Justin Small, CEO & Founder of Lead Sponsor, Future Strategy Club, introduces individual speakers around the agency mission of Creative for Good.
Gary Izunwa, Co-Founder & CEO of Tangent
Gary is the Co-Founder & CEO of Tangent - a digital platform that makes job referrals accessible to everyone and NOT just the privileged few with the best networks. Prior to Tangent, Gary started his career at LinkedIn and then led social mobility programmes at the British Council. For his efforts advocating for social mobility, Gary is now a prolific public speaker, a recipient of the 2021 McKinsey & Company Achievement Award and has been recognised in the Forbes 30 Under 30 2024 Class for Social Impact.
Gary will be talking on social mobility in the creative industries.
Vanessa Bunn, Participation Manager at Mountview (Sat)
Vanessa is a Curator, Producer and Facilitator who specialises in collaborating with young people to develop ways of using art as a force for good in their lives. As Participation Manager at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, she guides Mountview's work with and for young people and community and teaches on two of the MA degree programmes. Vanessa initiated Peckham Sessions at Mountview in 2023. This annual programme cultivates opportunities for Peckham residents to collaborate with local artists and organisations to develop new skills, explore their creativity and connect with each other in a supportive, fun, and inspiring environment.
Vanessa is also an Ambassador at Theatre Peckham, where she has co-curated the last two Peckham Fringe festivals and, most recently, produced the engagement elements of a project about Theatre Peckham's rich community heritage. As part of the 24/25 Space for Change cohort at A New Direction, Vanessa is committed to collaborating with other participatory arts leaders to establish actionable routes into developing equitable creative career pathways for the next generation.
Vanessa will be sharing how the programmes at Peckham Sessions are opening up creative opportunities across generations of Peckham residents.