Dean Forbes

Dean Anthony Edward Forbes (born 18 October 1978) is a British business executive. Since February 2021, he has served as chief executive officer of Forterro, a software company based in London, England. Prior to his appointment, he held executive positions at The Access Group, integrated travel company KDS, human resources company CoreHR, Oracle, and Primavera Systems.

Forbes was raised in a single-parent household in an estate in Lewisham, and was made homeless twice as a teenager. In his early life, Forbes played for Crystal Palace FC, but was released at the age of 17. He started his career at a call centre working for Motorola in 1995. Five years later, Forbes was appointed vice president of Primavera Systems, and became very wealthy following the acquisition of Primavera by Oracle in 2009. He has since occupied executive positions elsewhere, and founded the charitable Forbes Family Group.

Forbes appeared four times consecutively on the Powerlist, an annual ranking of influential Black British people, from 2021 to 2024. In the 2025 list, Forbes was rated as the most influential Black British person in the United Kingdom by the Powerlist for the first time. Provided by Wikipedia