{{Short description|British entrepreneur and author (born 1977)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Use British English|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Melanie Eusebe | honorific_suffix = MBE | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Melanie Veronique Eusebe | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1977|03|12}} | birth_place = St Austell, England | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = University of Toronto; Birkbeck, University of London | occupation = Entrepreneur and author | years_active = | known_for = Founder of the Black British Business Awards | notable_works = | website = {{URL|https://www.melanieeusebe.com/}} }} '''Melanie Veronique Eusebe''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 12 March 1977) is a British entrepreneur and author, known for co-founding the ''Black British Business Awards'' in 2014. She has written for publications such as ''The Huffington Post'' and ''Management Today''.<ref>George Eleady Cole, [http://sittingbull1845.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/black-social-history-afro-british_12.html "Melanie Eusebe"], ''Black Social History'', 12 August 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.thebbbawards.com/ The Black British Business Awards] website.</ref><ref>[http://melanieeusebe.com/about "About"] Melanie Eusebe website.</ref> She serves on the board of the Creative Industries Federation and teaches as a professor at the Hult International Business School in London.
==Early life and education == Eusebe was born in England and grew up in Canada with Trinidadian-Dominican heritage.<ref name="SSI">Iesha Townsend, [http://www.caribbeanreturningnationals.org/students/melanie-eusebe-professor-and-chairwoman/ "Melanie Eusebe, Business Leader"], Students for Students Initiative.</ref> Her mother, a psychiatric nurse "worked two jobs".<ref>Natricia Duncan, [http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/%E2%80%98black-businesses-become-billion-pound-industries%E2%80%99 "‘Black Businesses Become Billion Pound Industries’"], ''The Voice'', 27 September 2014.</ref> Eusebe has said: "I was raised with black and white friends. I went to a predominantly white school.... Coming to London changed my black experience. In terms of my Caribbean-ness, it is just me. It is part of me, not all of me."<ref name=SSI /> After graduating from the University of Toronto, she gained a master's degree in Philosophy (Ethics) from Birkbeck College at the University of London.<ref name="Dots">[https://the-dots.com/users/melanie-eusebe-118538 "Melanie Eusebe | Executive Producer of WoW at the Southbank Centre"], The—Dots.</ref>
==Career== Eusebe started her career as a management consultant/strategist for more than 17 years with such global brands as IBM and Ernst & Young.<ref name="Founders">[http://www.thebbbawards.com/founders/ "Founders"], The Black British Business Awards.</ref> She subsequently started her own business services consultancy, The Fresh Ideas Company.<ref>[http://www.thefreshideascompany.com/ The Fresh Ideas Company.]</ref><ref>[https://www.wearethecity.com/inspirational-women-melanie-eusebe-co-founder-black-british-business-awards/ "Inspirational Woman: Melanie Eusebe | Co-Founder of the Black British Business Awards"], WeAreTheCity, 17 April 2014.</ref> She is also an adjunct professor at Hult International Business School, with a focus on Leadership and Management Skills.<ref name="Dots" />
===The Black British Business Awards=== In keeping with her concern to uncover role models and inspire a new generation of leaders, Eusebe together with international corporate finance lawyer Sophie Chandauka co-founded in 2014 The Black British Business Awards (BBBAs),<ref name=Founders /> whose partners include Everywoman,<ref>[https://www.everywoman.com/sites/default/files/file/everywomansUPDATE_May2015.pdf "Spotlight on Everywoman Club: Melanie Eusebe and Sophie Chandauka pave the way for workplace diversity"], ''Update'', Everywoman, May 2015, pp. 3–4.</ref> ''The Telegraph'',<ref>Isabelle Fraser, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/04/10/black-business-awards-looking-nominees/ "Black British Business Awards on the hunt for nominees"], ''The Telegraph'', 10 April 2017.</ref> ''Evening Standard''<ref>Benedict Moore-Bridger, [https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/black-business-awards-given-to-rising-stars-a3362981.html "Black Business Awards given to rising stars"], ''Evening Standard'', 6 October 2016.</ref> and others.
===Broadcasting and other media work=== Eusebe works with various schools as a mentor and is a regular speaker, lecturer and broadcaster for BBC television and radio programmes such as ''BBC News at Six'', ''What The Papers Say'' and Radio 4's ''Today'',<ref name=Dots /> as well as hosting a show at Colourful Radio.<ref>[http://www.thefreshideascompany.com/about/ "About"], The Fresh Ideas Company.</ref> She has written for such outlets as ''Huffington Post''<ref>[http://www2.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/melanie-eusebe/ "Melanie Eusebe"] at ''Huff Post''.</ref> and ''Management Today''.<ref name=Founders />
Eusebe serves on several boards, among them the Creative Industries Federation.<ref name=Founders />
Eusebe was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to diversity in business.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63377|supp=y|page=B18|date=12 June 2021}}</ref>
In July 2023, she was presented with an honorary degree from the University of Exeter – Doctor of Laws (LLD) – "in recognition of her commitment to championing diversity" throughout her career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/honorarygraduates/2023/timetable/ceremony18/|title=Honorary graduates 2023|publisher=University of Exeter|access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/graduates-urged-to-embrace-gift-of-diversity-as-black-british-business-awards-founder-honoured-by-university-of-exeter/|title=Graduates urged to 'embrace gift of diversity' as Black British Business Awards founder honoured|date=25 July 2023 |first=Russell |last=Parton|publisher=University of Exeter|access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.melanieeusebe.com/ Official website] * [https://twitter.com/MelanieEusebe?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor @MelanieEusebe] at Twitter * Karen Bryson, [http://thoselondonchicks.com/melanie-eusebe-force-reckoned/ "Chicks’ Chat With Melanie Eusebe"], ''Those London Chicks'', 14 October 2014 * [https://wearethecity.com/inspirational-women-melanie-eusebe-co-founder-black-british-business-awards/ "Inspirational Woman: Melanie Eusebe | Co-Founder of the Black British Business Awards"], ''We Are The City''.
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