IMPACT REPORT 2017 the AMOS BURSARY Realising the ambitions of young men

A WINNING ATTITUDE Education is not a guarantee of wealth. It is a guarantee against abject poverty.

Mike Amos Contents

Damon Ying – Outstanding student of the year 2017 5

Reflections 6

What is the Amos Bursary? 9

Linklaters five transformational years 10

Achieving excellence 13 They are off to university 14 Isaiah Lynn – from Stratford to Harvard 14 Rising stars 15

Personal and professional development 16 Everyone is battling ‘something’ every day of their life 16 Commercial awareness with Helios Investments 17 King’s College sponsors year 12 Conference 18

Opportunities 19 Youth, diversity and employment, at Wychwood House 19 Jazz at the British Library 19 Conversations with the UN Secretary General 21

Community Engagement 25 Warsame supports Somali Community 26 Prostate Cancer Challenge 26

Alumni Update 28

Employment 2013–2017 29

Thank you 29

3 | IMPACT REPORT 2017: A WINNING ATTITUDE Damon Ying

| 4 Outstanding Student of 2017 Damon joined the Bursary in 2013 and went on to study A Levels in four subjects and attained grades A*, A*, A and C. He secured a place at UCL to pursue an MSci undergraduate degree in Mathematics and graduated with a 2:1 in 2017.

Hard working and conscientious with a my Prudential experience was both worthwhile and determination to succeed, Damon joined the enjoyable and I wished I could have stayed longer.’ Bursary and the goal he set himself was to improve Damon is an outstanding organist. According to his his communication and social interaction. Damon mentor Dr Omar Daniels, ‘His mastery has progressed made use of every opportunity available to him. to virtuosity and excellence. He recently topped the He attended almost every development day and Associateship Diploma examination of the Royal networking opportunity to practice and work on College of Organists in the UK obtaining the highest his personal development. He developed a strong marks and winning all 3 major prizes on offer for the relationship with his mentor Omar Daniels. He exam. He reached this level of excellence by diligent said ‘My mentor, Omar, was especially helpful in use of two Organ Scholarships at two churches supporting me and I am very grateful to him’. in London that offered training in exchange for In the summer of 2015 Damon, along with nine other his regular playing at weekly Sunday services and AB students travelled to New York for a study tour. He choral and other events.’ In June 2017 Damon was had the opportunity to get some work experience in recognised with the Outstanding Student Award at the Finance and Operations Department at one of the Amos Bursary Summer Fundraising Gala and his the leading global law firms – Linklaters. attendance to several social events including events at the House of Lords is in marked contrast to his I learnt to appreciate how effective teamwork can early days when he grappled with his communication be in achieving successful outcomes and was able and social interaction abilities. to improve my communication skills both verbally and in writing. Overall, I had a very worthwhile Damon now has a Graduate position as a and most enjoyable experience in New York City. Statistician working for the Government Statistical I gained many valuable skills which will be essential Service (GSS) and sees this as a stepping stone to for my future job prospects and every single day his ambition to become an actuary. I learnt something totally new for which I am I have had extremely good support from the Bursary extremely grateful. and the best mentor that I could ever ask for in Omar Daniels who has supported me throughout His internship at Prudential in 2016 proved to be the my time as a student of the Bursary. I am particularly most appropriate and valuable to his actuarial career grateful for the opportunity to meet new people – aspirations. He was able to gain an awareness of which was useful in enhancing my social and current developments in this sector; learn a range of communication skills. As an alumnus of the Amos relevant technical skills; network with many of the Bursary, I would like to keep in touch and offer my actuaries employed in the Group Risk department; services in whatever way is deemed suitable. and also enhance his interpersonal skills. He gained an outline of what trainee actuaries are required He is a man of his word and is one of the Amos to do; actuarial career progression; and the best Alumni who prepare AB students for Assessment option to proceed with this career. He said ‘Overall, Centres.

5 | Reflections Colleen Amos, CEO Amos Bursary As we reflect on 2017, the words of Dame Vivian Hunt, Managing Partner UK and Ireland McKinsey and Company, continue to resonate for our students, ‘In today’s world employers with more diverse workforces perform better financially’.

The Amos Bursary (AB) offer same goal. In 2017 we held 31 London-based boys of African- development workshops, offered Caribbean background the 25 networking and professional chance to aim higher than the development opportunities. statistics on higher education One of the true secrets to success, participation and career is the ability to develop ‘A Winning progression would suggest. Attitude’ and overcome self-doubt. Against this backdrop Amos This was the theme for our conference Bursary students continue to held in July 2017. It was the driving strive for success to become the force for everyone in 2017 and was changemakers in organisations Colleen Amos, exemplified by Ashley McFarlane our Amos Bursary CEO across the world. To-date our first student to qualify as a doctor. graduates have achieved 100% Ashley was focused and quietly employment. determined and motivated to study medicine. While on holiday in Jamaica I am always asked ‘How do you assess a hurricane hit the island and there your success?’ My response, listen to was extensive damage to property the stories from our students, alumni and the environment. He took part in and mentors. The journeys they travel the relief effort aimed at improving together, the experiences they share the quality of life for locals who had and the life long bond they all form. suffered as a result of the natural The aim of every student joining the disaster. Bursary is to achieve success, but Isaiah Lynn 3rd year UCL student who we also know that they will have in two months raised £70,000 to difficult times, we know at times secure a place for a year at Harvard. they will fail and have to step back to move forward. They will encounter Isaiah’s winning attitude motivated, challenges like never before. The inspired and lifted him into new levels Bursary will be with them through of awareness and potential. It gave the bad times and the good. What him the confidence and self-belief they do know is they are part of a necessary to take charge of his life for brotherhood of 127 AB students greater personal and career success. and alumni, 42 Associates and over He has become a role model for the 200 mentors and 35 Committed other students and we wish him all volunteers all working towards the the best at Harvard.

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Many students have excelled this Looking forward, 2018 marks limited financial impact; explore year, supported by the guidance 10 years since Michael and the potential to support schools, of our volunteers, facilitators, Eunice Amos passed away. They universities and organisations speakers and mentors. They have were the inspiration behind the using our approach to raising used the information, tools and Bursary, and we are committed to attainment of students, and techniques provided throughout building on the legacy established explore alternative funding the year, to apply as part of their in their name. We will continue opportunities. personal growth and development to strengthen the employment I hope you enjoy this report gaining greater insight into how potential of the students by: which captures our student ‘A winning Attitude’ is critical for maximising our use of Alumni stories, successes and them as they prepare for their and Undergraduates; give a opportunities all of which time at university, in their careers, greater focus on technology contributed towards making into the world of work, and as and well-being; maximise sure that 2017 was another future leaders. networking opportunities; embed successful year in our history. the Associates Programme as a tool to upscale the Bursary with

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Student complement

34 graduates

80 Current students

21 Associate students

Student destination 2017

62 University students

3 Post graduate

28 Employed

4 Gap year

17 School students

21 Associate students

| 8 What is the Amos Bursary? Lohan Morrison and Kai Moore, first year students at Warwick University give the students’ perspective.

