Mr. William Awomoyi has half a decade's worth of experience providing advisory services to clients including Governments, Central Banks, CSOs, NGOs, Thinktanks, Local Authorities, the Police, and the Private Sector.
He has provided his services all across the globe at 10 Downing Street (UK); Cambridge University (UK); the East African Community Headquarters (Tanzania); the Intare Conference Arena (Rwanda); Chatham House (UK); the Federal Palace of Switzerland and has even featured on the BBC News Channel for an interview regarding his public service.
Currently, he is the UK's Young Ambassador to the Commonwealth, an Advisor to the AfCFTA Youth Advisory Council, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and a member of Chatham House
William Awómọyì
Public Sector Governance Strategic Advisor
Mr. Awomoyi currently serves as the UK's Young Ambassador to the Commonwealth representing 24 million young people aged 25 and under in the UK. In his capacity as Young Ambassador to the Commonwealth, he has delivered a speech at the Federal Palace of Switzerland about the importance of traceability and transparency in global supply chains, he has organized and participated in consultations/research events with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Youth Affairs (APPG), the British Council, the British Youth Council (BYC), The Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM) and Chatham House.He has represented the UK's young people as a member of the Commonwealth Youth Council at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda (CHOGM 2022). The Commonwealth Youth Forum is the centerpiece of the Commonwealth's Youth engagement strategy and the apex decision-making forum for young people in the Commonwealth.Additionally, he is also an advisor to the AfCFTA's Youth Advisory Council (ICOYACA). He works to foster collaboration between the UK and Africa on trade-related issues and provides strategy on trade facilitation to enable faster regional integration. He has spoken at the East African Community Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
National
On a national level, Mr. Awomoyi currently helps administer the £368 Million Youth Investment Fund (YIF) that has been provided by the Department of Culture, Media, and Sport. So far, £90 Million has been spent on 40+ projects- reaching over 16,000 young people all across the UK.Previously, Mr. Awomoyi represented his constituency, the London Borough of Croydon as a former Member of the Youth Parliament (MYP) for 3 years. During the pandemic, the Government aimed to suspend free travel for young people under-18 in order to bail out Transport for London. This would've had disastrous effects not only on young people but the economy at large- exacerbating inequality. Mr. Awomoyi worked with other London MYPs, senior politicians from across the spectrum, and the Child Poverty and Action Group (CPAG) to develop a campaign strategy in order to reverse the Government's decision. Ultimately, the campaign named "Don't Zap the Zip" was successful and the Government reversed the decision. Mr. Awomoyi and his team won the SMK Young Campaigner of the Year Award in 2021 as a result of the campaign's success. Mr. Awomoyi was also invited to attend the UK's Youth Parliament sitting in the House of Commons.He also co-wrote a letter to the Government during the pandemic to provide young people with adequate technology for education and to provide free school meals for underprivileged youths.
Regional
At a regional level, Mr. Awomoyi is currently a World Economic Forum Global Shaper at the Cambridge Hub. He is concerned with bridging the digital divide in Cambridge and democratizing knowledge about data.Prior to this, William served as the First Young Mayor of Croydon, the borough with the largest youth population in London, on a mandate of reducing youth violence. In two years of office, he assisted in reducing knife crime and serious youth violence by 15.6% and 15.1% respectively, which meant that Croydon went from being the most dangerous London borough to being among the middle-ranked boroughs of London in terms of safety. It's important to note that the London average for both serious youth violence and knife was increasing while Croydon's had been decreasing.Mr. Awomoyi was able to effect change by lobbying and administering the Croydon's Young Mayor's Fund- which granted £20,000 to young people to boost creative expression. He funded Record Labels, Safe Spaces, Archery classes, and other creative pursuits for young people. Alongside the Young Mayor's Fund, he sought coalitions between the Youth and the Police by creating the Youth Independent Advisory Group (YIAG) to scrutinize and provide direction to the police. Mr. Awomoyi also chaired Croydon's Youth Cabinet which constituted young representatives from all parts of Croydon.Due to his outstanding contribution to the community, William has been awarded the Bromley Rotary Award and the Diana Award- which is the most prestigious accolade that could be handed to a young person for humanitarian services. He has also been named the 2nd Most Outstanding Black Student (including postgraduates and undergraduates) in the UK by Rare Recruitment's Rising Stars Magazine from 2021-2022.