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About Toni

Toni Thorne is a Caribbean woman who has been awarded by The Financial Times, Women of the Future UK and 40 Under 40 Black Women in Asset Management.

Nominated by the University of Cambridge for Women of the Future UK, these awards are under the patronage of Cherie Blair CBE, KC and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh highlighting future female leaders of the UK.

An award-winning entrepreneur, Toni has been a consultant to both public and private sector Caribbean entities and has built seven-figure businesses. She was the first Black or Caribbean person to sit on the Global Youth Leader’s European Summit.

Thorne was JCI International’s “Top Outstanding Young Person of the World” from the Caribbean and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.

“The Toni Thorne Show” was her Caribbean television show and her hosted Barbados-based radio show “Women’s Wednesdays” focused on gender issues. 

Thorne has been at the helm on various charitable and community organisations.

She is currently Board Member of the Premier League’s Charitable Fund- the youngest person on the board and the first black woman. The board manages £35 million annually.

As a Cambridge Trust Scholar and Chevening Scholar, whilst at Cambridge Judge Business School, she was one of two Cambridge MBA students listed on the Poets and Quants “Brightest and Best Global MBAs”.

At Cambridge, she worked with a top tier London based Venture Capital firm, a global investment manager and an international law firm.

Before graduating, she was offered a job at J.P. Morgan in London. As a Vice President, her daily role was leading the Marketing strategy for JPM funds to wealth managers across the UK. 

She is a gender-lens angel investor, writing personal cheques to female founders -building the next game changing companies across Europe and the US. Toni is passionate about female founders and narrowing the disparities re access to funding by female founders. 

She remains in the investment management industry, managing Inclusive Investor Communities on behalf of the Innovation arm of the British government.

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