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Bim Afolami

As a child of Commonwealth immigrants, my family has experienced the best of Britain. I grew up watching my parents serve the local community with dedication. My father is a consultant doctor in the NHS, and my mother is a pharmacist. My grandfather was an Anglican vicar. I want to make that same positive difference to people as a representative in Parliament for those in my constituency.

I was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Hitchin & Harpenden in 2017 and was re-elected in 2019. Prior to entering Parliament, I spent ten years in the City first as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, then in strategy and restructuring as a Senior Executive at HSBC. Through this I helped to advise some of the biggest companies in the world, both British and international.

In Parliament I am the Chair of several cross-Party groups, including the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Credit Unions, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Financial Markets & Services. I am also co-Chair and Net Zero Champion for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking.

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Prof Dr Ger Graus OBE

A renowned expert on educational innovation and community engagement, he was the first Global Director of Education at the world-famous children’s entertainment-education company, KidZania, and founding CEO of the Children’s University. With his...
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Stephen Bediako OBE

Co-founder & Partner, Path Group A social entrepreneur with experience building social businesses in the U.K., Canada, and U.S., Stephen’s recent work has centered on improving people’s quality of life (The Social Innovation Partnership),...
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Justin Cooke

Justin Cooke is an advisor, investor and entrepreneur with over 25 years experience in media, marketing and tech. With a strong track-record of scaling-up businesses, he successfully founded the global digital agency,  Fortune Cookie, which he grew...
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Sean Williams

Sean is an entrepreneur and investor interested in 21st century learning, the future of work, business creation, evidence-based policy, sustainable social enterprise, systems, incentives, technology, human potential, ideas and delivery. Sean...
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Peter Kellner

Peter Kellner is a political analyst, Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe and former President of the pioneering online survey research company, YouGov.  He was Chairman of YouGov from 2001-7 and President from 2007-16. He was named as Chairman of...
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Dominic Griffiths

Dominic Griffiths is a partner in law firm Mayer Brown’s London office and co-heads the global Banking & Finance practice. He represents financial institutions and companies across a broad spectrum of domestic and international financing...
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Dame Moya Greene

Moya Greene was Chief Executive Officer of Royal Mail Group for 8 years starting in July 2010. She was recruited to effect a wholesale transformation of the business and the implementation of a new strategy designed to attract private sector...
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Oli Barrett MBE

Oli Barrett MBE is a co-founder of social innovation agency Cospa, helping companies and causes to create and grow ventures which make money and make a difference. A good example of this is by helping over 2,000 young people to fix their own youth...
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Nicola Burdett

Nicola Burdett is a Communications Consultant. She was a Special Advisor during the last Labour government. Nicola previously worked as a Broadcast Journalist and producer with the BBC.
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Hon Mike Rann

Mike Rann is CEO of Rann Strategy Group based in London and Milan and Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute of King’s College London. He was Premier of South Australia and Minister of Economic Development from 2002 to 2011. He was one of the...
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