The London Evening Standard’s annual list of the most influential people in the Capital has two charity players in the top 20. 

The London Evening Standard’s annual Power 1000 list was released yesterday, and ranks Sir Nicholas Hytner, artistic director of the National Theatre, at 14, while Sir Paul Nurse, president at the Royal Society and former chief executive of Cancer Research UK, sits at 19, between Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (18) and Cara Delevingne, a popular fashion model who is at 20. Prince George, the 8-week old son of Prince Willliam and the Duchess of Cambridge topped the list this year.

The list ranks the top 20 most influential people in London, but divides the remaining 980 into categories.

There are a number of new charity chief executives in the group dubbed “crusaders, philanthropists and leaders”.

Bryn and Emma Parry, founders of Help for Heroes, are new entrants to the list, as is Hekate Papadaki, grants and development manager at Rosa; Gracia McGrath, chief executive of Chance UK; and Ben Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall.

Other charity stalwarts in the list include Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company; William Shawcross, chair of the Charity Commission; and Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive of Save the Children International.

Simon Thurley, chief executive of English Heritage, which is going to move from being a public body to a charity, is also in the list.

A panel of Evening Standard critics and specialist reporters picked the Power 1000: London’s Most Influential in association with Battersea Power Station, where the event to launch the list will be held.

The event will be the last major party to be held at Battersea Power Station before the site is transformed into an £8bn, 39-acre state-of-the-art residential and office complex.

Sarah Sands, editor of the London Evening Standard, said: “The 1000 is a power list of coruscating imagination and innovation. London has never felt more vivid or open to possibilities.”

Click on the images below for a gallery of charity sector figures who appeared in the Power 1000 list.

 

 

Images for Hekate Papadaki (grants and development manager at Rosa), Eddie Stride (chief executive at City Gateway) and Teresa Early (artistic director at Theatre Peckham) were unavailable.