Chair: Nick Chambers

Nick Chambers is the founder and CEO of Education and Employers, a UK based charity launched in 2009 which aims to “provide children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. Nick started his career as a science and technology teacher and saw first-hand the impact on young people’s aspirations and motivation from their encounters with the world of work. The charity connects schools and colleges with volunteers from the world of work at scale, quickly, easily and for free using innovative state-of-the-art matchmaking technology it has developed called Inspiring the Future. The charity also undertakes research into the effectiveness of employer engagement and works with a wide range of partners and governments internationally. Its work has been featured by the likes of the OECD and the World Economic Forum and its video ‘Redraw the Balance’ showing that stereotyping starts at a young age has been viewed over 100 million times.