We are delighted to introduce the independent judging panel for the GSL Global Goals Competition 2022-23. Each member of this years panel has been specially selected on the basis of their global experiences and/or a knowledge of sustainable development. They represent a wide range of specialisms and bring a wealth of personal and professional experience to the panel.
Nadeen is a strategy manager, researcher, educator, and writer with a strong background in psychology and international development. She holds a BA in Psychology from NYU Abu Dhabi and a Postgraduate Certificate in International Development from SOAS. She currently works as the Programs Strategy Manager at Dubai Cares, focusing on transforming education for people and planet through cross-sectoral collaboration at all levels. Her passion lies in advocating for the importance of education and equitable social services across the lifespan, particularly in the context of social justice and community empowerment. With a commitment to compassionate leadership and collaboration, Nadeen strives to foster inclusive environments for positive development for all.
Kavita Rajagopalan is a Director at Global Schools Forum, a collaborative community of 84 non-state organisations working to improve education at scale for underserved children in low and middle income countries. She brings over a decade of experience in education in India working with both government and low-cost private schools. Her most recent work was with KPMG in India, providing advisory services in education. She has experience designing and implementing large-scale training programs for teachers and school leaders and supporting state governments with their education intervention through her work as Chief Academic Officer at India School Leadership Institute and her early work with Teach For India. Kavita also has experience incubating and investing in early-stage education enterprises working in education and skill development.
Michelle is a law partner at EY and leads the global sustainability team for Law. She specialises in energy transition, sustainability and decarbonised solutions and ESG, advising globally. Her clients are those seeking decarbonised and sustainable solutions as well as those providing and financing them and include financial institutions, clean energy and energy transition developers and suppliers, corporates and Governments.
Michelle is focused on helping the sector deliver and sits on many industry bodies including the Policy Committee of the Renewable Energy Association, Chair of the Climate Change Committee Advisory Group, Chair of the REA Finance Steering Group, Climate Bond Initiative Advisory Board, Advisory Boards of Dii.
She is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and as an attorney in New York. Michelle is a Fulbright Scholar and a John Rankin Scholar and has a first class LLB from UCL and an LLM from UC Berkeley.
David drives the LEGO Group’s flagship sustainability education program Build the Change and is now in his seventh year with the company where his backgrounds in environmental science, early years education and corporate sustainability have come together in beautiful unison. David and his team create programs for the LEGO Group that equip children to be empowered and engaged global citizens who want to change the world.
Yasmin is Head of Media at Launch with more than 10 years experience across consumer comms. Specialising in earned and digital PR for clients including AEG and Hyundai, Yasmin leads her team to ensure brands are consistently showing up in relevant and authentic ways by building genuine connections with their audience. Passionate about nurturing future generations, Yasmin started her professional career as a teacher.
Graduating from Bristol University, Mark has practised as a barrister since 1986, specialising in crime, financial crime, professional discipline and sports law. He took Silk in 2006 and has sat as a Recorder since 2004. He is a member of the ECB’s Cricket Discipline Commission, and is Chair of the MCC Disciplinary Panel.
Mark is a Governor of Wellington College, and a Trustee of the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation and Hazelhurst Trust, these roles providing him with the good fortune to follow his passions of education and cricket.
Robyn Fehrman is a global executive whose mission is to grow and scale impact enterprises to achieve positive systemic change. Known for her ability to lead organizations and teams with core values at the center, her experience over nearly 25 years includes the social entrepreneurship, education, philanthropy, economic development, and global health sectors.
Robyn serves as President & CEO of Enactus, a global network of leaders committed to using business as a catalyst for positive social & environmental impact. Across more than 33 countries, Enactus educates entrepreneurial young people and accelerates their innovations to solve the world’s biggest problems and achieve the Global Goals. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, USA and with her family.
Daniel Shakhani, a renowned British-born inventor, social entrepreneur, financier, and philanthropist, will provide leadership and guidance to our business engagement, helping us to scale our impact and partnerships.
He has been ranked among the Business Insider 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019. He is the Co-founder of Salary Finance.
In March 2023, Daniel became Chair of the Business Advisory Board of GSL.
He is passionate about the #GlobalGoals, and the role business can play in creating a brighter future for all.
Anne-Marie is an award-winning people operations executive and founder. She has 20+ years of experience leading change and growth at global tech teams, including Google, Uber, and Cisco. Anne-Marie founded her consultancy, Workforce Buddy, in 2020 to support underserved entrepreneurs and give them access to high-quality, cost-effective people services to improve the success rates of start-up and scale-up businesses. Anne-Marie is proud to give back to her community through various philanthropies and sets aside a portion of Workforce Buddy’s profits to deliver pro bono services to underrepresented founders.
