G20 YOUTH SUMMIT UK DELEGATION 2022
mohammad karim
Head Delegate
Diversity and Inclusion Track
Mohammad M Karim is a finalist at the University of Warwick studying Philosophy, Politics and Law (PPL). He is also a Future Trainee at the prestigious global law firm Allen & Overy. He is the founder of The MMK Academy, an award-winning youth-led public speaking school. The Academy trains children and adults to improve their confidence, character and communication skills. To date, the Academy has empowered over 450 individuals and engaged with over 2,500 people. In 2020, he was awarded the TransferWise 20 under 20 award ranking him as one of the top 20 entrepreneurs in Europe under the age of 20. Moreover, he has competed in international debating competitions winning awards for his performances in St Petersburg and London.
Using the oratory skills he developed through debating and training others how to speak, he has been featured on the BBC twice speaking in 2019 about being “Muslim, young and political” and also in 2021 about the Race Report.
Mohammad’s avid interest in politics has seen him graduate from the Patchwork Foundation’s Masterclass Programme. On the scheme, he was mentored by senior politicians and members of the civil service across many governmental departments. He is also the Youth Ambassador of the Lady Fatemah Trust, a trailblazing NGO which is renowned for its innovative philanthropy.
Digital Transformation Track
Eleri has been an advocate for youth empowerment and engagement since she was a teenager. Motivated by the belief that young people should be empowered to contribute to the decisions that impact their lives, she stood and was elected to the Youth Parliament at 15 and was selected as a UK delegate to the World Democracy Forum at 16. She is excited to be representing young people once again.
Eleri graduated with first class honours from UCL in 2021, having studied Social Sciences with Data Science, with a year abroad at McGill University in Montreal. This academic training has provided her with strong research skills, which she uses to understand complex issues and weigh up conflicting evidence so she can make credible policy recommendations. At UCL and in Canada, Eleri developed her public speaking and debating skills by participating in Model UN and won awards at conferences hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkley, and Harvard.
Since graduating, she has sought opportunities to improve her skills and knowledge in advocacy, policy research and campaigning, most recently developing and delivering a strategy for a metro mayor campaign, which focused on improving social media reach and message targeting. Eleri is currently a Constituency Assistant for a Sheffield Member of Parliament and works to ensure that local concerns are raised in Westminster.
Over the next year, Eleri is looking forward to working with young people and policy makers to develop digital transformation policies that will positively impact people’s lives.
eleri kirkpatrick-Lorente
shaun odili
Youth Employment Track
Shaun is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of York studying Philosophy and Politics. He holds scholarships with the Amos Bursary and the Black Heart Foundation.
Currently, Shaun sits on the advisory board for The Young Foundation on a 2-year project to support young people to have the opportunity to take action on the issues that are important to them and to design an agenda to support communities to make changes that matter to them. Shaun is also a member of the Youth Policy Development Group (YPDG), which aims to amplify youth voices to senior government ministers, and a member of the Foundation of Educational Development (FED) Learners Council. Additionally, he is a Youth Employment UK Ambassador and the head of research at an NGO called Do Good Africa.
Previously, he has driven action towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals as a UNITE 2030 Youth Delegate, supported local refugees in York during the pandemic, acted as the charity liaison officer for his student union and was a politics editor for his university’s publication.
In school, he co-founded and English and Maths mentoring scheme for year 7 girls, co-created his schools first student-led publication and helped to raise £1000 for Meningitis Now.
In his role as the Youth Employment Delegate, he is excited to represent young people within the UK on an international stage. He is motivated by the prospect of devising and communicating solutions that could help more young people to overcome the barriers that they face within employment.
Sustainable and Liveable Planet
Micheala Chan holds a BA and MEng in Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering from the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall) and is a civil engineer at Arcadis working in the water sector.
She has previously served as an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Future Leader who promoted the Shaping Zero agenda to stimulate action within the industry for carbon net-zero. In this role, Micheala led the establishment of an international working group of young engineers through the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) to address climate change and its impacts. As a member of WFEO's core team, she also led the production of a high-level, joint statement on COP26 which showcased the unified voice of international youth organisations while providing comprehensive climate policy recommendations.
She currently serves as a Trustee on the Boards of Cambridge Development Initiative and Equal Aqua Uganda which are UK-based charities and NGOs tackling poverty in East Africa by engaging young people and local actors in the design, development, and implementation of sustainable, community-driven projects especially in water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Micheala is deeply passionate about international and intersectional cooperation, meaningful social inclusion, and innovation in tackling the challenges of delivery and access especially at the grassroots level. She is excited to engage with young people across the world to drive policy conversations that will deliver an equitable, sustainable, and liveable planet for all.