Lohan Morrison Kai Moore Being a student on the If I were to summarise the Amos Bursary has helped Amos Bursary I would use me to combat one of the the old adage, ‘If you give biggest hurdles I’ve actually a man a fish he will eat for faced so far. At the end of a day but if you give him a my first year of doing my fishing rod he will eat for AS, I scored a shocking a lifetime’. By this I mean, D in my favourite subject whilst at the AB I was which is History. That was placed with a network of devastating for me because I had put in so much young men who were all in the same age category effort and was so enthusiastic about this subject as myself. My point of reference has always been and the results were just not what I expected. based on being the smart black kid on the block and now, here I am surrounded by other young What the AB did was to introduce me to a fellow men in my age group who are also smart and it’s student named Renell who had also been in a suddenly a different environment to the one I am similar situation where things did no go so well used to. The first session at the Bursary had a great for him in his first year AS level but then he made impact on me because there in attendance was a massive turnaround and ended up getting an Peter who is at Cambridge, George who is at UCL A* in his subject. So that encouraged me to know and Victor at Warwick and these young men have that this was not over. I then turned to my Lumina taken great strides and are doing extremely well in Sparks booklet which reminded me of my tendency their chosen fields. to overthink things and dwell not on the negative aspects of a situation. For my own development I have had tremendous support from my peers I needed to turn that around and begin to focus especially Victor, who attends Warwick University, on the positive. The key turning point for me was where I also attend and Marvin who is reading Law. realising that I still had one more year of my A’ They have been an inspiration to me and helped Levels to make improvements and turn things me gain greater perspective and to be surrounded around. In the end I obtained 3 A*s for my A Levels by that kind of positive support is immeasurable. which have been my biggest achievement to date. Through attending the events that the Bursary puts on I have been equipped with the tools that What the Amos Bursary did for me was equip me I believe I need to have a successful and impactful with the tools to overcome my biggest weakness. future. Going forward, as a professional, there will be situations that I face where I will have similar challenges and because of this experience I will know how to overcome them.

9 | Linklaters five transformational years

Diversity Recruitment Manager, supported by Amos Bursary alumni Daniel Agard, and Vuyo Kwitshana and the CSR team led by Joanna Keefe continue to champion our journey.

Commercial awareness Jivaan Bennett, Trainee Solicitor Linklaters, had been an Amos supporter for two years prior to joining Linklaters. His support has been invaluable as a mentor; Law advocate; career support Together the Amos Bursary and to students; and a member of 2012/2013 was a Linklaters have transformed the the Personal and professional transformative year lives of many young men. Development Committee. He for the Bursary, Special thanks to Tom leads on commercial awareness due in large part to Shropshire, Global Head of U.S. and has extended to the students his network of colleagues and the sponsorship of practice and corporate partner, Paulette Mastin, Counsel in the friends, young ambitious role Linklaters. Capital Markets practice, Felix models across a wide range of Hebblethwaite, Global Head of corporate organisations including Recruitment and Resourcing and EY, Standard Chartered Bank, Daniel Danso, Global Diversity Deloitte and PWC. Manager, who shared our vision and ensured that our partnership grew from strength to strength. For the first four years, our Linklaters support team members included Heather Tookey, Jenny Mabey, Jennifer Cook, Charlotte Yates and Alecia Ani. Since 2017 Andre Flemmings Global &

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Opportunities Mentoring role Six AB students were the first of models many to participate in the Insight Felix Hebblethwaite, Global Head Week at Linklaters in spring and of Recruitment and Resourcing Summer 2013 and Jennifer Cook, Graduate Feedback from the week-long Recruitment Manager became experience was positive, ‘The the first Linklaters staff to mentor students in 2013. Leading by example students did really well and the feedback from the presenters Felix said ‘I have thoroughly Tom Shropshire, Global Head about them has been fantastic. enjoyed my experience as a of US.practice and corporate They have made a great impact professional mentor and it is partner, has opened many doors on day one.’ something I would heartily for the Bursary. He is our advisor Five years later all the students recommend. David and I have offering challenge when required have graduated with four of them been working together and I and is an advocate for the New actively pursuing a career in law. really enjoy our conversations. I York Experience. In 2017 he think we both learn something opened yet another door and Networking is the key to success new as a result of our discussions introduced us to The Prostate and Paulette Mastin Counsel in every time we meet.’ Cancer UK, where he is a trustee. the Capital Markets practice has The Bursary is now committed to enabled the Bursary students David Annor said ‘Not only promoting and raising awareness to access work experience and did Felix offer me excellent of Prostate Cancer to network extensively in legal professional support, he was circles via the Black Solicitors committed to developing my Development days Network. They have been able character and self-belief through to access other events, activities his wisdom, guidance and Over the years, Linklaters and individuals who have assisted connections.’ has hosted over 75 student them in many different fields, Victor Azubuike graduates in development days at their over the years. 2018 and will be on the JP premises. By allowing us to use Morgan Graduate scheme. their facilities and premises we are Fundraising He said ‘I’ve had a professional able to continue in our mission championed relationship with Jennifer for to change the lives of the AB five years. Her mentoring students. Christina McDonald and In 2013, we had the good and words have helped me her team ensure that our students fortune of acquiring support from immensely. We ran 5km together experience the Linklaters hospitality Linklaters, who went the extra mile to raise funds for my internship as soon as they enter the building. to make sure we were prepared in New York. Her help has been Security, reception, technical and for our summer fundraising a source of encouragement over catering staff give us a warm event. Linklaters have been our the years and I’m grateful to the welcome and enable our students main sponsors, hosting our Amos Bursary for introducing me to learn and gain confidence in a summergala fundraising events to her.’ corporate setting. Thank you! held in 2013, 2015 and 2017.

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I knew it was exactly what I Student to employee wanted to do and I immediately applied. I am in my seventh month in that role and I am absolutely loving my role and feel like I am genuinely making a difference. I have had the opportunity to travel to Dublin and New York and potentially will travel to India and South Africa in the near future. None of this would have been possible without the help of the Amos Bursary.

