Inclusion and Equal Opportunities Delegate

Ozzy is a final year International Relations student at the University of Birmingham, Ozzy is passionate in the field of politics, community development, and social mobility. Starting from the age of 14, Ozzy has amassed over 8 years’ experience within non-profit, public sector and consultancy roles alongside his studies. Ranging from Head coach at social mobility Charity Coach Bright, Political consultant intern at The Advance Group, and Community development assistant at NEST.

Ozzy grew up in one of the most deprived areas in the UK to a single mother on welfare, however, he managed to beat the odds and become the only individual in his year group to obtain a place at a Russel group university. Fuelled by his upbringing and experience, last year he founded his own social mobility charity ENDS which aims to empower and develop young people from working class backgrounds like his own. This passion for equality and equal opportunity motivated him to apply for the UK’s Y7 delegation. Ozzy is honoured to represent the UK as their Y7 equality and equal opportunities delegate, and is thrilled to represent the UK’s vision and voice for equality and equal opportunities on behalf of young people in the UK. Furthermore, Ozzy looks forward to collaborating with young people from across the Y7 delegations and beyond. To learn, engage, and work towards making meaningful policy impact towards a more equitable, and just future for us all.

Ozzy Barker

Folu Ogunyeye

New Skills, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Work Delegate

Folu is a social impact consulting analyst at The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC). In this role, she supports foundations, charities, and impact investors to evaluate their impact and develop equitable and inclusive strategies. Prior to her current role, Folu worked in philanthropic consulting in the U.S., where she developed strategic recommendations for large foundations to address issues such as workforce development, racial equity, and economic mobility. Folu currently sits on the board of trustees at SIEVEMK Gateway, a community-based nonprofit that provides affordable tuition, mentorship and scholarship opportunities to young people in her hometown of Milton Keynes.

She holds a BA from the University of Cambridge in Human, Social, and Political Sciences and will matriculate at Harvard Business School for her MBA in 2025 after receiving early admission as an undergraduate student. At Cambridge, Folu founded a social enterprise providing online careers support to disadvantaged students, which was selected for the 2020/21 Innovate UK Young Innovators Award.

As a volunteer at the Cambridge Development Initiative, Folu spent a summer in Dar es Salaam working alongside Tanzanian students to provide entrepreneurial resources to young people. With her previous experience as a Member of the UK Youth Parliament, Folu is looking forward to representing young people’s interests on an international scale as the UK’s Y7 New Skills, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Work Delegate. She hopes to work alongside other delegates to ensure that the G7 countries agree on concrete steps to improve young people’s economic futures in this challenging climate.

Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Delegate

Juhie is a community activist and data analyst; she balances her professional career with her voluntary work so she can continue to challenge herself whilst making a positive difference. She has worked with a range of organisations, charities and groups to empower young people so they feel more career ready and helps businesses to understand the value young people can bring. Juhie has supported students with achieving their bronze cadet award and has contributed to creating a sharing economy of school resources, to help reduce the wealth gap. She has been recognised as an Emerging Leader by Brandpie and has won the Industrial Cadets Platinum Leader Award for her volunteering efforts. As a result, she has been invited to speak at conferences in front of business leaders about how they can better inspire and support young people and has shared her experiences and advice on how young people can become leaders themselves.

Juhie originally applied to study sustainable development at university but ended up pursuing a different course after realising that sustainability was a very novel area at the time and opportunities were limited. This spurred her on to promote green skills education and diversity within the sector, to ensure there are representative role models advocating for younger generations. Juhie is looking forward to working with the other delegates and sharing her ideas and policy recommendations on an international platform whilst ensuring G7 countries adhere to their commitments so we can all collaborate towards a greener and brighter future.

Juhie Radia