Annie Lennox at the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship 2012
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Founder, SING
Named as one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine, internationally acclaimed singer songwriter and human rights activist Annie Lennox rose to fame with Dave Stewart as Eurythmics in the early 1980’s with the classic album "Sweet Dreams are Made of This.” In the decade to follow, Eurythmics went on to achieve more than 20 international hits, selling more than 80 million albums.
In 1992, Lennox released her debut album, “Diva"…selling over 6 million copies worldwide and establishing her career as a solo artist.
Lennox has received numerous accolades, including 8 BRIT Awards (including Lifetime Achievement), 10 Grammy nominations and 4 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.
In 2003, Lennox performed at the inaugural concert for Nelson Mandela's HIV/AIDS Foundation, 46664. Her experience in South Africa inspired her to found the SING campaign, supporting women and children affected by HIV/AIDS.
A goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS, Oxfam, Amnesty International and The British Red Cross, she is also Special Envoy for Scottish Parliament and the City of London.
She received the Woman of Peace Award at the 2009 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and in 2011 was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her humanitarian work.
Last year, she was awarded a Fellowship at the 60th Ivor Novello Awards - the first woman to receive it - and earlier this year Elle magazine awarded her the "Outstanding Achievement Award" for activism and campaigning.
The Royal Scottish Geographic Society awarded Annie the prestigious "Livingstone Medal” in March 2016.
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Executive Director,
NidanArbind Singh, 5, is a mission driven informal workers’ rights activist and social entreprenuer. He works with informal sector workers and their children. As national coordinator of the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and founder of Nidan . He has engaged ,struggled and confronted with government authorities at various levels to protect and promote rights of street vendors and other sections of informal workers.Besides being a motivator and leader, he is also regarded as a dynamic social entrepreneur. He has promoted community owned financial entities of informal workers, such as thrift and credit cooperatives of street vendors, domestic workers and artisans, in several districts in Bihar and Delhi. He was elected as Ashoka and Eishenhower Fellow in 2007, He was awarded Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 by Schwab Foundation and in 2012 by the Skoll Foundation . He co-founded Self Workers Global (SWG)to take up issues of informal workers across continents