Linklaters USA Daniel Agard, Linklaters LLP, in 2014, during my final week Diversity Assistant in New York, I received the Linklaters champions the Amos news that I did not achieve my Bursary New York Experience, After a rigorous application predicted grades for my A Levels and each year students spend process, I was fortunate enough and furthermore did not get into three weeks with Annie Chi, Lucy to earn a place with the Amos my firm or insurance University Makepeace and Erina Wong, Bursary as one of 15 students choices. I was distraught. It was who make sure they are exposed on the 2013 cohort.. I took the first time I had encountered not only to the company but advantage of every personal real personal failure and I did not to experiences in New York. development session, workshop, know how to handle it. Whilst in They also host the New York event and opportunity that my New York, my AB brothers were Experience Farewell Reception schedule would allow me to. an amazing support system to for students and their host Through attending these events me and were instrumental in organisations. and utilising the skills taught, I brushing me off and picking me landed myself various amazing Dylan Kawende said ‘Interning back up which inspired me to opportunities, the most notable at Linklaters was incredible. work even harder during the next of which was an internship with The people were very friendly stage of my journey. Linklaters , a PwC mentor and and took a genuine interest in a place to be a part of the New Fast forward 3 years, with hard my personal history and future York Experience where I was work, determination and the ambitions. I learnt a great deal flown to New York for 4 weeks help of my various mentors, Alex about the strategies that Linklaters and was fortunate enough to Wiggins, Fiona Campbell and has employed to mitigate the experience two work placements, Tom Watkins, I was afforded risks posed by the rise of artificial one at City University, New York many opportunities such as a intelligence and Brexit and I and the other at PwC. month long unpaid internship at gained a useful insight into capital Linklaters Graduate Recruitment markets and derivatives, which are Nevertheless, my journey was not team where I worked hard two extremely technical areas of all plain sailing. After achieving to make a great impression. the law. 15 GCSE’s, representing London Ultimately, I graduated in 2017 at the UK National Athletics One lawyer in particular, Derek with a 2:1 in Psychology Championships, getting accepted Russell-Kraft, left an impression onto the Amos Bursary, being Following the completion on me. He recommended a list of chosen to take part in the New of my exams, a role become books that have influenced him York Experience and more – available in the Global & Diversity greatly and we had a profound naively, I thought things would Recruitment team at Linklaters. conversation about our shared never go wrong for me. However, After reading the job description, vision of social justice.

| 12 Achieving excellence Hard work, perseverance and a winning attitude In 2017, 14 students graduated achieving 2:1 and above. All students are now employed or completing post-graduate qualifications.

Dr Ashley McFarlane, Charing Cross Hospital Dr Ashley McFarlane is the first AB student to qualify as a doctor. He joined the Bursary in 2010 in year 12 and was one of the first students to receive the UCL Scholarship. His chosen career path was medicine because it combined his interest of the sciences with his passion for contributing to the lives of people in society. He said ‘Medicine will allow me to make positive change to people’s lives in a way which both fascinates me and appeals to me personally and as a result, I am deeply committed to it. OUR FIRST 1ST FROM KHAMARL It was a six year journey at UCL for him and he Khamarl Christie, Essex University said, ‘I’ve been stationed at different hospitals Khamarl Christie joined the Bursary in 2013 and around the UK, and been attached to a GP is the first Amos Bursary student to receive a 1st practice in Ilford. After my final year exams I Class honours degree. He graduated in Biomedical went on my medical elective in the Caribbean, Sciences from Essex University and is now studying and returned for my graduation ceremony for a masters degree in Neuroscience at King’s in July and received my licence. Now that College London. His was not an easy journey. His I’ve officially started my career in medicine As level results were disappointing. At the time at Charing Cross Hospital, I’ve done a lot of he said ‘I got B B C C in my results. I’m not too reflecting on the journey leading up to this happy about the results but I am also not majorly point. When people ask about it, I’m very disappointed because it is something I can definitely honest: it was long, stressful and tiring. There improve on,’ and improve he did. always seemed too much to learn, but the support I had from friends, family and The Amos He participated in the New York Experience in Bursary helped me through. 2017 and was affiliated to the NYU he said of the experience’ I learnt an incredible amount both Now when people ask how I’m finding my working at New York University and living with current job in acute internal medicine, I tell my fellow peers, and this was a life changing them the truth: it is long, stressful and tiring. experience. I learnt to take the lead when I felt I also tell them that I love what I’m doing and things got out of control, as well as having have absolutely no regrets. empathy for others and teaching and harnessing

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several new qualities. I will never forget the Prior to university he was the Young Advisor to the countless house meetings that were conducted to Young Mayor of Lewisham and Chair of the Youth ensure positive vibes within the house, and having Council. He was invited to 10 Downing Street to meals and personal conversations with my Amos meet David Cameron (2015), and to the Houses brothers on our subway journey to work. Thank you of Parliament to meet the different local authority for allowing me to explore a field that I would not mayors. He is mentored by Professor Donald Palmer be exposed to had I stayed in London, and making and regularly attends AB development sessions and me a more well-rounded person. networking opportunities. He hopes to secure a placement in Nigeria next year. Commenting on achieving his ‘First’ He said ‘ As much as you may believe this was all down to the hard work and effort put in by myself, I really would not have been able to achieve this and become a ISAIAH LYNN – FROM STRATFORD TO much more confident individual if it was not for HARVARD the Bursary and your ability to see the potential in Isaiah was racing against time to raise £70,000 in someone that was quite reserved when you first eight weeks to go to Harvard in August. Isiaiah said met them. I will continue to work hard to both represent my fellow brothers and eventually give ‘Harvard has been an absolutely phenomenal back to the organisation that changed my life’. experience! I am incredibly thankful that I did not give up at the funding hurdle, but instead and with the support of my brothers and mentors in THEY ARE OFF TO UNIVERSITY the Amos Bursary, decided to pursue the daunting, exciting, and rewarding crowdfunding challenge. Sixteen students who all did extremely well in their Over 700 people from across the UK, US, Canada, ‘A levels’ this year began their University experience Jamaica, Spain, and Uganda donated towards my in September and October, with 12 attending campaign, #StratfordToHarvard. Russell Group, and Redbrick Universities including It has been a very busy, and at times, overwhelming BBP professional Independent University. journey. On arrival at Harvard I naturally took the Outstanding students for the year were Lohan initiative to join as many interesting student groups Morrison, Kai Moore and Tyreese Hines who all as possible, find my niche, and develop different achieved A*’s and A’s. friendship circles, in addition to performing to the best of my ability in classes and exploring unique This year we have our first students to attend opportunities. I have joined a wide plethora of Nottingham University, (Solomon Adu and Remel societies on campus spanning the undergraduate Anno-Barnieh) and Durham University (Tyreese Hines). College, Business School, Kennedy School, Tyreese is studying for a BSc in Biomedical Sciences. Graduate School of Design, and the Law School.

