Join us and learn more about Tom’s journey from being a British entrepreneur to an catalytic educational philanthropist and to hear his views on how the philanthropy sector can support racial equity exemplified by his establishing, amongst a number of charitable activities, the African Science Academy, Africa’s first all-girls science and maths academy.  He will discuss the important role professional advisors can play in meeting the needs of their clients supporting them on their philanthropic journey.

Tom Ilube CBE is a technology entrepreneur and educational philanthropist. He is founder/CEO of London based Crossword Cybersecurity plc and a Non Executive Director of the BBC. Previously he was Managing Director of Consumer Markets at Callcredit Information Group, a UK credit reference agency. Prior to Callcredit, he founded Garlik, a venture capital-backed identity protection company. Earlier, Tom served as Chief Information Officer of Egg plc, the pioneering British internet bank. His career has included Goldman Sachs, PwC and the London Stock Exchange.

Tom is an Advisory Fellow of St Anne's College, University of Oxford, an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford and is Chair of the education charity, African Gifted Foundation and launched the African Science Academy, the first girls’ science and technology school on the continent. In 2017 Tom was named as Britain’s most influential Black person. Tom was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to Technology and Philanthropy and has received honorary Doctorates from City, University of London, and University of Wolverhampton.
 

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