Prem Singh had been rendering exceptional service for the welfare, community based development and revival of Human Rights of Leprosy Affected persons in pm India from last 35 years to join them back with the mainstream of the society. He has launched Lepro – Well Movement for all round development of the leprosy patients. He made all expenditure from his own pocket. He fought to remove stigma attached to the leprosy patients. He held seminars; Talk Shows and broadcasted radio talks to bring awareness about leprosy.He incuured expenditure from his own pocket.and sold his ancestral to make their houses.His own family was discrimination by the society.
He is honored with Padma Shri Award 2022 in Social Work and nominated for Nobel Peace prize 2020, 2021 and 2022 and honored with the National Awaed for the walfare of Senior Citzens 2019 and National Award for the welfare of the Disabled persons 2002
Award-winning social entrepreneur, Helen Al Uzaizi is a full time advocate of positive social change, an established businesswoman and an active community member. With over 20 years of experience spanning marketing, non-profit management, and entrepreneurship, Helen has been supporting major brands, non-profit organizations, and startups across the region as a mentor, Board member and advisor.
Helen is the CEO of BizWorld in the Middle East teaching young people entrepreneurship skills and has been named leading entrepreneurship program in the region on multiple occasions. She is also the Founder of Future Entrepreneurs, a platform that aims to empower youth entrepreneurs in MENA working with both government and leading private institutions.
She has been named one of the UAE’s 100 Smartest People and one of the 50 Most Influential Women in the Arab World. She was also a TEDx Speaker on the topic of entrepreneurship education.
On a personal level, Helen is a mother of 2, runner, triathlete and adventurer who believes in making dreams come to life and that anything is possible.
As an entrepreneur and seasoned professional, I bring over 25 years of experience to the table, combining my passion for technology, marketing and people to help businesses reach their full potential.
Starting out as a prime-time radio broadcaster back in 1995, I’ve gained the experience, qualifications and expertise to found multiple businesses.
At Chesamel Group, we are a transformation and growth consultancy on a mission to help brands connect with consumers through business transformation, strategic marketing campaigns and talent consultancy.
Our team of experts stay ahead of the curve by future-proofing projects and providing the best solutions – from business transformation to ESG.
Tanvi is presently supporting the LEGO Foundation at their headquarters in Billund, Denmark on global projects focusing on learning through play in children’s development and school education. She holds prior experience ranging from teaching at an under-resourced school in India, to working on research and project management at several multilateral organisations worldwide. She holds a BA in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Delhi and an MSc in Education (Child Development) from the University of Oxford. She is passionate about wellbeing, creativity, empathy in teaching-learning experiences.
Tanvi is presently supporting the LEGO Foundation at their headquarters in Billund, Denmark on global projects focusing on learning through play in children’s development and school education. She holds prior experience ranging from teaching at an under-resourced school in India, to working on research and project management at several multilateral organisations worldwide. She holds a BA in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Delhi and an MSc in Education (Child Development) from the University of Oxford. She is passionate about wellbeing, creativity, empathy in teaching-learning experiences.
I am privileged to represent the LEGO Group, where I work within our Social Responsibility department. We are on a mission to bring Learning through Play to children worldwide by creating both physical and digital experiences that engages children in real-world people and planet challenges.
I am a creative and passionate individual myself, and I look very much forward to see the ideas coming from this fantastic competition.
Experienced Youth Engagement Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the civic & social organization industry. Skilled in Non-profit Organizations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Enterprise, and Humanitarian work.
Despite being a ‘scientist’ by training, Jo has been involved with Future Foundations since 2013 leading some of the amazing programmes such as NCS. With a passion for supporting young people and creating an environment for them to thrive, Jo is consistently inspired by the projects being initiated by GSL participants in their local communities.
Day-to-day; Jo works in the pharmaceutical industry as a Regulatory Affairs professional responsible for obtaining licenses of medicinal products within Europe and beyond.
d’Arcy Lunn’s dreams and daily life are dedicated to see a world with access and opportunity for everyone, everywhere! For the past 21 years d’Arcy has experienced more than 90 countries, given over 1600 presentations to 140,000+ people and worked with leading development, environmental, social justice and global education organisations and people.
His self-initiated concept and organisation, Teaspoons of Change, focuses on the personal choices, decisions and actions that have a positive impact on people and the planet. d’Arcy is currently the Group Head of Sustainability and Global Citizenship with the Dulwich Group of Schools based in Shanghai, China.