Tyreese Hines Isaiah Lynn

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My highlights include helping to organize the JONATHAN JOINING GOLDMANS annual Harvard TedX conference, Harvard Design Jonathan Oloyede, York University Conference, Entertainment and Media Conference, the Africa Business Conference, and attending the Since joining the Amos Bursary in 2014, I have been MIT venture capital conference. I have also been fortunate to intern at a variety of firms including: very fortunate to continue playing basketball at a IBM, SwiftKey, Citigroup, Ernst & Young and Credit competitive level and I am currently deciding where Suisse. I would like to intern this summer which entails I spent the summer of 2017 interning at Deutsche weighing up my offers spanning the tech and Bank within their Global Markets Technology banking sectors in California and New York. Division. I used Big Data technologies such as One reason why I think I have had such an Apache Hadoop & Spark alongside Java, HTML5 & amazing, empowering, enriching, overwhelming JavaScript; to develop a platform which provided and worthwhile experience here is because I quickly data visualisation showing the utilisation of High- learned the importance of showing up. If you don’t Performance computer clusters when calculating show up, you don’t have the chance to sit at the the banks risk profile. table. The biggest obstacle can often be accruing At the end of the internship, during a call I hosted the strength to show up, that is half the battle, in with Engineers within Cross Product Valuations, a my experience. debate occurred amongst the Engineers regarding the implications of the platform I had developed. It showed much more information regarding the RISING STARS utilisation than had previously been possible with Emmauel Opoku, Imperial College London and the existing process, Engineers could now easily George Imafidon, UCL were identified as the top identify areas of inefficiency and who the main fifth and tenth Rare Rising Stars, an award initiative users of the clusters were on a given date. I was which recognises and celebrates extraordinary commended for getting this platform from design candidates. Each year, they showcase the to production within 8 weeks and praised for the achievements of the best black students in impact I made within such a short space of time. the UK. The Amos Bursary has been highly instrumental in my personal and professional development, and as a result I received 3 graduate role offers in 2017 PETER PROMOTES CAMBRIDGE from different firms. I will be joining Goldman Peter Adefoiye, Cambridge University Sachs as an Analyst in their Securities Division on graduating in 2018. Currently the Bursary has two students at Cambridge University, Daniel Oluboyede studying medicine and Peter Adefioye Theology and Philosophy. In 2017 they both participated in a campaign encouraging more African and Caribbean students to apply to Cambridge University. Peter gave a clear, self-assured interview on the BBC and he and Daniel are two of the 15 students in the photograph which went viral around the world. They continue to promote Cambridge to our students

Jonathan Oloyede

15 | Personal and professional development ‘Building confidence and self-belief.’

Victor Azubuike, Treasure Oyelade and Temi Ogundiran

EVERYONE IS BATTLING ‘SOMETHING’ he faced possible exclusion from school and began EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIFE getting into trouble with the police. This partially continued during his time in sixth form and as a Treasure Oyelade, Warwick University result, his studies suffered and Treasure missed out on the opportunity to attend Warwick University, as I am fortunate to be part of a network of aspiring he failed to make the grades. Treasure’s confidence young black men; and of volunteers who take the took a knock and he decided to take a gap year time and effort to facilitate the series of events whilst he worked. During that year Treasure used that led from that to me applying to the Bursary the disappointment and frustration that he felt to to meeting certain persons of influence who have motivate himself and remain focused on studying made a positive impact on my life, as well as the for the exams that he wanted to retake. lives of the other young men. He applied to participate in the New York Treasure joined the Amos Bursary in 2014 as a very Experience and after a successful 4 weeks being a confident young man who started out actively part of the 10 strong group who travelled to New taking part in the development days and making York, he gained a new boost to his confidence. That good progress. However in the past, Treasure had combined with the work that he did during his gap associated himself with individuals who were not year allowed Treasure to learn the benefits of how very positive for his development and very quickly hard work does pay off.

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Life since starting university has been filled with ups The conference presentations, guest speakers and and downs. Treasure saw many of the friends that panel discussions provided information, tools and he used to socialise with, get charged with criminal techniques beneficial for every student. – helping to offences; then his resilience was really tested develop the mindset critical for success. when he witnessed the mental breakdown and Victor Azubuike Warwick University, Kimberlie deterioration of his best friend who he has known Andrew Communications Consultant, Amandla since the age of four. ‘It really put my faith to the Johnson Journalist, Jack Kuali Standard Chartered test and I doubted a lot during that period and even Bank, James Fleury Newvague Music Agency, Ivan contemplated taking a year out of university.’ Beckley UCL. Treasure turned to his peers on the Bursary, especially Victor and with his support, he was able to regain focus and return to university and average COMMERCIAL AWARENESS WITH a 1st Class (73%) for his first year. HELIOS INVESTMENTS He is now the Treasurer of the Nigerian Society at Temi Ogundiran, Warwick University Warwick University, was selected as a delegate on Temi Ogundiran and 11 of his AB peers attended an the Powerlist Foundation (now known as the Aleto insight event at Helios Investments. Here is his report: Foundation) Leadership Programme 2017 and has been offered a place on the 2018 Spring Internship Temi said ‘it was a productive and insightful at Credit Suisse. morning at Helios Investments a leading private equity fund focused on companies in Africa. He spent 2 weeks volunteering at a summer school in Cambridge (Reach Cambridge) and 1 week on During this event, we listened to a series of a summer project with the Hebe Foundation in presentations detailing how and by whom the Wandsworth, South London respectively. He said private equity fund was established as well as ‘The latter is close to my heart as I took part in how a private equity fund functions in order to the project back in 2013 so I try to go back every generate its profits. We also got the opportunity year to help out when I can. Everyone is battling to ask questions which gave us an exclusive insight ‘something’ every day of their life and inevitably, into the day-to-day life of investment bankers and sometimes you will fall – but once you fall then the lawyers who are employed by Helios and how their only way is back up, to standing strong. Martin Banjo jobs differ from previous career endeavours. compared this to riding a bike and falling off. He Overall, the event was a great success. It was said ‘whatever happens, just get back on your bike’. wonderful to gain a thorough understanding of the functions of private equity and hedge funds BEYOND OUTSTANDING STUDENT within the financial world. We’d Like to thank all LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE the people involved in planning and executing this event. This insight day was invaluable and I’m sure ‘A winning attitude’ all Amos Bursary students felt very privileged to This annual conference for outstanding students have access to such a brilliant opportunity. Thank from state schools, sixth form colleges and you Helios.’ Universities was held on Saturday 15 July.

