Black Business Week 2026

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PANEL: How to turn your skills, network and voice into real career power

13 Oct 2026
Theater 1
Career growth often comes down to being noticed by the right person, in the right room, at the right time. For too many Black women, that room has stayed locked. So they're building their own instead, reshaping roles around passion projects, forming relationships across industries with people prepared to back them properly, and turning platforms like social media into real career currency. Hear from women who found their own way in when the usual doors didn't open, and are now shaping industries on their own terms, proving there's more than one route to the top.
Moderator
Hannah Awonuga, Founder & CEO - Illume Executive Consulting
Chiamaka Odikanwa, Head of Client Reporting Experience - HSBC
Elle Morgan, Head of Marketing (Whisky) - Diageo