as His Majesty's since 2015, the first British-born black person appointed to the role in its 500-year history. Born in to a British mother and Nigerian father, Olisa was educated in state schools before attending the , after which he began a career in technology at and . He founded two technology-focused merchant banks—, which he floated on AIM in the early 2000s, and Restoration Partners, where he serves as chairman—and became the first British-born black director of a FTSE 100 company as a at . Olisa has held senior roles including deputy chairman of the Institute of Directors and chairman of charities addressing (Thames Reach) and barriers (Shaw Trust), for which he received the OBE in 2010; he co-founded the Aleto Foundation to support underprivileged youth and serves as High Bailiff of . His knighthood recognizes contributions to business, philanthropy, and public service in .

Early life and education

Family and childhood

Ken Olisa was born on 13 October 1951 in to a British mother and a Nigerian father who abandoned the family shortly after his birth. Raised solely by his mother in Hyson Green, a working-class area, Olisa experienced significant economic hardship typical of single-parent households in post-war Britain, living in a modest four-room house amid the poor back streets of 1950s . As a mixed-race child in an era of limited and prevalent racial , Olisa faced early disadvantages that instilled , though he later reflected on the absence of paternal involvement as a structural challenge rather than an isolated anomaly in immigrant family dynamics. These formative years in , without support, contributed to an entrepreneurial mindset developed through necessity, predating formal .

Academic background

Olisa progressed through Nottingham's state education system, attending local primary schools before passing the examination in the late , which granted him entry to High Pavement Grammar School, a selective established in the early . His time there coincided with the school's conversion to a comprehensive model amid broader educational reforms, a process he later recalled as disruptive, marked by the replacement of veteran educators with staff prioritizing ideological approaches over traditional rigor, contributing to institutional decline that culminated in the school's eventual . Despite these challenges, Olisa advanced on merit, becoming head boy and securing an IBM scholarship for university, highlighting personal drive over systemic interventions. In 1971, Olisa matriculated at —an institution then emphasizing access for non-traditional students—where he initially pursued Natural Sciences before transferring to Social and Political Sciences, ultimately earning a in natural, social, political, and management sciences. This attainment represented an uncommon success for a pupil from Nottingham's state sector, particularly given contemporaneous barriers like racial prejudice and economic disadvantage, achieved without reliance on preferential policies but through competitive examination and academic excellence. During his Cambridge tenure, Olisa exhibited early organizational acumen by challenging entrenched left-wing dominance in the Junior Members' Association ; he assembled and led a that displaced these incumbents, winning to the body and, the subsequent year, assuming the role of Junior President, which he described as a stabilizing "benign " that restored operational efficacy. This episode reflected his preference for pragmatic over ideological , presaging a career trajectory favoring meritocratic structures.

Professional career

Early employment in technology

Following his graduation from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, in 1974 with a degree in natural sciences, Ken Olisa joined IBM United Kingdom as a systems engineer in Nottingham, focusing on programming and technical support for sales teams. He progressed through roles including salesman and product manager for the IBM Series/1 minicomputer, marketing hardware and software solutions during the mainframe-dominated era exemplified by systems like the IBM System/360. This period involved hands-on implementation of computing systems for clients, honing skills in customer needs analysis, solution design, and sales techniques such as need-feature-benefit presentations, amid the rapid expansion of enterprise computing in the UK. In 1981, Olisa transitioned to , initially as VS products manager in the UK, advancing to head of marketing for and later the . At Wang, he specialized in mini-computers and tools, including word processing systems, driving sales and market strategies across regions while navigating the company's shift toward interactive computing solutions. His tenure exposed him to operational challenges, including efforts to manage a turnaround in the market as faced intensifying competition from personal computers, culminating in the firm's financial difficulties by the late 1980s. Through these roles, Olisa developed expertise in international strategy, team leadership, and adapting to technological volatility without formal quotas, relying on direct client engagement and performance-driven networks.

Entrepreneurship and banking ventures

In 1992, following senior roles at , Olisa founded , a technology-focused aimed at providing , advisory, and services to IT companies amid the expanding and early sectors. The firm specialized in supporting tech ventures through mergers, acquisitions, and capital raises, capitalizing on the boom in hardware and software adoption. Interregnum achieved a listing on the (AIM) in 2000, navigating the subsequent dot-com bust by emphasizing sustainable growth over hype-driven valuations. Olisa served as chairman and CEO, guiding the bank through economic volatility via a strategy prioritizing underlying business fundamentals and long-term viability in investments. After departing in 2006, Olisa established Restoration Partners, a boutique dedicated to advising startups and growth-stage firms on , financing, and market entry. The firm focuses on ethical, value-oriented investing in innovative tech sectors, avoiding speculative excesses seen in later bubbles, and remains operational under Olisa's chairmanship. Restoration Partners has supported portfolio companies in areas like digital infrastructure and software, reflecting Olisa's emphasis on risk-managed innovation derived from decades in IT finance. This venture underscores his entrepreneurial pivot to independent ownership, contrasting salaried corporate progression with direct equity stakes and operational control in high-risk tech banking.