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Bianca Miller BBC World service team with AB students

KING’S COLLEGE SPONSORS YEAR 12 THE BBC IN FOCUS CONFERENCE Vera Kwakofi, Media Management Executive and Franklyn Nnodi, Amos Associate Africa TV Editor at BBC World Service arranged for The Amos Bursary’s 2-day conference at King’s five students to tour the BBC Studios, where they College London was full of laughs, cheers, great met DJ, producer, actor and TV presenter Charlie food and most importantly crucial networking Sloth before seeing BBC World News, Focus on opportunities and life changing advice. Over the Africa TV go out on air. They also met BBC journalist course of the two days I learnt a great deal about Daniel Henry, who covers the lives of British Africans the world of work, university options and how and diaspora communities around the world, and to be the best version of myself at all times. Each participated in the feedback session, which the speaker came from a variety of vocations and production team holds after each Programme. specialisms but nevertheless they all had equally powerful messages to deliver and it was a privilege to be in receipt of that advice as well as being able ORIEL OXFORD VISIT to exchange contact details with some of them. I Three Amos students, Munye, Tyrell and Seun am so grateful to the Amos Bursary for setting up joined the Excell 3 Apex University programme on such a useful programme allowing me to develop an Insight day at Oriel College, Oxford to visit the new skills and confidence; skills which I believe university, understand the application process and are transferable to every aspect of my student and meet current students future working life. I anticipate the future now as a much more proud and confident young black student instead of fearing it. CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AMBITION BRINGS STUDENTS Dylan Kawende, Solomon Rose, Kasiah Watson-Blair, TOGETHER Abolaji and Ahmed Idris attended an evening in conversation with Guest speaker Antonio Guterres The Amos Bursary holds three Ambition events each Secretary General of the UN, followed by a reception year, where we bring together students, mentors at SOAS University of London. The UN Secretary and guest supporters for an evening of inspirational General spoke about counter terrorism and human speakers and networking. The autumn and winter rights: Winning the fight while upholding values. events were held at Dentons International Law firm and University College London held our summer Dylan said ‘The Secretary General had some gathering. With a host of inspirational speakers the amazing things to say about how we should students were able to increase their knowledge of counter terrorism without violating human rights. business today and in the future, with talks on the He said we should place more emphasis on alleviating creative industries, the future workforce and Law in the conditions that lead people to become our lives and in Society. radicalised, namely poverty and a lack of education, we also need to show more faith in the judiciary. Military action, he thinks, should be the last resort.

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aerodynamic problems, mainly in thermal fluids. I was fortunate enough to work alongside one of the specialists in CFD – DR Colin Young and throughout that process we were working on redesigning components for the engine. Trying to see how we could reduce cost, reduce mass and also improve the efficiency of the engine. Fortunately, for me and the rest of the team, we were able to improve the efficiency by 40% and one of the components could potentially have a large impact on millions of pounds. For an intern to have that type of impact was amazing. I hope this encourages someone else to dream big and consider engineering as a career choice.’

ENGINEERING IS FOR ME YOUTH, DIVERSITY AND EMPLOYMENT, George Imafidon, UCL AT WYCHWOOD HOUSE One of the many challenges the Bursary encourages Shaun O’Dili and Solomon Adebiyi were invited students to accept, is to make the most of to participate in a discussion on youth, diversity opportunities outside of London. Over the summer and employment, led by the former U.S Embassy’s George secured an Internship at Rolls Royce in Acting Ambassador, Lewis Lukens at Wychwood Derby. House. He said ‘I am currently studying Mechanical Other participants were representatives from youth Engineering and Programming at UCL. I was the kid organisations and young activists that work on that was always fixing bikes in my local community. these issues. They discussed efforts to address the I had a talent for problem solving. So I was lucky challenges marginalised youth face by supporting that my school actually offered Engineering at entrepreneurism and soft skill development. GCSE and that’s when I realised I could really excel in something that I enjoyed doing. When I joined Shaun said ‘Attending the youth and diversity event Rolls Royce I was able to engage with the African at Wychwood House was a truly insightful and and Caribbean Network and they introduced me inspiring experience. Being able to network with to some STEM activities that I could get involved people that have a passion for developing the youth in, do a keynote speech and really just get more of today to ensure a brighter tomorrow and for students enthused about embarking on a career increasing diversity in the workplace enabled me to in Engineering. At Rolls Royce I was working in truly appreciate the power of youth and importance the Civil Aerospace Division working on a lot of of diversity’.

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Lord Hastings played a key role in securing three JAZZ AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY internships for students at KPMG New York. The Daniel Beckley BPP, Daniel Agard Alumni lunch was an opportunity to discuss what had been Daniel Beckley and Daniel Agard, both musicians, learnt and experienced during that visit. were given the opportunity to enjoy a live One of the most interesting things about the lunch performance of the most enigmatic and unusual from the students perspective was learning about jazz composer, Thelonious Monk, who created Lord Hastings’ extensive and versatile career journey some of the most innovative and beautiful music and discovering how he found himself appointed as in the history of jazz. Featuring performances by the Global Head of Citizenship for KMPG. AB supporter Peter Edwards, director of the Nu Civilization Orchestra and award winning jazz They thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The lunch vocalist, Filomena Campus, the evening was also a was a brilliant opportunity to be professional in chance to view rarely seen footage of Monk from a different environment. It also enabled them to The British Library collection. practice dining etiquette and networking skills. Daniel said ‘The discussion by the panel provided a greater understanding into the life of the composer, touching on intimate topics from his mental CORE SKILLS AND BALFOUR BEATTY health to his personal character as an introvert. In TIDEWAY particular, it was surprising to learn that Bebop at Qasim Barrow, UCL the time, symbolised a new age of black manhood, ‘My role was that of a site engineer, I was taught and Monk was instrumental in developing this the core skillsets of an engineer and was given more genre. We both found the evening insightful and exposure to the types of documents and processes thoroughly enjoyable. that had to be completed. I feel that I’ve gained a large amount of knowledge which will prove useful for my second year of university. However, the most important thing I’ve taken away with me is the ability to deal with problems. Everyone was calm and had a logical stream of thought to come up with another viable solution. I believe that this is a skill that I’ll be able to apply in all walks of life and will hopefully be able to improve on. I was based at Tideway a wonderful place to work. I felt that the safety of everyone was of utmost importance using innovative schemes such as epic

