3 Simple Wishes From 3 Wise Men

Marvin Rees grew up in the most deprived wards in Bristol. He says he was not the most committed student and faced considerable challenges growing up. Marvin joined British Exploring Society as a Young Explorer in Svalbard, which “changed his life”. An increasingly glittering academic career here and in the USA followed. In May 2016 he was elected Mayor of Bristol and became the first ever directly elected Mayor of Black African-Caribbean descent of a European City. Marvin is determined to improve opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, and to provide more chances for young people and families to get outdoors. He will focus on this in his role as our President. He wants every young person to learn what he learned: never to be stopped by a fear of failure.

Rahul Moodgal is an academic, and business strategist as well as a passionate and committed charitable fundraiser. He has worked and lived in Russia, Japan, and Mongolia. He believes that humans can achieve anything and that education, specifically outdoor education, allows us to flourish and become more open-minded. Accessibility to opportunities, particularly for the most disadvantaged, is very important to Rahul. Teaching at University made Rahul interested in young people and how they react to the world around them, and in understanding more about what inspires them. Rahul first joined us as a Patron before being appointed as Chair of the Development Board. He wants to reinforce the message that young people can achieve anything they want, if they set their mind on it, and that there is a huge world out there, beyond anything they could ever imagine.