Sara has always been curious about sustainability and wants to be able to take actions that influence the wellbeing of people and the protection of the planet. Originally, from Portugal, Sara loves to travel and to have the opportunity to engage with other cultures and different backgrounds. Prior to moving to the UK 8 years ago, she also lived in Colombia.
Currently, at MYNDUP, Sara works to provide our Customers & Practitioners with the best experience possible. More than this, Sara always goes above and beyond to help the internal team with new processes and training. Outside of work, she loves to run for a good cause, cycle and hike around the UK and is always very excited to be in the kitchen making whole food plant based dishes, for her family and friends.
Rajashree is the Co-Founder of Edumenteach, an ed-tech start-up providing learning solutions, course development, training and mentoring services. She has formerly taught and managed adults and school students across the UK, India and Malaysia. Her international teaching experience spans across the primary, secondary, further, higher and adult education sectors. Most recently, she inspired teacher trainees through delivery of high-quality HE Initial teacher education programmes, CPD and 1:1 coaching. She is currently involved in scaling up cMyQual, a career management platform that encourages individuals to track their learning, professional development and manage their careers, while making the planet greener along the way!
I am Global Partnerships Manager for World’s Largest Lesson (WLL), working with different partners globally to reach every child and young person with the SDGs. I’m based in Paris, France. I also teach in a school including running SDGs lessons there. My background is in education and media.
Darryl Evey is the CEO of Family Assistance Program. Under his leadership, Family Assistance Program has expanded to include opening the only youth shelters in San Bernardino County, opening multiple transitional housing programs, two youth drop in centers, a prison re-entry program, and an anti-human trafficking program. Each of these programs are run by survivor/leaders who represent the clients they serve. All programs are heavily focused on providing a trauma-informed empowerment approach to helping their clients achieve their own goals.
Darryl enjoys taking clients on rock climbing trips to Joshua Tree National Park where he teaches them to overcome fears, to trust others, and to enjoy nature. Darryl serves on the board of directors for the California Coalition for Youth and is the current Commandant of the Victor Valley Detachment of the Marine Corps League.
From Professional sport and the mental health sector in Sri Lanka, to health work in sub-Saharan Africa – my career to date has spanned across a whole host of different settings. The one common theme which holds these all of them together is the desire to improve other people’s lives for the better.
Building upon these experiences, and my educational background in psychology, my current role at mindflick involves driving forward our research into the concept of adaptability. Working with high-performing clients, including those from professional and Olympic sport and City-leading banks, I take key lessons from the field and distil them down into simple, accessible, and useable messages to help people from all walks of life to get the best out of themselves and others across the many situations they may encounter.
I am a Business Development Manager, working on large scale complex projects for Philips Healthcare.
What brings me joy is helping others succeed and finding solutions to complex problems.
In my current role I help healthcare organisations plan for the future and find a strategic partner to support their development goals. Since graduating from Reading University, I have gained experience in a breadth of B2B marketing roles in the healthcare industry, with a short stint in aviation just before COVID. Bad timing, but great experience with some amazing and inspiring colleagues!
I have a personal passion for mentoring and helping others feel good and do good, in my spare time I do formal and informal coaching.
Edd Moore is a teacher and Eco Coordinator at Damers First School, Dorchester, Dorset. Edd has built up the eco work at Damers over the last 9 years from a blank canvas to one of the top Eco Schools in the UK embedding the environment into the school’s curriculum. Under his leadership, Damers achieved the Eco Schools Green Flag three times in 2016, 2018, 2020, won Eco Schools Primary Eco School of the Year, Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Schools Champion, Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots Best Group in 2019 and Education Business, Environmental Practice Award 2020.
Mara co-founded EduMenTeach, September 2020 and will be launching cMyQual this June, 2021: a place to grow your career for all life long learners. Core to our business is sustainability with a partnership with Sustainable Harvest International and supporting others to continually grow and learn. For every achievement cMyQual will donate to plant a tree: hopefully we will sponsor forests with everyone’s collective achievements. Prior to this launch and for the last 25+ years Mara has been dedicated to teaching and learning. Her career has been centred in schools in underprivileged communities and she has served as a teacher/ founder/ leader and director of several secondary schools in Los Angeles. She has a keen interest in school structure and design and studied the levers to improve student achievement within a school setting. She reformed a teacher training programme in Oxford, UK and engaged with designing future teacher training courses that connect to teaching apprenticeships. She engages on Twitter @mara_Simmons and promotes thinking differently about schooling.
Katherine has a huge love for creativity, nature and our planet as a whole. She is currently leading Bertha Earth’s community of young people on their own journeys to harness their passions to make environmental change. Her past roles have involved designing and delivering action projects for young people, and was a semi-final judge for GSL in 2020!