KPMG HOSTS NEW YORKERS Joshua Ilelaboye, Oxford University Mohamed Abdi, Brunel University Dylan Kawende, UCL Solomon Abdi, Manchester University Temi Ogundiran, Warwick University Khamarl Christie, Essex University Remel Anno-Barnieh, Nottingham University Joachim Maiye, LSE The students who participated in the New York Experience in the summer, were invited to KPMG to share with Lord Hastings and Senda Kavindele, their experiences in New York. Qasim Barrow

| 20 CHAPTER and boosters to refresh the importance of safety to everyone on site. What I believe sets Tideway apart is its continuous stress to help in the community and allowing its employees to volunteer. I would like to thank everyone at Tideway for giving me such a warm welcome once I came on site and allowing me to settle in so fast. Given that it’d been my first time on site they were keen to share their knowledge. Once I began the internship I was under the stewardship of Nathan Burton and Sam Huckle, who both helped me a great deal to refine my knowledge and skills whilst on the job. Finally, I’d like to thank Hugh Ferguson for making my placement a smoother process, by monitoring my development on a weekly basis and by actively expanding my network to meet influential figures on the project and in Balfour Beatty’.

Jesse Williams at O’Neal Webster (UK) LLP

LAW AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (BVI) During the summer Jesse Williams, interned at O’Neal Webster (UK) LLP under the supervision of HARLEY STREET VISIT Christopher McKenzie Partner – BVI Trusts & Estates/ Seun Sontan, Year 13 Private Client Seun Sontan met Barbara Edwards during the Christopher McKenzie reports on Jesse’s summer Amos Bursary Gala in June 2017. They spoke at at O’Neal Webster (UK) LLP. ‘Jesse is very able. He is length and he told her about his difficulty finding both highly intelligent and detail-orientated. I was work experience in a clinical setting which was also extremely impressed by some of the initiatives necessary to include in his personal statement as he took and some of the things he sensibly did he wanted to study medicine at University. Barbara without being asked to do. I have trained many works for a charity called Chain of Hope and she lawyers, but have never come across anyone who arranged for him to get some work experience with has taken initiatives like this. This is very much to her organisation. He said ‘I was allowed to follow Jesse’s credit. Jesse actually worked here rather a mother and child’s journey from initial briefing longer than the four weeks that were planned. until post-surgery. I was present at the admission, When his stint came to an end, we invited him back and assisted the doctor when taking blood, i.e. for part of the time leading up to when his master’s helping to hold the child. I was present at her x-ray course started. He is naturally a rather quiet young and witnessed paediatric monitoring of pulse blood man, but I am sure he will become more outgoing pressure etc. I also spent an entire day at Harley as he builds up his confidence and gets to know street and was able to do a post-operative visit two people. I was the same at his age – and got days later. precisely the same feedback. It was an amazing experience and one I will never We really enjoyed this experience – and are grateful forget. Barbara’s kindness gave me the chance to to the Amos Bursary for allowing it to happen. continue to follow my dream.

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SUMMER INTERNSHIPS Jonathan Oloyede, Deutsche Bank Darrell Adjei, Goldman Sachs Rasharn Du’Bois, year placement, Balfour Beatty Daniel Beckley, Addleshaw Godard and the Government Legal Department Aviva Intergeneration workshop Joel Clarke, Royal Holloway TWO GENERATIONS WITH AVIVA Joshua Marshall, Box of Prints Aviva continue to offer development opportunities and Timothy Oluwole, internships to our students. Lord’s Cricket Grounds and This October students took part in the Aviva two day Intergenerational Acorn Aspirations digital workshop organised by Chika Aghadiuno, GI Director. This was Ryan Francis, L’Oréal an opportunity for students to improve their digital skills. They came away with an appreciation of the processes, skill sets and disciplines Dylan Kawende, involved in taking the seed of an idea to reality. In addition there three year internship with was a secondary benefit of bringing two generations together in Freshfields (Law) a shared experience and learning environment. The students were Damon Ying, Civil Service required to use their knowledge to assist the older participants. Day (HMI) one they looked at the disciplines involved in the journey of a digital proposition, with speakers covering the areas of: Renell Harding, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Product owner/strategy, User Experience, design and development. On the second day they worked in teams to find digital solutions to James Lewis, PWC problems raised. James Frater, Aviva Isaiah Lynn, JP Morgan Victor Azubuike, JP Morgan Ivan Beckley, ADA Health, Artifical Intelligence (AI) focused healthcare company Karl Kareem Melaimi, Bloomberg Treasure Oyelade, The Hebe Foundation and Students meet Walter White London based partner in McGuireWoods Reach Cambridge Abolaji Oshun, INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING AT LONDON Ranelagh Primary School CONVERSATIONS Joseph Simeon, Blackrock 20 students attended ‘London Conversations’ a ground breaking five day International conference. Paul Karma, BPP During the week thought leaders from academic, corporate, finance and political sectors sought innovative solutions, shared best practice

| 22 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS and networked in a range of settings including in smaller groups, we focused on one of the two Mansion House, the Bank of England, The Houses issues, discussing latest policy, research and offering of Parliament, SOAS and Guildhall. recommendations for future child-centred policy and practice. The ‘London Conversations’ was able to offer high level networking opportunities, leverage meaningful Most significantly, we were inspired to see a diverse support and provide exposure to a wide range of range of stakeholders come together to establish thought leadership, to the group. Our thanks to a clear and holistic set of plans for future actions. Walter White and Kymberlie Andrew who made this The seminar will lead to the creation of a report to possible. be launched early next year.’