Corporate directorships and leadership roles

Olisa was appointed as a to the board of PLC on April 22, 2004, marking him as the first British-born black director of a FTSE 100 company. He served on the board during a period of significant industry consolidation, contributing to oversight of strategic decisions in financial information services. Following the 2008 merger forming , Olisa continued as a until his resignation on January 31, 2018, including membership on the responsible for financial reporting and risk oversight. His tenure emphasized rigorous compliance and efficiency in operations amid evolving demands. Olisa has held additional non-executive roles at technology and information firms, such as Open Text Corporation, where his expertise informed board-level decisions on mergers and cybersecurity . These positions leveraged his background in IT to advocate for data-driven that enhances returns through cost controls and prioritization. As deputy chairman of the Institute of Directors, Olisa chaired advisory panels developing the Good Governance Index, a metric to empirically evaluate listed companies' board practices based on transparency, , and behavioral indicators rather than regulatory mandates alone. This initiative, outlined in IoD reports from 2013 onward, promoted voluntary reforms by enabling investors to reward firms demonstrating superior governance empirically, countering over-reliance on compliance checklists.

Public service and honours

Civic roles in the City of London

Olisa served as of the prior to his national appointments, a role entailing ceremonial representation of the financial district, support for judicial functions, and preservation of historic customs such as the Silent Ceremony and . In this capacity, he upheld traditions dating to the , including escorting the and maintaining the City's ancient privileges amid post-2008 global scrutiny of financial governance. As a Freeman of the and Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT) from 2010 to 2011, Olisa contributed to the livery system, which traces to medieval regulating trade and craftsmanship. WCIT, granted livery status in 1992, supports apprenticeships and ethical standards in technology, aligning with the 48 ancient and modern companies' ongoing mandate to foster skills development and professional integrity in the Square Mile's economy. Through such involvement, Olisa advanced initiatives linking historical precedents to contemporary business practices, including mentorship programs for young professionals in and digital trades. Sir Kenneth Olisa was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London by Queen Elizabeth II in May 2015, marking the first time a British-born black individual held the position in its 500-year history. As the monarch's representative across the 32 London boroughs (excluding the City of London), Olisa's tenure extends until his 75th birthday in October 2026. In this voluntary role, Olisa organizes and receives royal visits by members of the Royal Family and Heads of State, ensuring ceremonial protocols are upheld. He promotes and presents national honours, including British Empire Medals, validates local nominations for awards, and supports initiatives like the and Voluntary Service. Olisa maintains liaison with military units, serving as President of the Greater London Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association to bolster support for regulars, reserves, and cadets. He fosters collaboration with borough councils and the on civic matters, emphasizing community cohesion, charitable engagements, and youth organizations. Throughout his appointment, Olisa has executed these duties consistently, including participation in 2025 events such as the Elworthy Trophy Competition for cadets and award ceremonies at Reserve centres. These activities underscore the role's focus on ceremonial representation and community linkage without reported interruptions.

Philanthropy

Establishment of the Aleto Foundation

The Aleto Foundation, originally established as the Powerlist Foundation in November 2010 by Ken Olisa and a group of British individuals of colour, aims to identify and nurture emerging leaders from underrepresented and low socio-economic backgrounds across the United Kingdom. Olisa serves as founder and chair, with the organization's rebranding to Aleto reflecting an evolution from celebrating African and Caribbean heritage leaders—via the annual Powerlist publication—to a broader focus on breaking systemic barriers to talent development irrespective of race, gender, faith, or geography. The foundation's mission, encapsulated as "sharing success with tomorrow’s leaders," centers on programs that foster , resilience, and practical skills in and enterprise, targeting young people overlooked by conventional pathways. Core initiatives include corporate-partnered academies, such as those with BT (ongoing for 12 years, accommodating 34 delegates annually), (10 delegates leading to 5 internships), and F1 (16 delegates), alongside STEM scholarships for 10 students aimed at degree completion and career entry. These programs emphasize strategic thinking, communication, team-building, and real-world application over passive support, with online mentoring connecting 178 participants to experienced guides. Funded through donations and grants totaling £251,072 in 2023—supported by Olisa's personal philanthropic resources from his business career—the foundation prioritizes verifiable impacts, such as 100% delegate satisfaction in select academies and 73% reporting enhanced career . Empirical outcomes include alumni securing internships at OVO and roles at or , alongside targets like 50% STEM job placement for scholars, evidencing gains in employment and upward mobility rather than dependency-focused aid.