Emi is a Ph.D. researcher in coral reef geomorphology at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities. Her research focuses on identifying when, how, and why coral reef islands in the Caribbean formed as well as examining the importance of coral reefs to these islands. In particular, Emi is interested in using knowledge of past-environmental change to help predict what the future holds for these fragile environments.
Emi has volunteered for Future Foundations since 2014 and wholeheartedly believes that young people are the key to making a better future for all! Prior to her Ph.D., Emi managed the London Chamber Orchestra’s flagship education program, Music Junction which aims to bring students together from different backgrounds and encourage them to develop artistic and social skills through shared music-making experiences. This work reflects Emi’s passion for helping others to become the best version of themselves and for utilizing empathy to help solve Global Problems.
I currently lead the Education Engagement Team at the National Citizen Service Trust setting out national strategy for working with the education sector. I have been a Deputy Headteacher and Deputy Principal in London for over 10 years leading at the number 1 ranked school in the country specialising in sixth form leadership and management. I have been a Chair of Governors, set up schools and have run my own educational consultancy since 2018 supporting parents and young people.
Jack’s entrepreneurial journey began at 13 years old, offering various marketing services to organisations in order to support himself through the financial hardships in which his family were imbued. As a testament to his nature, Jack has received 16 awards and scholarships over the past 2 years alone.
Moreover, Jack now supports other entrepreneurs through freelance coaching, being an Enterprise Coach for the University of East London and Young Ambassador for Big Ideas Wales, an organisation belonging to the Welsh Government. To further support this, he will be launching a new ecosystem for entrepreneurs in the coming year.
Julia is currently the Policy, Advocacy and Communications Officer at Gender Action for Peace and Security. Julia has developed a range of social action projects since being a teenager and since the start of her career, she has empowered and supported young people globally to implement sustainable projects within their communities. Julia is passionate about sustainable development, and believes that young people are the powerful voices for radical change that our society needs.
Neil is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Office of Hussle, the UK’s largest consumer fitness marketplace with a mission to increase opportunities for people to engage in a healthy lifestyle through exercise.
Prior to founding Hussle, Neil worked for German engineering giant Siemens where he was the first UK employee to lead their international programme for future leaders under-30. From Siemens, Neil progressed to global consultancy firm Ernst & Young where he worked on a number of high profile mergers and acquisitions across Europe and the Middle East.
At the age of 30, Neil dropped out of the corporate world to create Hussle which was the first fitness marketplace anywhere in the world, partnering with thousands of UK gyms and health clubs, and supporting millions of gym visits.
2022 will be the third year that Neil has supported the Global Goals competition as a semi-final judge.
I live with my wife and three kids in Tacoma, Washington in a neighborhood with a close community of friends. My primary interest is in seeing individuals and communities flourish, and I am an advocate and entrepreneur for better forms of capitalism that promote flourishing. After getting my MBA from Stanford I spent a decade running healthcare operations for DaVita. Currently, I train our executives in culture-building and management processes, and work on various projects help us better serve and develop our employees.
Brooke Bacigal is an Associate at PUBLIC, a London based gov-tech consultancy with the mission to harness innovation and emerging technology to improve the public sector. Prior to her work with PUBLIC, Brooke wrote her MSt in Diplomacy at the University of Oxford where her thesis evaluated UN peacebuilding efforts in the DRC, 2010-present day. This interest in peace and transitional justice is reflected in her BA in Public Policy which focused on conflict stabilization and peacebuilding at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy. While there, in 2017, Brooke co-founded an organization which creates bespoke curriculum and delivers workshops to reduce barriers to higher education and vocational opportunities for refugee students.
The Managing Director of ABA – a purpose-led creative & strategy agency – Dave has spent his career either helping overseas charities and micro-enterprises increase their impact through effective communications or working with socially conscientious business owners & leaders in the UK, helping them tap into the power of purpose for their brand and culture.
I bring ideas to fruition through digital transformation for organisations, which unlocks new possibilities. As a Procurement Innovation Manager, I develop opportunities and leverage technology to transform businesses, by leading changes on behalf of business departments. With a foundation of a Masters in Sustainable Energy and experience in Technology, Energy and Telecommunications industries; business digital transformation and sustainability have been core career themes. A passion for sustainable entrepreneurship launched at university through volunteering leadership roles with Enactus, and there is a continuing commitment through mentoring, committees, and charity trustee positions.
Amy is a proactive person motivated by the desire to empower people to be able to develop the capacity and control over the direction of their lives. This lead to her studying for a Masters in Social Anthropology and the impact of different influences on how we construct meaning in our lives. Amy works to build the capacity of young people and communities here in the UK and overseas.