OTA Media · Ranking · 2026

The Fifty.

Who Holds the Levers of UK Growth.

The Fifty is OTA Media's definitive ranking of the 50 leaders most influential in shaping UK economic growth — across capital markets, financial services, fintech, policy and enterprise. The ranking combines public data analysis with proprietary leadership assessment, with every leader indexed against the five Fifty dimensions: Market, Reach, Policy, Innovation, and Culture.

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Leaders ranked
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Dimensions
2026
Edition
Power Tier · 120

Power Tier.

The twenty leaders with the most direct grip on UK growth today.

01

Rachel Reeves

Government & Policy

Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury

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98
Power
02

Andrew Bailey

Government & Policy

Governor, Bank of England

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97
Power
03

Dame Julia Hoggett DBE

Capital Markets

CEO, London Stock Exchange, LSEG

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96
Power
04

Nikhil Rathi

Government & Policy

Chief Executive, Financial Conduct Authority

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95
Power
05

C.S. Venkatakrishnan

Financial Services

Group Chief Executive, Barclays

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94
Power
06

Charlie Nunn

Financial Services

Group Chief Executive, Lloyds Banking Group

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93
Power
07

Georges Elhedery

Financial Services

Group Chief Executive, HSBC

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92
Power
08

David Schwimmer

Capital Markets

Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange Group

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91
Power
09

Nikolay Storonsky

Fintech & Innovation

Founder & CEO, Revolut

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90
Power
10

Debbie Crosbie DBE

Financial Services

Chief Executive, Nationwide Building Society

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89
Power
11

Kristo Käärmann

Fintech & Innovation

Co-Founder & CEO, Wise

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88
Power
12

Sam Woods

Government & Policy

Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation, Bank of England

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87
Power
13

Afua Kyei

Financial Services

Chief Financial Officer, Bank of England

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86
Power
14

Matt Clifford CBE

Government & Policy

Chair, ARIA

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85
Power
15

Baroness Shriti Vadera

Capital Markets

Chair, Prudential plc

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84
Power
16

Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE

Capital Markets

Chair, Barnett Waddingham

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83
Power
17

Peter Kyle

Government & Policy

Secretary of State, Science & Technology, DSIT

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82
Power
18

Bina Mehta MBE

Professional Services

Chair, KPMG UK

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81
Power
19

Dean Forbes

Enterprise & Growth

Chief Executive, Forterro

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80
Power
20

Sir Damon Buffini

Capital Markets

Deputy Chair, BBC Board, BBC / Permira

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79
Power
Rising 30 · 2150

Rising 30.

Thirty leaders moving up the rankings fastest — setting the agenda for the next decade.

21

Baroness Dambisa Moyo

Capital Markets

Economist & Board Director, Chevron, Condé Nast, Starbucks

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78
Power
22

Romi Savova

Fintech & Innovation

Founder & CEO, PensionBee

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77
Power
23

Dame Susan Langley DBE

Government & Policy

Lady Mayor of the City of London / Chair, Gallagher UK

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76
Power
24

Ian Hogarth

Government & Policy

Chair, AI Safety Institute

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75
Power
25

Georgia Dawson

Professional Services

Senior Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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74
Power
26

Jon Holt

Professional Services

Chief Executive, KPMG UK

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73
Power
27

Richard Houston

Professional Services

Senior Partner & CEO, Deloitte UK

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72
Power
28

Gavin Lewis

Capital Markets

Managing Director, UK & Ireland, BlackRock

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71
Power
29

Gina Miller

Financial Services

Founder, SCM Direct & MoneyShe

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70
Power
30

Ezechi Britton MBE

Inclusive Capital

Co-Founder, Impact X Capital

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69
Power
31

Eileen Burbidge MBE

Fintech & Innovation

Partner, Passion Capital

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68
Power
32

Saul Klein OBE

Capital Markets

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, LocalGlobe

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67
Power
33

Natasha Frangos

Professional Services

Managing Partner, HaysMac

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66
Power
34

Michael Eboda

Enterprise & Growth

Founder & CEO, Powerful Media Group

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65
Power
35

Emma Jones CBE

Government & Policy

UK Small Business Commissioner, Dept for Business & Trade

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64
Power
36

Reshma Sohoni MBE

Fintech & Innovation

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Seedcamp

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63
Power
37

Azeem Azhar

Fintech & Innovation

Founder, Exponential View

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62
Power
38

Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE

Capital Markets

HM Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, City of London

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61
Power
39

Sir Charles Bowman

Capital Markets

Former Lord Mayor of the City of London, City of London / PwC Adviser

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60
Power
40

Alison Duncan

Professional Services

Chair, EY UK

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59
Power
41

Steven Bartlett

Enterprise & Growth

Founder & CEO, Steven.com

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58
Power
42

Check Warner

Inclusive Capital

Co-Founder, Diversity VC & Ada Ventures

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57
Power
43

Ismail Ahmed

Fintech & Innovation

Founder, Zepz (WorldRemit)

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56
Power
44

Simon Wolfson Lord Wolfson

Enterprise & Growth

Chief Executive, Next plc

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55
Power
45

Rob Pierre

Enterprise & Growth

Founder & former CEO, Jellyfish

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54
Power
46

Levi Roots

Enterprise & Growth

Entrepreneur & Investor, Reggae Reggae Foods

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53
Power
47

Baroness Karren Brady CBE

Enterprise & Growth

Vice-Chair, West Ham United FC

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52
Power
48

Dame Anne Glover DBE

Capital Markets

CEO & Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners

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51
Power
49

Russ Shaw CBE

Fintech & Innovation

Founder, Tech London Advocates

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50
Power
50

Jayne-Anne Gadhia CBE

Fintech & Innovation

Entrepreneur & Fintech Founder, Snoop / Former CEO, Virgin Money

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49
Power
Methodology

How The Fifty is built.

Every leader is indexed against five dimensions — Market, Reach, Policy, Innovation and Culture — using a combination of public data, peer review and OTA Media’s proprietary leadership assessment. The OTA Power Score is the composite.