G20 YOUTH SUMMIT UK DELEGATION 2021
namir chowdhury
Namir is a Sustainable Finance consultant, who specialises in ESG investments, stewardship and corporate supplier diversity. He is also the elected UK’s Young Ambassador to the Commonwealth, where he influences Commonwealth policy and represents young people on the international stage.
He has worked extensively on a number of social issues, primarily mental health. He successfully advocated for a mental health policy to be adopted at the Commonwealth Youth Forum, which was the first of its kind. He also spearheaded the UK Youth Parliament mental health campaign by delivering an impassioned speech at the House of Commons. Subsequently, he was contracted by the Department of Education to facilitate in-depth workshops on the topic.
Namir is also deeply passionate about global affairs; this culminated in his speech at the House of Lords, which highlighted the lack of universal action towards the devastating humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
While studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Warwick, he was invited on a two-week initiative to the USA in memoriam of Jo Cox to relay strategies to effectively promote social cohesion within the UK. He also worked as a presenter for Elevate Education to support children from deprived backgrounds with their education.
Gaia is a consultant in the Executive Office at UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality, and is based in New York. She works on communications and digital strategy for the Under Secretary-General and UN Women’s Executive Director. She is also a member of the inaugural Panel of Young Advisers at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Prior to these roles, she worked for the Ending Violence Against Women policy division at UN Women and The Spotlight Initiative, a global partnership between the European Union and the United Nations, aimed at combatting gender-based violence. In 2015, she attended the COP21 Paris Climate Summit as part of the Philippine Delegation to the United Nations.
She holds a B.A. in Human, Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, specialising in Politics and Social Anthropology.
gaia reyes
cezar gherghel
Cezar is currently working as a Product Manager, leading the development of the technology platform that powers a digital marketing agency. Previously, he worked as a Business Consultant for a professional services firm, advising clients across both public and private sector.
Cezar is passionate about the importance of social cohesion and social mobility. He witnessed the barriers to social mobility in the lives of young people both while growing up on a small farm in a Romanian village and after moving to his adoptive country, the United Kingdom. The pervasive nature of the problem inspired him to tackle it, and to that end Cezar has been a longstanding member of STEM Learning - promoting STEM careers in disadvantaged schools across the UK, and has offered pro bono consulting services to non-profit organisations working with young people. Additionally, he serves as a Trustee for a London-based charity called Youth Mix, which focuses on levelling the playing field for youth in the transition from school to work