Coordinating Regions:
UK & Ireland: United Kingdom and Ireland
Benelux & Germany: Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg
Western Europe: Andorra, Austria, France, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Switzerland
Southern Europe: Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Malta, Albania, Kosovo, San Marino
Central Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia
Northern Europe: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden
Eastern Europe/Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Managing Ambassador
Rishi Dorai is a purpose-driven leader, making a meaningful impact at the forefront of the energy transition and drive to net zero. He currently works as an ESG Director for bp in Strategy & Sustainability. Rishi began his career working as a geologist in bp’s exploration & production business on projects across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Later, he transitioned into Strategy & Sustainability, where he played a key role in framing bp's net-zero ambition and has since been involved in the development and execution of the company’s new corporate strategy to transform bp into an integrated energy company. In addition to being a One Young World Managing Ambassador, Rishi is also a Climate Reality Leader at the Climate Reality Leadership Corps, a global coalition of changemakers, founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, working to drive the energy transition, solve the climate crisis and build a just and healthy future for the world. Rishi is passionate about accelerating the energy transition, driving towards net zero and leveraging the power of global corporations in amplifying positive impact.
Coordinating Ambassadors
UK & Ireland
As AstraZeneca’s Global Community Investment Senior Manager, Roos focuses on their Young Health Programme, educating and empowering young people worldwide to take control of their health, in partnership with more than 60 non-profits—including UNICEF and Plan International—across 40 countries. A key emphasis of her work is championing advocacy initiatives that put adolescent health on the local, national, and global policy agenda.
Prior to this, Roos held a number of positions at global public relations agency, Edelman, where she advised clients on the intersection of sustainability and health and spent over half a decade at Pfizer in social and environmental sustainability.
Roos holds a Master in Sustainability Transition Management from The University of Bologna, a Bachelor’s in Biochemistry from The University of Sussex and The University of Cambridge Sustainable Business Management course.
Benelux & Germany
Tobias is a young professional and intrapreneur from Germany. He currently works for Visa, the global payment network, serving business clients across the financial sector and beyond to grow their business and create value for users through data-driven insights and technology innovation. He specializes in open finance, responsible lending, and digital currencies. Tobias believes in the value of purpose-driven leadership and technology as an enabler to achieve sustainable development and social impact. He has led several impact-oriented initiatives, such as supporting young entrepreneurs in East Africa through education and financial inclusion, helping a Kenyan sanitation NGO develop a growth plan, and mentoring refugees from the Middle East to apply for jobs and integrate into German society. In his role as an Engagement Lead for Benelux & Germany, he is eager to connect and empower the regional Ambassador community throughout the year.
Western Europe
Having a background in Industrial Engineering, Sorana is currently working as a Digital Factory Manager for the world’s largest food solutions provider Bühler. Apart from her daily job, she also leads the Bühler intrapreneurship movement Generation B in Austria, aiming at engaging their employees and bringing corporate change from the bottom up. A volunteer at heart, Sorana has been involved and working for different organisations throughout the past 10 years, such as Partners in Food Solutions - by supporting African food businesses and ESTIEM - European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management, where she occupied the Vice President position on a European level. Sorana has gained intercultural experience by living and working in 6 countries on 3 continents.
Southern Europe
A perfervid marketer with experience in Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Brand and Community Management in addition to Business development & Strategy. Combining a knack for creativity with a sharp analytical mind, top class leadership traits and business acumen, Salma is highly passionate about brands with purpose, pulling out untapped consumer insights, testing her limits and crafting engaging business strategies.
Her greatest passion is to bring healing to the World by making tomorrow better and by becoming a voice to the voiceless and a beacon of hope to the hopeless. Salma is currently co-creating a blog about how to make change through travelling. Prior to this, she was a Hult Prize campus director; the world’s biggest entrepreneurship competition, in partnership with the United Nations but her journey with social activism started 6 years ago when she developed 2 social projects contributing to the improvement of education in her home country; Morocco.
Central Europe
Svetlana is an active change maker with a zeal for social entrepreneurship and leadership.
She has co-found and led an organisation creating projects and events towards sustainable development in the Netherlands. She was then selected as SDG Voice Nederland and engaged in public speaking at events all over the country. She has also engaged in CSW66, COP26, and COY17 to represent the voices of youth.
In 2019, after leading an independent research on SDG 4. Quality Education in Japan, she co-designed a course for university students and hosted workshops on empowerment inspiring them to reach their full potential.
She is passionate about cultures, so she started a podcast inviting representatives of diverse backgrounds and celebrating diversity.
For the future, she aspires to create impact through empowering young professionals and leading projects and organisation to sustainable development.
Northern Europe
After attending the One Young World Summit in 2019, Angel is thrilled to give back to this inspiring community. Passionate about social impact and innovation, He has dedicated his career to driving meaningful change—whether by co-founding a mental healthcare startup, supporting global business development, or championing sustainability initiatives in aviation, such as STARS, initiated at the summit. He is committed to empowering and collaborating with young leaders to create solutions that address the world’s most pressing challenges. All through smiles and dancing to good music.
Eastern Europe / Central Asia
Lidiya Chikalo has 10+ years of experience in international development with a focus on education programme management in Central Asia. She is passionate about integrated approaches to educational development, driven by her interest in understanding the connections among learning, well-being, and the environment and its role in empowering marginalised individuals and communities to thrive. Lidiya firmly believes in the importance of such approaches to build more inclusive, just, and resilient education systems and communities.
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