Broader charitable involvements and impacts

Olisa served as chair of Thames Reach, a London-based charity addressing , for 20 years until 2016, during which the organization prioritized , resettlement, and for rough sleepers. Under his , Thames Reach integrated individuals with into its operations, achieving approximately 40% of staff positions filled by former street homeless individuals, fostering a model of practical rehabilitation through direct involvement rather than solely external aid. As chair of the Shaw Trust since at least 2015, Olisa has overseen a welfare-to-work charity specializing in services for disabled people and those with complex needs, delivering programs that include skills training, job placement tracking, and government-contracted initiatives to transition beneficiaries from dependency to sustained work. The trust's impact reporting emphasizes measurable outcomes, such as improved via targeted interventions amid widening gaps, with strategic expansions addressing economic challenges through data on retention and social value. While reliant on partnerships, empirical assessments of its services indicate contributions to reducing long-term , evidenced by growth into one of the UK's largest providers in this domain during his tenure. Olisa holds patronage and advisory roles with organizations like The Fore, which connects business mentors to young people for enterprise education, and serves as president of London Youth, supporting programs for disadvantaged youth that include leadership and skills development potentially extending to technology access in underserved urban areas. These efforts leverage his technology sector expertise to promote practical opportunities, such as mentoring in business innovation, countering barriers through structured, outcome-oriented support rather than generalized advocacy. Across these roles, Olisa's contributions align with verifiable organizational advancements, including beneficiary integration and scaled service delivery, prioritizing empirical tracking of dependency reductions over performative commitments, as reflected in the charities' reported metrics on sustained placements and operational expansions.

Controversies

Statements attributing views to the monarchy

In a September 9, 2021, interview with Channel 4 News, Sir Kenneth Olisa, the first black Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, stated that Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family supported the Black Lives Matter movement, describing race as a "hot conversation topic" within the palace following the death of George Floyd. Olisa recounted private discussions with royal household members, including the Queen inquiring about his views on racism and BLM, to which he replied affirmatively on their behalf, asserting they "care passionately about binding British society as one." The remarks drew immediate criticism from conservative figures, who accused Olisa of politicizing the traditionally apolitical monarchy and breaching protocol as the Queen's representative. Nigel Farage, former Brexit Party leader, tweeted that Olisa "should not be making political statements on behalf of the Queen," arguing BLM was divisive rather than unifying. Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith similarly condemned the comments as inappropriate for an official in Olisa's position, emphasizing the monarchy's neutrality. No official rebuke came from Buckingham Palace, but detractors highlighted the potential erosion of institutional impartiality, viewing the attribution as aligning the royals with a movement associated with left-leaning activism and protests that included anti-police sentiments. Olisa later contextualized his statements as reflections of confidential exchanges, insisting they stemmed from the royals' expressed concern for societal cohesion amid racial tensions, though he did not retract the attribution. Critics persisted in arguing that such disclosures risked compromising the monarchy's detachment from partisan causes, fueling debates over the boundaries of viceregal commentary in a polarized era.

Personal views and legacy

Expressed political and social perspectives

Olisa has critiqued the ideological transformations in British education during the 1960s and 1970s, specifically the displacement of seasoned educators by instructors aligned with left-wing perspectives amid the shift to comprehensive schooling, which he viewed as disruptive to established merit-based systems. During his time at Cambridge University, he participated in student efforts to oust left-leaning figures from the Junior Members’ Association, reflecting a resistance to radical activism in favor of traditional academic and meritocratic principles rooted in individual effort and disciplined opportunity. In governance and economic matters, Olisa promotes entrepreneurialism as a counter to bureaucratic inertia, as articulated in his March 2025 Nottingham Trent University lecture "Entrepreneurialism: Beating the Babbage Curse," where he challenged pervasive myths impeding innovation and implied a preference for market-led dynamism over regulatory overreach that hampers technological advancement. On inclusion, he advocates achieving diversity through competitive incentives rather than mandated quotas, cautioning against blurring social equity goals with empirical corporate gains, as noted in his contributions to discussions on board composition. Olisa's perspectives exhibit a pragmatic blend, including his 2021 affirmation of Black Lives Matter's aims through reported dialogues on racial inequities, contrasted by a consistent emphasis on verifiable liberties and institutional in London's financial sector, subordinating ideological commitments to outcomes favoring enterprise and societal progress.

Enduring contributions and recent recognitions

Olisa's career has established a lasting model for integrating with social impact, exemplified by Restoration Partners, the boutique he chairs since its founding in 2006, which continues to advise firms on growth strategies and mergers, fostering in the sector independent of public mandates. Through the Aleto Foundation, which he established and chairs, Olisa has supported the development of over 1,000 young leaders from underrepresented backgrounds since 2001, with program alumni advancing to executive roles in business and public service, contributing to measurable improvements in via targeted and scholarships rather than quota-driven approaches. His pre-2000s appointments, including as the first British-born black director of a FTSE 100 company ( in 1997), underscore a competence-based pathway to diversity that predates regulatory diversity initiatives, yielding sustained boardroom influence across firms like and demonstrating competitive advantages from merit-selected inclusion over performative measures. This approach has informed broader discourse on governance, with Olisa advocating for indices tracking ethical board behaviors to enhance long-term corporate resilience. In 2025, Olisa was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, acknowledging his four-decade contributions at the intersection of and business leadership, including early roles at and that advanced minicomputer adoption in offices. He maintains active engagement through public addresses on overcoming entrepreneurial barriers, reinforcing his influence on tech ecosystem development into the .

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