It is with great delight that I welcome you to the 2011 ACS Leadership Summit. 

We have a record number of ACS Presidents attending this year’s summit, which demonstrates that the African Caribbean Society networks are keen to build alliances and collaborations given the right platform.  Since 2009, we’ve been humbled by the level of interest and participa-tion year-on-year and hope to strengthen the level of inter-est in the network over the coming years. The 2010/11 academic year was a great time at the ACS Project. We organised two ACS in the City career forums with Morgan Stanley and Google, launched the Google Top Black Talent Programme, which paired 31 black students with mentors from Google, and organised the inaugural ACS Talk Time at the University of Warwick hosted by Warwick ACS. In the coming academic year, we are planning an ACS in the City career forum in Banking, Law and Technology and we are looking forward to the autumn ACS Talk Time to be hosted by Manchester ACS at the University of Manchester. Our annual survey is now complete with record 700 responses, a 14% increase from 2010. Our analysis of the responses shows an increase in the number of students whose impression of ACS is a positive one at 53%. Thus, illustrating that a majority regard the ACS network as valuable aide in their personal and professional development.  This year’s summit programme has been created with a focus on empowering you to lead your local ACS communities more effectively. With great speakers and workshop sessions, we want you to make the most of today by networking with your peers, learning from our speakers and connecting with our partner employers. We are very appreciative of the brands that share our vision and demonstrate this through their continued partnership. We also welcome our new partners who are participating in the ACS Leadership Summit for the first time. As we enter a new academic year, we look forward to connecting with you locally through various ACS Project events and activities. For today, however, have a wonderful summit! Hugo ObiFounder AC Company & ACS Project

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A Place To Be You

You want to change the world.

At Google, our culture is rooted in flexibility and collaboration — an environment that lets you achieve your goals and follow your own path. You like a challenge. You like having fun. Your life has direction. This is a place to be you.

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A Place To Be You

You want to change the world.

At Google, our culture is rooted in flexibility and collaboration — an environment that lets you achieve your goals and follow your own path. You like a challenge. You like having fun. Your life has direction. This is a place to be you.

Technical roles, scholarships and resources at google.com/university/emea

Business internships and new grad opportunities at google.com/students

google.com/diversity

A Place To Be You

You want to change the world.

At Google, our culture is rooted in flexibility and collaboration — an environment that lets you achieve your goals and follow your own path. You like a challenge. You like having fun. Your life has direction. This is a place to be you.

Technical roles, scholarships and resources at google.com/university/emea

Business internships and new grad opportunities at google.com/students

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SCHEDULE OF DAY

15.00-15.15TEA BREAK

13.00 - 13.40Panel Discussion: For a second year running, ‘R&R Show’ presenters Rosario Ogbechie & Raghd Hamid (Warwick ACS) will moderate the ACS Leadership Summit panel discussion featuring 2010/11 ‘Stars of ACS’ including KCL, Notts, UCL, Warwick & Imperial ACS.

13.40 - 14.00The ACS Project team will discuss the result of the 2011 National ACS Survey along with other key projects taking place in the 2011/12 academic year including the autumn ACS talk time.

14.00 - 15.00Workshop three led by Ola FagbamigbeWorkshop Topic: Pitching Big Ideas

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NETWORKING RECEPTION

15.15 - 16.00

Special Guest, Piers Linney CEO of Outsourcery, will share his vision on leadership in his address of ‘Leadership in a new decade’.

16.00 - 17.00

‘Meet the Sponsors’ Representative from our partner organizations will meet with ACS presidents grouped by region. This is a great opportunity for delegates to share their programme for the new academic year.

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12.00-13.00LUNCH

09.00 - 09.30Registration and light morning refreshment.

09.30 - 10.00Welcome address by Ozioma Emeagi (Director, Deutsche Bank).

10.00 - 10.40Keynote Speaker: David Lammy (MP for Tottenham) delivers summit’s keynote speech.

10.40 - 11.20Workshop One will be led by the National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs.Session topic: Making ACS entrepreneurial.

11.20 - 12.00Workshop Two led by Rhonda Calder and Sarah Ingram from Deutsche Bank.Workshop Topic: Building a strong relationship between our ACS and employers.

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DELEGATES A-L

MICHELLE LEE | PresidentBSc Politics & Sociology | 2nd year

Aston University

I love the hustle and bustle of the face paced city center environment. I want Aston ACS to be recognized as a society that brings the community together.

ASTON

VANESSA NATHAN-MARSH | PresidentMedicine | 3rd year

Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

I want to make a diff erence. Our ACS is all about unity.

BARTS

JORDAN ANTHONY LIVINGSTONE | PresidentLaw | 2nd year

Brunel University

It’s important that you be your own source of motivation I always want to make my ACS members proud.

