Simon Schofield is the Editor of Centric Magazine and he wrote this year’s Christmas Letter
Selina Seesunkur is currently studying a HND in Interior Design at the British Academy of Interior Design.
Filip Derewenda
Filip Derewenda is a Parliamentary Assistant and a Master's student of International Relations. His area of policy expertise lies in Central and Eastern Europe, Transatlantic Relations and the European Union. Outside of the world of politics, Filip is a a life-long professional wrestling fan!
Davida Ademuyiwa
Davida Ademuyiwa is a British politician and Conservative councillor. She is a co-founder of Black Tories. She is the founder of Young Advantage as well as a board member of Young Enterprise East London. She is a transformational leader, entrepreneur and human rights activist.
Julian Sequeira
If you'd like to know more, come visit us over at PyBites where we love to build confident developers by talking, teaching and coaching people on Python, Mindset and Careers.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliansequeira/
Website: Code Challenges
Pooja Poddar
Dr Gulhane is an NHS GP in Glasgow and was elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament in May 2021. He has first hand experience of lockdown and the issues it is having with all of us but especially women.
Twitter: @sandeshgulhane
Instagram: @drsandeshgulhane
Akua is an educator and public health practitioner with extensive experience in health communications. She has over 20 years’ experience of working with organisations where she established public health initiatives underpinned by health promotion theory, which focus on awareness raising, influencing behaviour change and addressing social and health inequalities.
Dr Kristian Niemietz is the IEA's Head of Political Economy.
Dr Niemietz on Twitter
Tamkeen Shaikh
Tamkeen Shaikh is a proud Muslim and wears a hijab out of choice. She speaks out against racism and discrimination of any kind, having faced online abuse over her religion - in Tamkeen’s words: “It only makes me stronger”.
A wife and mother of two young children, Tamkeen is an advocate of freedom and democracy. Outside of politics, she enjoys family time, cooking, and a good, healthy meal with her family.
Paul Emumena Michael
Paul Emumena Michael, a Criminologist, Human Right Advocate, Social Commentator, Freelance Reporter/Writer and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), writes from Nigeria.
Twitter: @RealMc_Paul
Kemi Badenoch was elected the Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden in 2017. She was appointed as a Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party in 2018 and is currently the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Minister for Equalities.
Before her election to Parliament, she was a Conservative member of the London Assembly, and a Director at the Spectator magazine. Prior to this she was an Associate Director of Coutts & Co. Kemi holds two degrees in engineering and law from Sussex University and Birkbeck College, respectively. Her interests include the rule of law; engineering and technology; social mobility and integration.
Emma Best was born and raised in Waltham Forest. She is a councillor in Chingford leading the charge against inappropriate overdevelopment and the expansion of the ULEZ.
Emma works in children services, helping some of London’s most vulnerable children and young people access services and support.
Philippe Lefevre
Student of the International Relations and Diplomacy Department
College of Europe I Collège d’Europe
Twitter - @PhilippeLefev12
Callum is a Support Officer for Dr Ben Spencer MP, and head branding, social media and campaigning on a part-time basis for my local Conservative and Unionist Association in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Facebook: @callum.brunton.12
LinkedIn: callum-brunton-101711191
Ahmereen Reza was awarded her OBE in the Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours list for her work at DIL UK, a charity that educates girls in community schools in underserved Pakistan. The charity also provides women-only ESOL classes for migrant BAME women in the UK, and supports wellbeing and art classes in partnership with National Portrait Gallery for terminally ill children in four London hospitals.
Twitter: @ahmereenreza
Barrister Atticus Lawyers
Twitter: @NWHamptonWick
Reena Dayal is a recognised international coach and author of The Brilliance Quotient. If you want more of her insights, you can request for her Accelerate newsletter here. After 23 years as Global HR Leader with FTSE 500 Reena transitioned to entrepreneurship in 2005. Today, she trains CEOs, high potential talent to gain self-mastery in an accelerated time frame. She is also an Executive Coach on Panel for FTSE 500 companies, Chair to Institute of Directors Central London and, co-founder
https://twitter.com/reenadayalcoach
Photographer: Al Elmes Photography
Rachel’s social media:
Instagram @activismlinkup @sterlingrachel @belfreysocialjustice
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rachel.sterling.14/ https://www.facebook.com/BelfreySocialJustice
Website belfrey.org
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/grace-h-thompson
Johnny Luk
Tommy is Office Manager for a 2019-intake Conservative MP, having previously worked in Parliament for three Secretaries of State since 2014.
Yorkshireman living in London, he enjoys US politics, travelling, and reading (as well as the odd pint or two…)
Twitter: @tommygilchrist
Instagram: @tommygilchrist
Facebook: @tommymgilchrist
Beverley Bramwell
Beverley Bramwell is a Life Strategist.
Strategy and mindset coaching for ambitious, talented women who want to refocus their career following redundancy or job loss. They are ready to shake things up.
Why her? She believed she could. So she did.
If that resonates with you check out her LinkedIn profile and send her a connection request www.linkedin.com/in/beverleybramwell or send a DM on Instagram @iambevbramwell
Twitter: @ethan_thoburn