Hamzat Bala Lawal
FOUNDER & CEO, CONNECTED DEVELOPMENT
Hamzat Bala Lawal is an accomplished advocate in Nigeria, with a track record of holding governments accountable to deliver on commitments to social programmes. He is Founder & Chief Executive of Connected Development (CODE). Founded in 2012, CODE is the largest accountability and transparency organisation in Africa. Their “Follow the Money” programme trains communities to monitor government spending on social goods and hold their government accountable. To date, they have built 50 community governance structures’ capacity to monitor the implementation of $10 million budgeted for social infrastructures in 191 communities. The programme was awarded the United Nations SDG Action Award in 2019.
Hamzat sits on the Executive Board of the largest Youth Movement in Africa: African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC), advising on communications strategies and campaigns using technology tools to shape and actualize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hamzat has also lent his voice on different platforms and policy influencing coalitions across Africa such as the Not Too Young To Run movement which drives youth political inclusion.
Hamzat has been recognized for his leadership in numerous ways including by Apolitical which named him one of 2018 and 2019’s world’s 100 most influential people in digital government. He was also recognized amongst the 100 most influential Africans in 2019, joining the ranks of Amina J Mohammed, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Aliko Dangote.
Amrit Kaur
MUSICIAN, HISTORIAN & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR
Amrit is the founder of Humanised, a social enterprise dedicated to humanising history and social issues through the Arts. With workshops taking place across the UK, USA, Canada and India, Humanised was awarded the UnLtd ‘Do it Award’ in 2016 and featured in the seventh Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
Amrit was a GSL Coach in 2018 and 2019 and has worked in the charity sector for 10 years. She studied BA and MA History at SOAS, University of London, specialising in colonial and social history. Amrit is also Global Youth Ambassador for TheirWorld and has spoken alongside Nobel Peace Prize winners, Rwandan and Holocaust genocide survivors as well as world leaders.
Her music is inspired by displacement, protest music and spiritual literature from around the world.
BEN SCOTT ROBINSON
SMALL ROBOT COMPANY
Scott-Robinson co-founded the Small Robot Company in 2017 which endeavours to replace tractors with accurate, smart, lightweight robots.
He has 20 years experience in digital innovation, including the digital transformation of Ordnance Survey.
Scott-Robinson is also an experienced technology entrepreneur, having
founded two agencies, two consultancies, an app start-up and a phone for the blind.
Owen Bailey
FUTURE FOUNDATIONS
Owen believes that in a world that can often be seen as complex that a different kind of mind holds the key to navigating these challenges. Creativity is one of our greatest natural resources and creative expression is the energy of that resource.
He has worked with organisations such as UPS, Ricoh, Barnardos, local authorities and the University of Birmingham. His work has taken him as far afield as Shanghai and Beijing where he has led facilitation teams on international programmes.
Owen has a background in business development, sports coaching, NLP coaching and creative facilitation. He is constantly seeking to continue his development and growth by attending workshops and trainings in leadership, creativity, philosophy and meditation. It creates excitement, aliveness and change in us, our communities and the world around us.
To date, in collaboration with leading international training providers, Owen has trained, mentored and coached thousands of young people and adults. This has been achieved by delivering a plethora of leadership, enterprise, employability and mindfulness programmes throughout the UK
SAMUEL WILLIAMS
CONSERVATIVE PARTY
Samuel is a committed social reformer; believing that equality of opportunity requires bold leadership and courageous imagination, Samuel now spends his time between standing for the political office of Mayor of Bristol and supporting businesses to become more globally sustainable.
CLLR ASHER CRAIG
DEPUTY MAYOR, BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL
Asher has spent over 30 years as a community activist, leader, management consultant and now local politician. She has championed the needs of the voice-less, with a particular emphasis on the social-economic development of BME and under-represented communities. She has led and Chaired a number of major partnerships and organisations at local, regional and national level and has worked in the field of employment & training, education & skills, recruitment, advocacy, equality & diversity within local government and the third sector.
Asher was elected as the Labour Councillor for the ward of St George West, Bristol in May 2016 and was appointed to the Cabinet with the wide reaching portfolio of Neighbourhoods in August 2016.
