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

Legair & Associates Limited

The provision of governance consultancy services to a range of international corporate and private clients.

Founder

NUDEA

NED to Nudea, an investee company of Cornerstone Partners.

Non Executive Director

Cornerstone Partners

Cornerstone Partners is the first Angel Investor Network exclusively focused on investing in businesses owned and run by black founders. We focus on investing in black businesses out of a desire to empower the black community and create more diversity in the UK business market.

Partner | Angel investor

Chairwoman

Board Apprentice (BAME) Limited

Board Apprentice is a not for profit social franchise dedicated to increasing diversity on boards globally.

LonAlto

Build / Support / Invest

LonAlto incubates ideas. They provide their full-service team, and seed capital, to pioneering entrepreneurs to enable them to unlock their potential.

Santander UK

Responsible for reviewing and updating the Santander UK plc Corporate Governance Framework and advising internal stakeholders on the associated policies and procedures to ensure best practice is adopted and embedded within the business.

Secretary to the Santander UK plc Pensions Committee and operational subsidiaries including Santander (CF Trustee) Limited, the entity responsible for making investment decisions on behalf of the Santander UK plc pension fund. Secretary to  Hyundai Capital UK Limited, a joint venture between Santander Consumer (UK) plc and Hyundai Motors.

Member of the company working groups established to prepare and disseminate guidance in relation to regulatory changes including the Consumer Credit Licence Full Permissions Application, Senior Managers Regime, Market Abuse Regulations and the preparation of the Santander UK Resolution and Recovery Plan.

Assistant Company Secretary - Governance

Standard Chartered Bank

Providing full support to the Secretary of Standard Chartered PLC Audit Committee and the Secretary of Standard Chartered Bank. Responsible for the coordination and administration of Court and committee meetings.

Reviewing and providing feedback to senior management in respect of reports submitted to the Audit Committee and Court of Standard Chartered Bank.

Project managed the 2012 Standard Chartered PLC Annual General Meeting working with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure the success of this high profile corporate event. 

Provision of legal and corporate governance advice to the business to ensure best practice is understood and embedded.

Senior Assistant Secretary 

Intertrust Group

Responsible for building a client portfolio of UK companies through the provision of management and company secretarial services.  Actively identifying and progressing new client relationship opportunities and securing new business.

Main areas of responsibility included: 
- Operational compliance and governance – drafting minutes and maintaining statutory books;
- Corporate transactional support in relation to the acquisition and management of UK assets; and
- Developing the Directors’ Induction Seminar Programme for ABN AMRO Bank – UK Branch.

Sole responsibility for providing governance support to the UK subsidiaries of ABN AMRO Bank - UK Branch (including ABN AMRO Markets (UK) Limited, ABN AMRO Fund Services UK Limited and ABN AMRO Project Finance Limited).

Negotiated standard Intertrust agreements on a bespoke basis internally and with external counsel.

Secondment to LCH.Clearnet Group providing company secretarial support to LCH.Clearnet committees and the SwapClear board.

Senior Relationship Manager

Capita

Incorporating and providing the ongoing administration to UK, Irish and Jersey SPV companies.

Project managing securitisation transactions through review to execution stage in respect of new debt issues and existing transactions.

Trust Officer

Rathbones

Implementation and administration of various types of UK SPV’s for international UHNW individuals based in the UK, France, Spain and Switzerland.

Provision of family office services for selected clients.

Assisting with new client development opportunities and taking responsibility for the day to day relationship with clients, their solicitors, investment managers and tax advisors

I am a Chartered Secretary and run Legair & Associates Limited, a governance consultancy providing governance advice and corporate administration support to international clients with business interests in the UK.  

I am also a partner of Cornerstone Partners, a privately-held UK Angel syndicate that invests in businesses owned and run by black and diverse founders.

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