At PACE’s seminar on child mental health Chima Amadi

COUNCIL OF EUROPE/UK PARLIAMENT FINTECH EXPERIENCE WITH 10X SEMINAR FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES Chima Amadi, Essex University Baroness Doreen Massey held a high profile Solomon Adu, Nottingham University Council of Europe/UK Parliament seminar in Portcullis House on the topics of child mental Chima Amadi and Solomon Adu spent two weeks health and child-friendly justice and invited three at 10X, learning about Financial Technology (Fin Tech) young people, Burphy Zumu (Alumni), Victor Chima describes his experience. Azubuike (Warwick University) and Solomon Rose My time spent at 10x was comprehensive and (Manchester University) to attend. After the session very insightful. The experience opened my eyes to Baroness Massey said ‘they were outstanding in a wider horizon, and encouraged me to consider their representation of the Bursary and themselves. more creative and autonomous career choices. They operated with total confidence amidst After speaking and working with a number of European MPs, European NGOs, academics and colleagues at 10x, I realised that I should be other experts in health and youth justice. They engaging my innovative side and consider project were a total inspiration to other young people in management in order to maximise my potential. In attendance and were proof that the work that the addition, the amount of exposure I received within Bursary is doing is first-rate.’ the two weeks spent at 10x was incredible. From Solomon said ‘We were fascinated to learn first- the people I met inside and outside the company, hand about the current state of mental health to the work I completed, I’m truly grateful for the and youth justice in the UK and Europe. The opportunity. I knew very little about the field of opportunity to offer meaningful contributions to FinTech prior to joining, but now I’m left with a discussions based on our personal experiences wealth of knowledge about the growing industry made the seminar even more valuable. Working and startup companies in general.

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The Summer Gala fundraising dinner and dance Tina Harris Mentor of the year

THE SUMMER GALA FUNDRAISING THE AB AWARDS SPONSORED BY DINNER AND DANCE PRUDENTIAL This event was sponsored by Linklaters and Special Recognition Award 2017 the Awards by Prudential. BPP University Our Biennial event was a wonderful evening of Outstanding Mentor 2017 celebration and entertainment. Tina Harris Hosted by Juliet Alexander and Dylan Kawende, our Rasheed Graham is mentored by Tina. He attends patron Baroness Amos , was in conversation with Loughborough University and will be a pilot in the Special guest Sir David Adjaye OBE .Tom Shropshire future. He says; ‘Tina has been very instrumental spoke on behalf of Linklaters and AB Alumni Kenny in my journey so far on the Bursary, after my Imafidon represented the AB students. disappointing AS results Tina was very active in putting measures in place to ensure that my next year at sixth form would be better through regular check-ups and meetings. She has gone out of her way to directly contact flying schools to gather information about their selection procedures, job prospects and costs etc. All in all, it was Tina who suggested that I should take the University route and it’s been a decision that I haven’t regretted and what I have achieved to date has been down to her expert guidance.’ Outstanding Volunteer 2017 Steve Rose, provides Technical support to the Bursary. Academic and Personal Achievement 2017 Darrell Adjei, Imperial College London Personal and Professional Development 2017 James Frater, King’s College London Maximising Opportunities 2017 Faustino built strong partnerships by networking with individuals and secured opportunities with Juliet and Dylan our hosts for the Evening national and international organisations. Faustino McCalla St Luce, Warwick University Social Responsibility 2017 George Imafidon, UCL 24 | Community engagement

James Frater 3rd from the left

and it’s a session I have benefitted from’. The event JAMES BRINGS KING’S ON BOARD was so successful that the Amos Bursary has now James Frater, King’s College London secured 2 scholarship places for AB students at King’s College and the conference is being repeated James Frater joined King’s College London in 2015 in 2018. and is studying Medicine. He immediately started to work closely with the widening participation James is an Access to Medicine Ambassador team. He felt very strongly that the number of delivering and running workshops with children British students of African Caribbean descent from year 4–13 that have a range of abilities and attending King’s College needed to be addressed. come from varying backgrounds. His commitment He is of Caribbean heritage and recognised that he to his community has been recognised by his was a rare commodity. He wanted to establish a colleagues and he is now the President of the partnership between the Amos Bursary and King’s King’s College African Caribbean Association, College London. where he runs career and mental health workshops to support students throughout university and As a consequence of his efforts the Amos Bursary equip them with the tools needed to succeed. In held the first two day conference for year 12 November 2017 he received the Jamaica National AB students and Associate students and their Student Award. parents, sponsored by King’s in April 2017. Over 60 students participated over two days and James James said ‘I became an AB student in February was responsible with King’s for the arrangement 2013 and from then on my life changed for the and development of the programme in conjunction better. If I am completely honest, had it not been with the personal and professional development for the Bursary, I would probably be in prison right team. An element of the programme he was keen now and I definitely wouldn’t be studying Medicine to introduce was wellbeing. He said ‘emotional at King’s College. The AB team gives boys like and mental wellbeing is also incredibly important myself, the ability to chase our dreams. Thank you’

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aiding others. As one of the region. He has since gone on to first members of his family to join and help establish a team go to University, Warsame has entitled ‘Drop for Drought’ that gone out of his way to aid aimed to provide essential aid others. Committed to his family, relief kits to various pockets in Warsame took the decision to Somalia by partnering with global defer his studies to ease the organisation including the likes of financial burden on his family DHL and Tesco. due to extenuating family circumstances. A commitment to social Warsame Ismael, UCL responsibility is the prerequisite WARSAME SUPPORTS to becoming an Amos Bursary SOMALI COMMUNITY scholar. He is an Amos Bursary Ambassador, supporting younger Warsame Ismael is an exceptional students in workshops to prepare young man who has made them for University, interviews the most of the personal and and internships. Additionally, professional development he co-founded a student lead programmes available and gained outreach activity ‘Homeless tremendous skills and confidence. Food Drive’ aimed at aiding less He has undertaken internships at fortunate people in our society. various International companies, Warsame is active on the Karl Kareem-Melaimi (Gap Year) including Deutsche Bank, Mohamed Abdi, Brunel University global stage. He attended the Deloitte, Ernst & Young and prestigious Business Today Mckinsey and Co. Warsame has a conference in New York in 2016 PROSTATE CANCER particular interest in the Financial and was selected to attend the CHALLENGE and Professional Services sectors, One Young World Summit in while further appreciating In January Karl and Mohamed Bogota, Colombia in November, a the importance of economic attended the launch of the global organisation that gathers empowerment and, through campaign to raise awareness of young leaders from around the the use of education, facilitating Prostate Cancer among black world to develop solutions to the social mobility to ensure equal men. They campaign to help world’s most pressing issues. He opportunity.’ more men survive prostate cancer recently became an ambassador and enjoy a better quality of life, Networking is his strength and he for the One Young World Summit support men by providing vital has used opportunities generated He has used his skills and information, find answers by to build an impressive CV. While experience to tackle the funding research into causes and at UCL Warsame was elected to humanitarian drought crisis, treatments and lead change by provide a voice for colleagues which was unfolding in East raising the profile of the disease from the mathematical and Africa, especially in Somalia and improving care. physical science faculty. He has and Somaliland. As head of the consistently offered valuable Speakers at the event included Somali Society at UCL, Warsame drop-in-sessions for his peers, Tom Shropshire campaign was successful at encouraging and successfully drafted, debated Trustee and Rudolph Walker other like-minded individuals to and implemented a viable, Ambassador. Karl and Mohamed engage in fundraising in response sustainable reform to UCL union’s made a pledge on behalf of the to the recent humanitarian recurring deficit. Amos Bursary to make sure our crisis. As a result of his tenacity students were aware of prostate Warsame is a highly motivated and willingness to engage in cancer. In July students went one and extremely principled his wider community, Warsame step further and they participated individual deeply invested in raised over £40,000 for the in the Prostate Cancer Challenge.