In March 2017 Asher was asked to step into the new role of Deputy Mayor – Communities, bringing into & elevating the issue of Public Health within her new portfolio. She is committed to address the inequities and multi-level public health risks that impact diverse urban populations through the lens of racial and ethnic health disparities at all levels
One of Asher’s proudest achievements is the development of a new groundbreaking and multiple award-winning Stepping Up leadership programme, using the Bristol “One City Approach”.
Asher is a member of Avon & Somerset Police & Crime Panel, trustee of a national education charity and awarding body and the proud mother of 3 daughters.
Khadeejah Hullemuth
TZ RISING
Khadeejah is a passionate young woman, committed to giving a voice and platform to young people. As a former Member of Youth Parliament with over 5 years of experience working to promote youth voice, Khadeejah firmly believes in the power of the people, rising up to create change and a fairer, more equal society where everyone is empowered to be the best version of themselves.
Her dedication to youth voice has resulted in becoming the chair of her local youth council aged just 13, running an anti-bullying ambassador programme in all schools in her local area, the majority of which are still active today. She has spoken in Parliament, been invited to Downing Street and also won a Diana Award for her efforts to fight social injustices.
She is now currently working on a project with the brilliant charity TZ Rising, aiming to educate people on the Black Lives Matter movement, alongside black and colonial history in an attempt to create an accessible, non-judgemental space for people to learn and grow.
She can usually be found in a red hijab, snuggling with her cat!
Jodeci Joseph
CEO, JODECITALKS
JONATHAN HARPER FRSA
CEO, FUTURE FOUNDATIONS
He has since overseen the delivery of the programme with multiple regional providers and designed and delivered the NCS Leaders programme in partnership with the Wellington Leadership and Coaching Institute, the Cabinet Office and the NCS Trust. In 2017, Jonathan Project Directed a school-led response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, organising 4-week summer programme for young people (and their families) living in the local area who were affected directly or indirectly.
Jonathan established the Global Social Leaders movement in 2013 in partnership with the Wellington Leadership ad Coaching Institute for young people from around the world. He has been recognised globally for his commitment to enabling young people to reach their full potential, with the Enactus Worldwide alumnus of the year award in 2017.
KATY GRANVILLE-CHAPMAN & EMMIE BIDSTON
WELLINGTON COLLEGE
Katy is doing a PhD at Oxford asking how leaders could improve the flourishing and wellbeing of those they lead; she is an affiliated researcher at the Oxford University Wellbeing Research Centre. Emmie is a former civil servant and co-founder of the Young African Leadership Programme. Katy and Emmie are co-authors of the book ‘Leader: Know, Love and Inspire Your People.’
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
NOGA LEVY-RAPOPORT
UK STUDENT CLIMATE NETWORK
She has written for and been featured across outlets including the Guardian, the BBC, and the Times, and was named one of the most influential Londoners of 2019 by the Evening Standard for her work on youth empowerment, educational reform, and systemic change from the grassroots to the global level.
BRAYDEN SONNY WHITE
AKWESASNE MOHAWK NATION
In 2018, he was invited to serve as a representative at the 17th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII17). The same year, he was the recipient of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Speciality Award at Canton, in recognition of his successful campaign to hang the Iroquois flag across campus and play the Iroquois anthem at all men’s lacrosse games (becoming the first NCAA university to consistently do so in 2018).
Sonny has also served as the Student Government Association President and Budget Director at SUNY Canton. He is an attackman on the SUNY Canton lacrosse team and has coached youth sports. He is a passionate advocate for suicide prevention, seeking to destigmatize conversations about mental health, and petitions for Indigenous representation in decision-making processes.
Josefa Cariño Tauli
GLOBAL YOUTH BIODIVERSITY NETWORK
As a member of GYBN, Sefa has been actively advocating for the meaningful and effective participation of youth and the recognition of indigenous peoples’ issues within the biodiversity policy space. She has taken part in multiple CBD negotiation meetings since 2018 as part of the official youth delegation, contributing to the network’s policy work in its participation in the development of the next strategic plan for biodiversity: the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
She is currently a graduate student, focusing her research on biocultural diversity conservation and is a former indigenous fellow under Conservation International’s Indigenous Leaders Conservation Fellowship.
