Motivez

Motivez is an award-winning youth-led organisation, founded in 2015, that empowers underserved young people aged 14 - 25 to access entry-level STEM jobs and become changemakers. They have directly supported over 11,000 young people across the UK through their grassroots, employability and advocacy programmes where they develop local STEM changemakers transforming their communities. The programmes and mentoring are delivered by relatable young professionals from leading partner companies such as Salesforce, Google, TfL, PwC and Rolls-Royce. This work has been highly commended and supported by the likes of the Royal Family, Sir Lewis Hamilton MBE, Idris Elba OBE and Beyonce.

This impact has been featured in The Times, Evening Standard, and the BBC, as a leading voice for young people. If you are looking to access STEM or you are an employer looking to attract, engage or retain diverse entry-level talent, Motivez is here to support you.

Co-Founder & CEO

TEAM X44

Promoted to Race Engineer for Season 3 of the Extreme E championship, following the championship win in 2022.

Race Engineer

X44, formed by Seven-Time Formula One World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, made its debut in the new Extreme E championship series in 2021. 

We race in extreme locations affected by climate change to raise awareness of the issues whilst providing opportunities to improve gender diversity in motorsport.

In 2022, we made history by securing the maiden World Championship, after two attempts.

Performance Engineer

Royal Academy of Engineering

One of 14 board members of The Hamilton Commission set up to improve diversity in STEM and Motorsport.

Board Member

Co-op Foundation

Co-op Foundation is the Co-op's charity, helping young people and communities work together to make things better.

Interact

A global community of mission-driven technologists - artists, engineers, designers, founders, scientists, writers, community builders, and more. We share an enthusiasm for making an intentional impact and find joy in thoughtful conversations. The ambition is that this community will, in its own humble way, help move the world forward. Our partners include Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, NEA, Sequoia, and Founders Fund.

"People don’t do great things alone—progress is achieved together."

Fellow

Google

• Worked in a hybrid role building digital products and developing strategies to support clients such as Formula 1, BBC, News UK and Spotify

Summer Intern

• Developed internal tools for Google Cloud with a focus on UI and UX to visualise data in over 5 markets in EMEA, gather dynamic insights and improve revenue attainment by 30%
• Enhanced the design of an internal tool and automated the manual input by 60%
• Engaged closely with Sales Operations, Business Intelligence and engineers to determine the best technical implementation methods

UCL Entrepreneurs

• Worked closely with UCL startups helping them raise over £1,000,000 in seed funding 
• Funded 8 startups and led a team of 4 to grow the startup eco-system at UCL
• Managed sponsorship to use as seed capital for high-growth startups 
• Analysed over 60 business plans and shortlisting startups for interviews and the final round
• Organised three final round events with judging panels of top venture capitalist’s and founders 
• Previous judges included Google, Microsoft Accelerator, Accel, Balderton Capital and TechStars

Director

Rolls-Royce

• Saved £50 million in R&D and operating costs through redesigning a component, improving its performance by 40% for the aerospace programs including Trent XWB, Trent 7000, Trent 1000 and Future Programmes
• Pitched design recommendations to numerous Chief Design Engineers, the Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes, the Chief Audit Officer and other stakeholders R-R
• Implemented across all new engine programmes

J.P. Morgan

• Selected to attend the J.P. Morgan Investment Management Spring Week with 21 other students
• Engaged in interactive workshops, case studies, work shadowing and a presentation where we pitched J.P. Morgan's products to senior leaders

Spring Intern

George Imafidon MBE is an award-winning humanitarian engineer and social impact leader from Peckham, South London.

George is CEO and co-founder of Motivez, an award-winning youth-led organisation founded in 2015, which empowers underserved young people aged 14 - 25 to access entry-level STEM jobs and become changemakers. They have inspired millions worldwide through their campaigns and directly supported over 9,000 young people in the UK over the last eight years through their grassroots, employability, and advocacy programmes where they develop local STEM changemakers transforming their communities. Their work has been highly commended and supported by the likes of Sir Lewis Hamilton MBE, Idris Elba OBE, Beyonce and the Royal Family where he received an MBE for services to young people and STEM.

In addition to his work as a social entrepreneur, George Imafidon also holds the title of the Young Engineer of the Year 2022/23, awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. As an advocate for sustainable motorsport, he works as the Race Engineer for Sir Lewis Hamilton's X44 Vida Carbon Racing team, where he won the Extreme E championship in 2022 to conclude his second season with the team.

His commitment to giving a platform to underrepresented voices was further evidenced by his appointment to the Board of The Hamilton Commission to address the underrepresentation of Black people in UK motorsport. He also serves on the Board of the Co-op Foundation and took a gap year during his university studies to fundraise for the #AB1Million campaign, raising £1 million for the Amos Bursary to ensure talented young people of African and Caribbean descent have the opportunity to excel in education and beyond.

George Imafidon MBE

PwC UK

Data analysts are highly skilled professionals who collect, organise and study data, involved with managing, cleansing, abstracting and aggregating data across the network infrastructure. Data findings are key to improving business efficiency/performance.

Data Analyst

Amos Bursary

2021 Cohort Member

Unilever

Marketers are responsible for promoting a company and the product and services it sells. People who work in marketing typically organize and implement both inbound and outbound promotional campaigns that raise awareness of a brand and use marketing tactics to convince consumers to make a purchase from a company.

Sales And Marketing Specialist (Work experience)

Capita

Help clients conceive, design and execute business solutions at the speed and scale that the new digital world demands. Specializes in a particular area of business such as finance, security, management, law, human resources, marketing, or engineering and offering expert advice to businesses on that topic. It develops the skills to transform our clients' businesses across people, processes and technology.

Business Consultant (Work Experience)

SOAS University of London

SOAS economics summer school, hosted events on economics with interactive lectures and study skills sessions, showing exactly what is to expect of economics at University as well as general advise on how to prepare for Economics at a higher level.

Economics Summer School

HSBC

Young Professionals Insight 

Accenture

Business Consulting (Work Experience)

Degree apprentice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) studying Data Analytics, with a keen interest in Technology and Finance. 

Skilled in computer science with an intricate understanding of Python and Java coding.

A passionate business-minded individual who’s eager to learn in order to improve myself and strive to new heights. Always enthusiastic about expanding my network, knowledge and experience in the corporate space.

In my free time, I also enjoy reading books on self-improvement or exercising to keep both my mind and body right while doing what I enjoy.

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