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Each year AB students spend three days at Imperial College London, and they are given a challenge to complete in their own time over the course of the conference. This year in teams of 8 they had to develop a story led campaign featuring images or film to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer. Errol McKellar shared his personal story to inform the students about the impact of prostate cancer, and The Ideas Foundation presented the brief and guidance. A range of creative ideas emerged and the winning team was led by Oxford student Joshua ILelaboye. The Bursary will use the materials developed as part of Prostate Awareness Month 2018. Ricky During, Alumni

ABDEL MAHMOUD, UCL RICKY PERFORMS IN REACH FOR TOP TALENT GRENFELL FUNDRAISER TALKS Abdel and his sister fundraised for and organised a 10-day On 23 July 2017 Ricky During Amos Bursary students annually volunteering opportunity with was invited by Rhianne Palmer, share their knowledge and Project Elea. This was a newly daughter of Mentor Donald experience with their peers at the formed NGO working in Eleonas Palmer, to take part in a Reach Society Annual Career Fair. Refugee Camp in Athens, Greece fundraising benefit concert she The main aim is to highlight the at the height of the Refugee organised for the victims of the talents of AB students, the work crises plaguing the Mediterranean Grenfell Tower tragedy. of the Amos Bursary and to give at the time. It housed mainly other students the opportunity Ricky says ’As well as being an Afghans and Syrian refugees and to hear and ask questions about opportunity to celebrate some supported by the Greek military their journeys so far. This year amazing local talent, the event who would bring sustenance. He AB was represented by Treasure, was also a testament to the worked with the management Shaun, Solomon and Ivan. incredible things that can be of the Camp to streamline accomplished when a community Represented by Shaun O’Dili, the distribution of resources comes together for a good cause‘. Solomon Adebiyi, Treasure allocated/donated. He said ‘I had Oyelade, Ivan Beckley and to relearn the value of human Donald Palmer AB Mentor said James Frater. life and its resilient spirit; a truly ‘Ricky was amazing. Over £500 humbling experience’. was raised and AB students James and Courtney also attended this event. Yet another example of how these young men are becoming key role models in the community’.

27 | Alumni Update Courtney Mikely, Graduate University of Kent How does one go from a shy student, to an outspoken and confident graduate? When you have a network of ambitious people, who are also your family, it almost becomes inevitable.

I joined the Bursary at the age of 17 with little sense of what I wanted to do. All I knew is that I wanted to be the best. The most helpful thing for me was the introduction of my mentors, peer mentor Henry Yanney and professional mentor Marcus Cato. Research shows that when you tell someone your goals, you are more than twice as likely to achieve them. With a mentor, the probability increased for me tenfold. I saw myself being able to drive my ambition, and that was probably most notable at university. In my first two years, I achieved firsts whilst juggling other extracurricular activities in sports, arts and academia. This resulted in me being accepted to study in California for a year which had been my dream from a young age. Just before my year abroad, the Bursary helped me secure a place at Prudential, a top life insurance company, working alongside influential colleagues. I had the opportunity to learn what actuaries do, whilst improving my office skills and showcasing my talent. After my year abroad, I noticed my aspirations swayed away from my degree choice but this led me to work harder to secure a place in the financial field. I have now completed training and I am working with Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Being part of the Bursary has given me the drive for my ambition, the confidence to reach my goals and the ability to help those that follow. My journey has been great so far, but thankfully, it is just the beginning.’

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Wilfrid Obeng, Google, analytical programmer Burphy Zumu, Director Clearview Research Dr Ashley McFarlane, Charing Cross Hospital Jolade Olusanya, Photographer, Film Maker, Dumebi Dumaka, Graduate Programme, Barclays Creative Director, Poet Richard Butler, Trade Support, Allianz Global Aaron Wright, Social Media Manager Spafax Partners Dorian Peake, Technical Lead, Kudi.ai Ryan Clarke, graduate position at Thompson Damon Ying, Graduate Statistician, Government Reuters. September LPC training contract, Statistics Service placement with Mcdermott Will & Emery Ricky During, Medical Assistant – Medical Kenny Dumaka, Associate at Cicero Group – practice/Musician Part Time Evening LLM Legal Practice (Solicitors) programme with BPP University Xavier Hamilton, Leadership Programme Co-ordinator, Eastside Young Leaders Academy Paul Equnjobi, Administrator, Powell Spencers and Partners, – Part Time Evening LLM Legal Practice Lequan Johnson, Healthcare Communications, (Solicitors) programme with BPP University Porto Novelli, London Nathan Gray, Senior Consultant Global M Saad Noor, Editor, Gulf News Courtney Mikely, Vantage Point Global Ltd, Nathan Gray, Senior Consultant Global M Consultant Renael Dixon, Team Leader, Robert Levy Daniel Agard, Linklaters LLP, Diversity Assistant Foundation Fabricio Ferreira, Mighty Sharp, digital agency Solomon Rose, Communications Executive, Daniel Anjorin, Analyst, Infosys Consulting Telefonica (Wayra) Kenny Imafidon, Founder Clearview Research Shannon Gayle-Bartlett, Education Recruitment

29 | Thank you As we move into 2018, we would like to thank our main corporate sponsors Linklaters, Prudential and Helios investment partners, who provide us with funding, facilities and experiences for our students.

Each year BPP offer full scholarships We look forward to the outcomes of to students, which allows them to the PhD research funded by Imperial complete their degrees debt free. This College, which features AB students. financial aid is life changing. The partial Our partner organisations, Lumina scholarships offered by UCL are also Learning, Insight Coaching, popular with a high percentage of Brightnetworks, The Brokerage Citylink, Amos Bursary students now at UCL. Teach First, Poweful Media and Rare We welcome King’s College London Recruitment help us to ensure that our who offer two scholarships a year. They students maximize all opportunities also host our Year 12 conference held that are available to support their for the first time in April. career development. Imperial College London part sponsors Finally, we are most grateful to our our Residential conference and parent body Excell3, who provide the provides us with committed mentors. environment to allow us to flourish.

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