BRUNEL

ADEOLA ADELAKUN | PresidentLaw | 3rd year University of Aberdeen The best thing about my university is the diversity. I founded ACS at her university to create opportunities relevant to member students.

ABERDEEN

BRISTOL

ANJOLA ADEDAYO | PresidentLaw | 2nd year

University of Bristol

I enjoy a challenge. Our ACS is a very close knit and friendly bunch of people.

CAMBRIDGEAGNES KAMARA | PresidentEducation with English | 2nd year

Cambridge University

Looks up to Oprah Winfrey Empowerment is at the heart of our ACS.

BATH

OLAJIRE ODUYOYE (JIRE) | PresidentAccounting and Finance | 2nd yearUniversity of BathI am very competitive person.I want to increase the awareness of African and Caribbean culture in our university.

BRADFORDJOSEPH AWODE | PresidentBio Med | 2nd year

University of Bradford

Looks up to Barack Obama. I want to make my ACS accessible to all students at my university.

ALAN OMOGBAI | PresidentLaw | 2nd year

University of Exeter

I wanted to get out of my urban comfort zone to benefi t from attending a top university I work towards improving my ACS.

EXETER

MARK THIPE | PresidentPhilosophy | 2nd year

University of Edinburgh

I want to add value to the world Our ACS is currently in the process of re-branding itself.

EDINBURGH

CHEZ MUNDETA | PresidentSociology | 3rd year

University of Cardiff

I look up to Maya Angelou I chose to lead the ACS because I felt it needed a kick start.

CARDIFF IMPERIAL

MUHAMMAD ABUBAKAR YAR’ADUA | PresidentGeophysics | 2nd year

Imperial College

I enjoy making people happy ACS is my way of giving back to Imperial and to the ACS community itself.

KCL

AYODELE AKINYEMI | PresidentMedicine | 3rd year

King’s College London

I hope to run a successful multinational business someday. We want to grow as a society.

COVENTRYETHAN GREER | PresidentSociology and Psychology | 2nd year

University of Coventry

I want to be able to help people and ensure that they are successful. We want to lead our members to a pursuit of excellence.

HULL

JOSEPH AKINWUSI | PresidentEconomics | 2nd year

University of Hull

I look up to Tony BlairOur ACS slogan is “the future is ours”.

ESSEXMARGARET OMOTOYO | PresidentFinancial economics | 2nd year

University of Essex

I look up to Martin Luther KingThe African and Caribbean cultures are rich and vibrant and I want the Essex community to experience them fully.

CINDY IHUA-MADUENYI | PresidentLaw | 2nd year

University of Leicester

I enjoy the fact that I have been given the opportunity to take things into my own hands’ I am passionate about my ACS.

LEICESTER

ADEFOLAHAN OSHINLOYE | PresidentLaw | 2nd year

University of Kent

I look up to Arséne Wenger I feel that the UKC ACS has the potential to be the best in the country.

KENT

LEEDSLARA BERNARD | PresidentEconomics and Geography | 2nd year

Leeds University

Driven by the motivation to always do well. Our ACS is an appreciation of culture and diversity through friendship and hard work.

LINCOLN IAN ANTWI | PresidentBusiness & Management | 2nd year

University of Lincoln

I want to be someone who matters in the world. Our ACS can make a larger impact, not only in our University but in society as well.

MANCHESTER

IHEBUZOR LOUIS | PresidentElectrical Engineering and Electronics |2nd year

University of Liverpool

I am most motivated by both disappointments and success. I would want to leave a permanent footprint on the Liverpool ACS.

LIVERPOOL

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LSE

JOSHUA DISEKPOBAGHA | PresidentComputer Science with Business Management | 3rd year

Loughborough University

I enjoy campus life the most. We want this year to be even more memorable for members, the University, and hopefully the whole Afro-Caribbean world.

ROSINA ST JAMES | PresidentSocial Policy with Government | 2nd year

London School of Economics & Political Science

Want to leave a lasting legacy for many years to come. Our ACS believes that ‘The strength of any community is in the unity of its people’.

CORY BERNARD | PresidentChemical Engineering | 3rd year

University of Manchester

I want to make a diff erence. Our ACS slogan is ‘Embracing a culture, redefi ning a people’.

NEWCASTLE

KENNY TOMILOLA BAYEROJU | PresidentEconomics & Mathematics | 2nd year

Newcastle University

Newcastle has the perfect combination, a good degree and a great nightlife! I want to make Newcastle’s ACS more active.

BOLA FATUADE | PresidentLaw | 2nd year

Nottingham Trent University

I am a born leader I choose to lead my ACS because I am passionate about seeing change.

NTU

NOTTS

JOSY-BARONESS BOAKYE | PresidentLaw | 2nd year

University of Nottingham

I was determined to leave London and experience life in another city. We have a warm and welcoming spirit within the ACS that sets it apart and makes it so special to its members.

OXFORD

GILLIAN APPAU | PresidentPhilosophy, Politics, Economics | 2nd year

University of Oxford

We aim to explore, promote and celebrate African andCaribbean culture within the University of Oxford.

EBONIE REID-BARLOW | PresidentBiomedical Sciences | 2nd year

Queen Mary University of London

I want to be a maker of my future not a product of my past. I was inspired by my former president to lead my ACS.

SURREY

SOUTHAMPTON

UCL

QMUL

YASMIN ARHIN-ACQUAAH | PresidentMedicine | 3rd year

The University of Southampton

The most interesting thing about university is ‘the people’ I have a vision for my ACS and where it could go.

AKINSOLA AINA | PresidentComputing and Information Technology | 2nd year

University of Surrey

I can look back and confi dently say I gave my all in anything I have done. I chose to lead to help us grow, both as students and as a people.

NNEKA AGBIM | PresidentLaw| 2nd year

University College London

I look up to Beyonce Knowles. We want to improve on the work of the previous committee.

UCLAN

SIENNA GARDNER- HILLAIRE | PresidentPublic Relations | 2nd year

University of Central Lancashire

I enjoy the student life and what it comes with. We want to make a change for the minority at university and also create a place where others feel welcomed.

WARWICK

SINEAD BANFUL | PresidentPolitics and Sociology | 2nd year

Warwick University

If you could cut me open and look at my heart I believe it pumps for other people. We will take the ACS to the next level, and serve the community near our University.

WESTMINSTER

ADESUA OBETOH | PresidentBusiness Management & Law | 2nd year

University of Westminster

I make sure I take up every opportunity I am given. I felt my university needed a platform from which African Caribbean students could be united and encouraged through university.

YORK

LAURA OWUSU- AFRIYIE | PresidentApplied social science | 2nd year

University of York

I look up to Martin Luther KingWe aim to involve people actively in the ACS.

DELEGATES L-Y

PIERS LINNEY Piers Linney is an entrepreneur with a professional background in law and finance who has a rap-idly growing profile in the media due to the rapid growth of his award-winning and world-leading Cloud Service Provider and unified communications business, Outsourcery.

Piers grew up in the small Lancashire town of Bacup. After graduating from the University of Man-chester with a degree in Accounting and Law, Piers qualified as a solicitor in the city of London. Before he created Outsourcery, Piers has worked as an investment banker, venture capital fund manager and hedge fund manager. Today, Piers is at the Joint CEO and a major shareholder of one of the world’s leading Cloud Service Provider businesses called Outsourcery, which is driving the rapidly growing UK market in Cloud-based software, infrastructure and unified communications solutions. Piers enjoys the extreme sport of downhill mountain biking and is married with two children. He lives in Camden in central London.

OZIOMA EMEAGI  Opening the Summit is, banker and trained economist, Ozioma Emeagi who joined Deutsche Bank in 2002 where he is currently a director in the Capital Markets and Treasury Solutions coverage group and is responsible for Central and Eastern European financial institutions sales. In his nine years at Deutsche Bank, he has originated and executed a number of high profile transactions for sov-ereigns, corporates and financial institutions within the region. Ozioma holds a BSc. in Economics from University College London.

RT HON DAVID LAMMY MP David Lammy is Labour MP for Tottenham, a seat he won in a by-election in 2000, becoming the then youngest MP in the Commons. Until the 2010 election he had been a Minister of State at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills for two years. In this role, he was responsible for adult learning and offender learning and skills. He has also held posts in Health, Constitution-al Affairs and Culture. Before entering politics, he worked as a lawyer in London and practised for a year in Los Angeles, after studying at Harvard. David is a firm believer in the ability of edu-cation to change lives, and takes every possible opportunity to encourage young people, es-pecially those under-represented at many top universities, to achieve their academic potential.

OLA FAGBAMIGBE Ola is currently a Deployment Program Manager with Google Enterprise. Since starting at Google in June 2010, Ola has managed the deployment of Google Apps for businesses across Europe, Mid-dle East and Africa. Ola is passionate about mentoring young people. Recently, he was a mentor at Evoke, a World Bank initiative to encourage young people, especially in Africa, to come up with creative solutions to urgent social problems.

RHONDA CALDER & SARAH INGRAM (DEUTSCHE BANK)

Ms Calder and Ms Ingram are both Vice Presidents Of Talent Acquisition and Graduate Recruitment. Rhonda specialises in embedding diversity in Deutsche Bank‘s programs and initiatives whilst Sarah is responsible for Asset Management and Private Wealth Management recruitment and is also the relationship manager for Imperial College.

