MOST INSPIRING WOMEN LEADERS TO WATCH IN 2026
Leadership today demands more than authority or expertise. It calls for conscience vision and the courage to operate where systems intersect and lives are shaped. In presenting this feature on Sharon Jandu OBE we are not merely profiling a distinguished leader but examining a living blueprint of how justice innovation and inclusion can coexist within one purposeful journey.
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SHARON JANDU OBE
Founder of Yorkshire Asian Business Association & Managing Director of NPH Ethnic Minority Business & Policy Forum
In the landscape of contemporary British leadership, few individuals embody the intersection of justice, innovation, and inclusive entrepreneurship as powerfully as Sharon Jandu OBE. Her remarkable journey spans the corridors of justice as a presiding magistrate, the boardrooms of multinational corporations like Microsoft and Santander, and the grassroots communities where she champions ethnic minority business empowerment across the Northern Powerhouse region.
Dr Sam Mishra (h.c)
Owner at The Medical Massage Lady
In the landscape of trauma recovery and holistic healing, few practitioners embody the transformative power of lived experience quite like Dr Sam Mishra. Her journey from surgical nurse and midwife to becoming one of the UK’s leading trauma recovery specialists represents more than a career pivot; it reflects a profound understanding that our deepest wounds can become our greatest gifts to humanity.
Pamela Thompson
Founder of Female Wave of Change Canada & Founder & President – Creative Life Coaching & Consulting
Some leaders chase change. Others dance with it. And then there are those rare individuals who transform uncertainty into artistry, weaving together threads of global experience, feminine wisdom, and transformational vision to create something entirely new. In a world grappling with unprecedented challenges from climate change to social inequality the qualities traditionally dismissed as “soft” are proving to be our strongest assets.
