Jake Isaac

Sting

Lana Abou-Assi
Mark Aiston
Jess Arthars
Kate Bailey
Pauline Brooks
Elaine Burgess
Adam Burgess
Mathew Carson
Eleanor Davidson
Michael Davis
David Drinkwater
Anna Edgar
Peter M. Felix CBE
Cliff F. Franklin
Michael Goodall
Josephine Haft
Victoria Hanson

2019 HONOREE
Martin Johnson CBE
Anglo-American Cultural Award

Martin Johnson CBE regarded as one of the greatest rugby players ever to have played the game—having represented and captained Leicester, England and the British Lions in a career spanning 16 seasons.

Johnson made his debut for the Leicester Tigers in 1989 and for England in 1993. In 1997,

he was named as captain for the victorious British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, and then in 2001, became the first man to captain the Lions twice as he led the 2001 tour to Australia.

He became England captain in 1999, and subsequently led the team to win the 6 Nations Grand Slam in 2003 becoming the only captain from the Northern Hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup. That memorable final was his 84th and final international match. Following this victory, he was awarded the CBE and placed second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

During his club career he played 362 games for Leicester and captained the club as they won the 1997 Pilkington Cup, four consecutive Premiership titles between 1999-2002 and two European Cup titles in 2001 and 2002. He served as the England team manager from 2008 to 2011. Under his management, England won the 2011 Six Nations Championship, their first since 2003. That same year, he was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame at the World Rugby Awards alongside all other Rugby World Cup-winning captains and head coaches from the tournament.

2019 HONOREE
Andy Byford
British Leadership Award

Andy Byford was appointed President of New York City Transit (NYCT) in January 2018.  NYCT is the largest transit agency in North America, with almost 8 million daily riders.

Prior to joining NYCT, Byford was Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), where he led the third largest transit agency in North America, Canada’s largest transit agency, carrying over 540 million riders per year on bus, streetcar, light rail, subway and para-transit services.  As CEO, he initiated a comprehensive modernization of the TTC, a program that culminated in the TTC being recognized by the American Public Transportation Association as the Outstanding Transit System of the year for 2017.

From 2009 to 2011, as Chief Operating Officer of Rail Corporation, Sydney, Australia, he delivered service to a million customers a day on Australia’s largest transit network.  From 2003 to 2009, he held the positions of Operations Director and Operations and Safety Director with Southern Railway and South Eastern Trains Limited, UK. 

During his tenure with London Underground from 1989 to 2003, he held a variety of managerial positions including Group Station Manager, Kings Cross and General Manager–Customer Service for three of the busiest subway lines.

Originally from Plymouth, Byford is a graduate of the University of Leicester from which he was awarded a B.A. joint honours degree in French and German.  He also holds a Diploma in Transport from the University of London and is a member of the Institute of Railway Operators.

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Bradley Wright-Phillips
Anglo-American Cultural Award

The first two-time MLS Golden Boot winner, Bradley Wright-Phillips turned himself into an elite finisher in MLS, and has banked arguably the greatest forward season in MLS history. Wright-Phillips joined the New York Red Bulls halfway through the 2013 season, helping them to the Supporters' Shield, and in his first full season he equaled the league's record for most goals in a single campaign with 27. He currently holds the New York Red Bulls record for most goals scored. Wright-Phillips’ father, Ian Wright MBE—a football legend in his own right—will be joining us to present the award on 29th November at Edison Ballroom.

Gareth Jones
British Leadership Award

Gareth is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of FinTech Collective a leading sector-focused venture capital firm, based in New York City and investing globally. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Gareth was a successful entrepreneur and business leader who helped build and sell three category leading fintech companies. These included Multex which IPO’d and then successfully sold to Reuters, Serverside which successfully sold to Gemalto, a European digital security company and CardLab which was successfully acquired by Blackhawk Networks a global leader in prepaid gift, reward and incentive technologies and solutions.

Before starting his career in FinTech, Gareth spent three years ‘double handing’ a 36-foot sailing boat 33,000 nautical miles from the UK to the Antarctic circle in search of inaccessible mountains to climb. Gareth has completed Columbia Business School’s Senior Executive Program and graduated from the University of the West of England with a BSc. Honours degree.

Gareth lives in Brooklyn with his wife, an accomplished ceramicist, and their two teenage daughters.

2017 HONOREE
Paula Radcliffe, MBE

This year’s British Bash will honor legendary British athlete, Paula Radcliffe, MBE, who will receive the Anglo-American Cultural Award. A three-time winner of the London Marathon, three-time New York Marathon champion and 2002 Chicago Marathon winner, Radcliffe was awarded an MBE in June 2002 and, later that year, was voted the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year.

2017 HONOREE
Luke Parker Bowles

This year we will present established film industry executive Luke Parker Bowles with the inaugural British Leadership Award. Developed in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Trade, the Award recognizes Bowles' contribution to the British community in New York, his unwavering commitment to charitable causes and his achievements in leadership and innovation.