Raghd & Rosario are quintessential innovators. They founded the R&R variety talk show; a ra-dio show for university students providing listeners the chance to share their views on topics from politics to entertainment delivered with an energy only seen when the two join forces. Sudanese born Ragdh (pictured right) prefers to refer to herself as a ‘citizen of the world’. Having travelled extensively and through internships with organisations such as the United Nations she is able to think beyond borders. Nonetheless, her interests are not solely politi-cally and culturally inclined she is passionate about all things creative: Fashion, Photography, etc. Originally from Nigeria, Rosario (pictured left) brings unrivalled passion to any project she embarks on. A recent graduate; a model; an entrepreneur; a trainee at Goldman Sachs; a football connoisseur: just a few of the contrasting interests, which highlight the diversity of her capabilities. She lives by the mantra “Failure is not an option”.

These two University of Warwick ‘French with Politics’ (Raghd) and ‘Sociology’ (Rosario) students are blazing a new path for all to follow.

SPEAKERS

HOSTS & MODERATORS

AWARD NOMINEES

WWW.KCLACS.ORG.UK

The KCL ACS has approximately 150 registered members with an additional 1,500 virtual members via its Facebook page and mailing list. Out going President Mike Nosa-Ehima says “ our goal is to cater for the social, educational, cultural and professional needs of our members”. The KCL ACS has done just that with the success of society events like their ‘Soul Food’ Afro-Caribbean buffet, Culture Shock and the “Celebrating Success” Q&A sessions, where society members were treated to motivational guest speakers. The ACS has also had even more fruitful success in collaboration with UCL with the ‘Blind Date’ event. The success of their event did not go unnoticed locally as they were awarded the ‘Society of the Year Award’ against 150 already active societies at the university by their Student’s Union. KCL ACS was nominated for ‘ACS of the Year’ & ‘ACS Event of the Year’ Award.

NOTTSACS.BLOGSPOT.COMNottingham ACS has 250 registered members with approximately 1,575 virtual members connected via Facebook and Twitter. The ACS, through it events, has united students at different level of study. Incoming President Josy-Baroness Boakye says, “members found that having small socials were great for interacting with people they would not usually see on campus, especially those in other years”. Nottingham ACS has had successful collaborative events with SOCAA (Students of Caribbean Ancestry Association), as well as universities; Coventry, Cambridge, and Aston with their popular annual Jazz, Fun and Soul holding for a 3rd year. The ACS also uses a dedicated blog page to publicize and report back on events held by the society. Josy says “friendliness of the overall committee brought members together and encouraged many members not in the committee to lend a helping hand’, illustrating that their ACS’ success is truly a team effort. Notts ACS was nominated for ‘ACS of the Year’ and ‘ACS Event of the Year’.

UCL.AC.UK/~UCZXACS/INDEX.HTM UCL ACS, it seems, are a society of budding entrepreneurs. They staged an Apprentice style event (a popular BBC TV series were contestants compete to become the ‘apprentice’ of a multi-millionaire businessman). UCL ACS does ‘The Apprentice’, complete with a panel of venture capitalists from Deloitte and Touche also included a fabulous grand prize of a day work experience at Deloitte’s Central London offices. The Afiya Titus out-going President says “we sought to bring the best entrepreneurial/innovative skills out of our members; to make them more employable’. Making headlines throughout their university, the UCL ACS has surely proved that the ACS is more than just a cultural society. UCL ACS was nominated for ‘ACS Event of the Year’.

University of Leicester ACS with 150 registered members and approximately 1,762 virtual members. The ACS is partnered with African Caribbean Leukemia Trust as well as De Montfort University, Loughborough amongst others. Looking to cater to the needs of its members across the board, the ACS’ strategy is one of increasing the breadth and diversity of its events. From ‘parties for social butterflies to educational opportunities open to anyone’, out-going President Fatimah Conteh says, “the success of the ACS was not down to me alone, every committee member helped to shape the ACS’ Their achievements include receiving the ‘Gold Society’ status and ‘Cultural Society of the Year’. As Leicester ACS illustrates, the success of any society lies not only with the vibrancy of its members but on the strength of it leadership. Leicester ACS was nominated for ‘ACS of the Year’ Award.

ACS IN PICTURES

KCL ACS – Cultural show

ACS in the City with Google

Leicester ACS – Commitee

Notts ACS – Fresher’s fair

KCL ACS – Cultural show

Leicester ACS – International day

Leicester ACS – Performance

Notts ACS – Jazz, Soul & Funk

ACS IN PICTURES

NTU ACS – Committee

NTU ACS - Friendship

Reading ACS – Meeting

UCL ACS – Committee

ACS in the City with Morgan Stanley

Spring ACS talk time – Warwick University

Reading ACS - Vogue

UCL ACS – Culture show

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