Foluke Akinlose is Founder of PRECIOUS, the leading online magazine, network and events resource for women of colour.
She is a trained journalist and editor with a strong background in new and traditional media. Her career has taken in stints at Moreover.com, a Reuters backed technology start up and ITN Online.
She launched PRECIOUS in 1999 when working in the New Media Department at ITN. It was the first publication of its kind to launch in the UK.
In 1997 she launched The PRECIOUS Awards (www.preciousawards.com) a unique annual awards event that celebrates women of colour in business and leadership.
In 2008 she was named in the top 100 in Courvoisier’s “The Future 500” a list of the country’s top achievers across ten wide-ranging categories.
She was honoured with an MBE in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List for services to the Creative Industries.