ELLA DAISH
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST
Ella won the Climate Coalition’s Green Heart Hero Award for Individual Inspiration in March 2020 for her campaigning and activism efforts and has been included on The Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers of 2020, as well as being named on the BBC’s 2019 100 Women List. In 2019 her #EndPeriodPlastic campaign won Surfer’s Against Sewage’s Plastic Free Award for Best Campaign.
Working tirelessly, Ella manages all aspects of the campaign including press releases, social media content, strategy and face to face meetings with companies, local authorities and governments. She is dedicated to making positive change happen for people and the planet.
ALICIA JONES
MEMBER OF YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR THURROCK
Alicia sits on the ministerial steering group for carers where she represents the voices of young carers nationally as well as helping shape policy for young carers.
Alicia believes all young people should be able to voice there opinion and have the opportunity to speak out about issues that matter to them
Fredi Beard, Andy Hill, John Scallon & Jack Tricker
VOICEBOX
Voicebox challenge all of the negative aspects of masculinity that teaches boys and men to be a certain way, such as they should: ‘always be tough’, ’not cry’, ’be reckless and daring’; ’dominate spaces’.
Through challenging this, Voicebox encourage young people to aspire towards a positive kind of masculinity that is centred around: care, empathy, connecting with and sharing a range of emotions, and forming and maintaining healthy relationships. Voicebox aim to inspire young people to become the social leaders within their communities and to continue the conversation around gender and mental health.
DAVID EDWARDS
HOUSEMASTER, WELLINGTON COLLEGE
Despite having no previous rowing experience (in common with the entire crew of the ocean rowing boat “Mrs Nelson”) David undertook the challenge as part of the ‘Felix Five’ team – a five-man team comprising former Master of Wellington College Julian Thomas, James Wadsworth and David Jarman (both Army offers specialising in bomb disposal) and Ian Holdcroft an entrepreneur behind the Shackleton clothing brand.
In addition to being a classic adventure and the opportunity to realise a lifetime’s ambition, David and the team aimed to raise awareness and support for the Felix Fund which supports EOD (bomb disposal) personnel and their families on their return from high-intensity operational tours.
Clémence Golinelli
ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Ilma Stankeviciute
ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Jason Moore
EMPOWERMENT COACH & SPEAKER
Jason is a wellbeing writer, advisor, and mentor, he is also a theatre director and had an earlier career as an actor appearing in several West End musicals. Jason has written and created mindfulness and wellbeing programmes, courses, and workshops for schools and organisations in the UK, Norway and China. Jason teaches mindfulness to children and adults by bringing daily wellbeing practice into people’s lives. Jason’s meditations are available on YouTube, he has written for the Evening Standard and the journal Soul Hub Jason also has a YouTube series called “Short Shorts” an interview series proving how wise we all are.
FOR TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, LEADERS & PARENT/GUARDIANS
MATTHEW T. LEE
HUMAN FLOURISHING PROGRAMME, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
He is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Health, Flourishing, and Positive Psychology at Stony Brook University’s Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics and he previously served as Chair of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity. His research explores pathways to human flourishing, benevolent service to others, and the integration of social science and the humanities.
EDWARD BROOKS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE OXFORD CHARACTER PROJECT
At Oxford, he founded and directs the Oxford Global Leadership Initiative, and is the director of a new three-year research project on culture, character and leadership in the business, finance, law and technology sectors. Amongst current writing projects, he is editing a book on The Arts of Leading: Perspectives on Leadership from the Humanities and Liberal Arts, and finishing another book on the virtue of hope: What May I Hope For? Modernity and the Augustinian Virtue of Hope. He holds a PhD from the University of Oxford.
Dr Hazel Harrison
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, THINKAVELLANA
Hazel is a freelance presenter and writer for the BBC, finding creative and engaging ways to help children, young people and families understand some of the key psychological theories that can improve our mental health. During the pandemic, Hazel has been creating the wellbeing lessons for the BBC Bitesize Daily Shows. Hazel also presents The Brain Lab for BBC Teach.
ALISTAIR BULLEN
FOUNDER, ABA – BUILDING BRANDS WITH PURPOSE
As a company they have serviced the educational sector internationally since 2008.
