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City of London chief tops UK Black Powerlist

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Ian Thomas, chief executive of the City of London Corporation, has been named the UK's most influential Black Briton in this year's Black Powerlist awards.

The 57-year old is the first Black person to oversee the Square Mile's governing body in its more than 900-year history.

The City of London Corporation is an administrative body with responsibility for London's central financial district, headed by its own Lord Mayor.

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