Team

Adedolapo Kelvin Ojomo

Curator

Jerryl Ong

Vice-Curator

Derrick Yeung

Impact Officer

Hannah Ballard

Hannah has recently returned to the UK after spending the past 2 years in Montréal, Canada, and the previous 2.5 years living the backpacker/van life across Southeast Asia and Australia. As a Montreal Shaper she used her background in communications in emerging tech to write a report on citizen perspectives on AI, help students from diverse backgrounds approach cybersecurity careers, and led the establishment of an SDG-based impact framework. She’s just moved to Manchester to study a Master’s in International Development, focusing on climate change, justice, and community resilience. She is currently co-developing a TopLink challenge for young people taking climate action while working as a strategic communications consultant for fintech, innovation & sustainability clients.

Theodor Bratosin

Senior Sustainability and Building Physics Engineer at Cundall.

Navan Camlin

Sneha Manjunath

Communications

Vishal Wilde

Vishal Wilde is a Civil Servant at the Department of Health and Social Care (where he has worked as a policy professional since May 2020). He has worked in numerous government departments (including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, HM Treasury, HMRC, the Valuation Office Agency, Cabinet Office, the Department for Transport and the Department for Work and Pensions). Before the Civil Service, as a university student, he used to write for think tanks across the political spectrum.

Lesley Cheung

Arts administrator and creative project manager. Museum Studies graduate at the University of Manchester.

Alice Sparks

Co-Founding Curator for MCR Global Shapers, currently studying Urban Studies/Affairs at Brussel University and a Board Member of Turnthetables.

Flaviu Cipcigan

Climate Change Leader and Staff Research Member as Global Lead in IBM Research’s Future of Climate.

Jamie Hibbert

Digital Skill Coach for degree apprenticeships at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Alexander Kenny

Senior Management Consultant at Capgemini Invent. Works on Strategy, Innovation and Public Safety.

Armando Leal Puente

Previous hub curator. Co-founder and Managing Director of Eutechtics. Environmental Manager at the University of East Anglia.

Rajalakshmi Gopalakrishnan

IEMA member | CIWM member | Circular Economy | Technology