Their work includes major academy chains in the state sector such as Oasis and AET, as well as with a wide range of private schools and educational service providers such as Oxford University Press.
Alistair is also a regular speaker at key educational events and an experienced coach for senior leaders in education, commerce and the charity sector.
MINA OGBANGA
CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT INITIATIVES
Dr Ogbanga is a Graduate of several local, national and International Institutions including Cambridge University UK. She is currently a member of the Higest CSO coalition on SDGs in her home country, the African Rep of the A4SD and the National Coordinator of the UNSDSN Nigeria in Partnership, Policy and Programs.
An author and artist, she has led many policy reforms on the MDGs and SDGs and will bring to bare lessons learned in the sustenance and management of After Schools SDGs Clubs in Africa
RICHARD DUNNE
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HARMONY PROJECT
The work was inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales and his book ‘Harmony a new way of looking at our world’ and it provides a meaningful context for all learning. At a time when we need to rethink the purpose of education, this programme of learning provides a blueprint for an exciting, new way of learning that puts leadership and sustainability at its heart.
SUSANNAH CHAMBERS
SCRUMMASTER AND EDUCATION CONSULTANT
Susannah holds a Master’s degree in Educational Learning and Development and completed her dissertation in motivation in e-learning, which is particularly relevant given the current lockdown situation in society due to pandemic. Susannah has worked as an e-learning tutor in a variety of subjects and most recently has applied her skills in inspiring and motivating learners of all ages from 5 years and upwards, making the transition to teaching music lessons online using video technology during the pandemic. Susannah was Project Manager for the EEF-funded Learning Together Study.
ALEX BELL
FOUNDING DIRECTOR, PORTLAND EDUCATION
After 30 years successfully leading schools across London , Alex founded Portland Education in 2014, an international education consultancy helping school leaders and young people to dream big with education possibilities.
Portland Education is co-founder organisation of a number of award-winning and globally recognised innovations in education. These include https://hundred.org/en/innovations/xtalksworldlistens – a global coaching programme and platform promoting youth voice from Malawi to Barbados to Bhutan. Also www.LinkOnlineLearners.org a global afterschool cultural exchange club recently cited by www.OECD.org as part of ‘Six Big Ideas in Education’ for 2020. And www.ThisIsOurChance.Education – the world’s first free online film festival on education.
Alex was named one of the top 100 education innovators in the world for 2020 by HundrED.org and Forbes magazine. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and was awarded Freedom of the City of London in 2019. He is also proud father of his sons’ GSL Goals shortlisted social enterprise https://hundred.org/en/innovations/one-small-candle
ZANDER WOOLLCOMBE
CO-FOUNDER, UNITED FOR GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH
Nick Pettingale
CEO, MERIS EDUCATION
Nick has more than 35 years’ experience in education and, three years ago, was awarded the Fellowship of the Institute of Development Professionals in Education, having also served as a Trustee and Chairman of this national institution. In 2019 Nick was presented with the Institutes highest honour, their Lifetime Achievement Award.
Nick trained as a Graphic Designer, before running his own company, specialising in brand development and point of sale material for businesses across Europe. During his design career, he visited friends in Ethiopia, which set him on a path of development, philanthropy and social transformation. After helping to establish two educational NGOs in Ethiopia and a UK based charity, focused on educating disadvantaged young people, he renewed his business career operating at board level in three national and international companies.
Nick is CEO of Meris Education a UK based virtual education and e-learning start-up, addressing the ‘work and future ready’ gap in the current school curriculum for 15 to 18-year-old students.
His company specialises in recruiting top academic students from mainland China into independent schools. More recently, has introduced high-level Chinese investors to UK Independent Schools who wish to establish a franchised brand in other nations.
Simon Wilsher
CHAIR, C-ME COLOUR PREFERENCES
Born and bed in Zimbabwe, 4 enjoyable years at the University of Cape Town studying economics. Psychology and sociology. 14 happy years with the international Carnegie organisation before setting up my own companies. worked with Branson at Virgin and many other entrepreneurial companies large and small, our favourite thing to do is Colour profiling which helps people to discover who they are and what their preferred ways of doing things is. our C-me Colour Preference Reports have great use for young people and teachers as they help us shape a new future for us all.