IN BRIEF
- Jaguar partners with GQ and Editorial Intelligence to curate the 100 Most Connected Women 2014 in politics, media, fashion, PR and sport
- Jaguar Ambassador Stella McCartney OBE features in the top 100 list, and is currently supporting the #FEELXE campaign in Paris
IN DETAIL
(Whitley, Coventry ‑ 30 September 2014). British GQ has again joined forces with the connection and networking experts Editorial Intelligence to reveal 'The 100 Most Connected Women 2014,' representing this century's new cornerstones of influence. This follows the 100 Most Connected Men list earlier this year.
Dylan Jones, Editor of GQ, commented: "This is a compelling review of women from different disciplines and generations each triumphing today: It may still be a man's world but where would we be without women to lead us through it? I like the sheer variety this list has: Amal Alamuddin and HM Queen Elizabeth II rank equally alongside Rebekah Brooks and Doreen Lawrence. An echo of campaigning runs throughout, and for that reason the quality of 'Campaigner and Change Agent' has become a new key characteristic for this list. Another category emerged, that of creative collaboration. What is consistent throughout is the spirit with which these Most Connected Women tackle life. I'm thrilled that Editorial Intelligence, the UK's leading intelligence network, has curated this list with us ‑ Julia Hobsbawm knows better than anyone that being smartly connected is vital today."
Julia Hobsbawm, founder of Editorial Intelligence and co‑creator of the 100 Most Connected list, remarked: "A woman in a man's world has, undoubtedly, to try harder. And yet women have the edge when it comes to the currency most prized at the moment: the valuable commodity that is connection. The skill, talent and gift to make contacts, creatively and collaboratively, puts women front and centre of some of the most demanding and challenging roles in Britain today."
The 100 Most Connected rankings are: Leader, Spider, Influencer, Campaigner & Change Agent, Creative Collaborator and Connector. The List spans politics, public spirit and public life; media, academia & publishing; art, culture, fashion and food; PRs, agents and producers; business, technology and philanthropy; and health, medicine, wellbeing and sport.
The 100 Most Connected Women 2014 in Britain today in category order are:
Politics, public spirit, public life & the law; Amal Alamuddin, Camila Batmanghelidjh CBE, Stella Creasy MP, Cara Delevingne, Baroness Kennedy QC, Baroness Lawrence OBE, Jemima Khan, Beeban Kidron OBE, Theresa May MP, Esther McVey MP, Baroness Prasahr CBE, Alison Saunders CBE, Baroness Shackleton, Justine Simons, Ann Sindall, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Reverend Lucy Winkett.
Media, academia & publishing; Helen Boaden, Rebekah Brooks, Caroline Daniel, Rona Fairhead CBE, Katie Grand, Lynda Gratton, Isabel Hardman, Rachel Johnson, India Knight, Caitlin Moran, Elisabeth Murdoch, Alexandra Pringle, Tessa Ross CBE, Sarah Sands, Jess Search, Alexandra Shulman OBE, Cilla Snowball CBE, Sarah Vine, Mary‑Kay Wilmers, Claudia Winkleman, Andrea Wong.
Art, culture, fashion & food; Lily Allen, Laura Bailey, Victoria Beckham, Iwona Blazwick OBE, Nicky Carter, Tracey Emin CBE, Gizzi Erskine, Esther Freud, Catherine Goodman, Zaha Hadid DBE, Anya Hindmarch MBE, Jude Kelly OBE, Jane Lawson, Stella McCartney OBE, Lottie Moss, Sophie Okonedo OBE, Susie Orbach, Julia Peyton Jones OBE, Caroline Rush, Meera Syal MBE, Sam Taylor‑Johnson OBE, Ella Weston, Jeanette Winterson OBE, Anna Wintour, Lucy Worsley, Anita Zabludowicz.
PRs, agents & producers; Jane Boardman, Sofia Davis, Sonia Friedman, Camilla Lowther, Christiana Marran, Caroline Michel, Fiona McMorrough, Sarah Montague, Sally Osman.
Business, technology & philanthropy; Tara Bernerd, Rosaleen Blair, Tanya Burr, Sherry Coutu CBE, Jan Hall OBE, Dido Harding, Bindi Karia, Pinky Lilani OBE, Katie Lloyd, Heather McGregor, Nicola Mendelsohn, Helena Morrissey CBE, Dr Dambisa Moyo, Kathryn Parsons, Heather Rabbatts CBE, Justine Roberts, Hannah Rothschild, Anne Richards, Marjorie Scardino DBE, Stevie Spring, Vanessa Vallely.
Health, medicine, wellbeing & sport; Jane Cummings, Jessica Ennis‑Hill CBE, Philippa Ferry, Baroness Grey‑Thompson, Clare Matterson and Judy Murray.
The 100 Most Connected is featured in the November 2014 issue of GQ, on newsstand from 2 October 2014. For further information please contact Melody.Rayner@condenast.co.uk /020 7152 3807. #GQEI100
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EDITORS' NOTES
Definitions of the various connectors identified by GQ and Editorial Intelligence are as follows;
Creative Collaborator ‑ A cornerstone of connectivity: cross‑platform collaboration and creative daring.
Connector ‑ An enabler, they introduce others and are 'helpers' and 'givers'.
Influencer ‑ They are widely admired and followed ‑ sports stars, media big‑hitters and cultural figureheads.
Campaigner & Change Agent ‑ They champion a cause to help others without a voice.
Spider ‑ Agents, leaders, spokespeople ‑ they operate in more than one sector.
Leader ‑ apparent from their front and centre position in organisations. They have profile as well as purpose.
Formerly GQ's 'Most Influential' list, this annual review evolved, recognising that those who are the most connected in all senses are the most influential. This took the form of The Most Connected Men published in February of 2014, and is now followed by Most Connected Women.
Editorial Intelligence has pioneered new definitions of, and practices around, face to face networking in a Facebook age. Now in its tenth year, the business runs corporate classes on networking, a networking club, the annual UK Comment Awards, and the annual "Experiential Residential" conference Names Not Numbers, which has been described as "Like Davos....with Community Singing" by historian Niall Ferguson. www.editorialintelligence.com. List Editor and co‑creator Juliia Hobsbawn is Honorary Visting Professor in Networking at Cass Business School and has written and presented the new 5‑part series on networks and networking, "Networking Nation" which airs on BBC Radio 4 in October. Simon Schama described her as "a 21st century salonniere".
British GQ is the recipient of 50 major awards, including Digital Magazine of the Year 2013 (Men's Lifestyle), while Dylan Jones was awarded Editor of the Year at the BSME Awards in 2013 and named the PPA Editor of the Year in 2014. GQ has a combined print and digital circulation of 125,024 (ABC Jan‑June 2014); readership is 359,000 (NRS Jan‑Dec 2013); and unique users to the website total 902,471 (Google analytics June‑Aug 2014).