Stephen Bediako OBE | One Million Mentors

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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), addressing challenges to the future of humans at work (Path Group), and connecting workers and employers through a worker-owned COOP staffing agency (Turning Basin Labs). From a childhood as the son of Ghanaian migrants and an orphan in East London to the recipient of the U.K.’s Order of the British Empire for his innovative work in the charitable and social enterprise sector, Stephen’s work has catalyzed and influenced solutions in economic development, black advancement, and workforce transformation.

Advisory Team

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...