Sonita Alleyne

Sonita Alleyne
OBE FRSA
42nd Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2019
Preceded byIan H. White
Personal details
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Bridgetown, Barbados
RelationsJade Alleyne (niece)
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge (BA)

Sonita Alleyne, OBE, FRSA (born 1968)[1] is the Barbados-born British co-founder and former CEO of Somethin’ Else, a cross-platform media production company. Alleyne is a member of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and in 2019 was elected Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, becoming the first woman to hold the post since the founding of the college in 1496,[2] as well as the first black leader of an Oxbridge college.[3]

  1. ^ Coleman, Zak (25 October 2019). "Sonita Alleyne, the first Black woman to lead an Oxbridge college, wants to bring Jesus into 2019". Varsity. Cambridge.
  2. ^ Motune, Vic (7 November 2019). "Sonita Alleyne – the first ever black Master of an Oxbridge College". The Voice.
  3. ^ Davies, Caroline (26 May 2019). "Sonita Alleyne to be first black leader of an Oxbridge college". The Guardian.