▁e ighth ▁position . ▁▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Rank ings ▁An ▁independent ▁panel ▁of ▁five ▁jud ges , ▁head ed ▁by ▁management ▁consult ant ▁Viv ian ▁H unt and ▁including ▁business ▁executive ▁O lak un le ▁Bab ar inde , ▁ranked ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 ▁most ▁influ ential ▁Black ▁Brit ons ▁on ▁mer it ▁with ▁children ' s ▁author ▁Mal orie ▁Black man , ▁O BE ▁first ▁in ▁the ▁year ly ▁ranking . ▁▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁Rank ings ▁The ▁sixth ▁annual ▁Power list ▁edition ▁was ▁announced ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁ranking ▁Brit ons ▁who ▁have ▁" the ▁ability ▁to ▁alter ▁events ▁and ▁change ▁lives ▁in ▁a ▁positive ▁way " ▁and ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁hard ▁copies ▁were ▁distributed ▁to ▁schools ▁across ▁the ▁UK . ▁▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Rank ings ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Power list ▁edition ▁was ▁announced ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁and ▁the ▁jud ging ▁panel ▁was ▁cha ired ▁by ▁Baron ess ▁Am os ▁ranking ▁T id j ane ▁Th iam , ▁CE O ▁of ▁F T SE ▁ 1 0 0 ▁company ▁Pr ud ential ▁pl c . ▁▁ 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 1 1 ▁Rank ings ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁Power list ▁had ▁a ▁different ▁format ▁and ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁newspaper ▁The ▁New ▁Nation . ▁During ▁its ▁first ▁few ▁years , ▁separate ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁rank ings ▁were