Beyond Profit Committee
If you are interested in getting involved in Beyond Profit or joining the BP Conference 2015 Committee, please email Cosmos at ccyf2@cam.ac.uk.
Cosmos Fung – President, ccyf2@cam.ac.uk
Cosmos is in his third year at St. John’s College reading Economics. He has great interest in sustainable energy, having previously coordinated the planning and building of a solar panel. He is also passionate about the role of education and micro-financing, and he hopes we would be able to find social enterprise solutions for skills mismatching. Whilst not doing work for Beyond Profit, Cosmos spends his time running secondGO (a social enterprise founded by ex-Beyond Profiters), playing the piano or just chilling out with his friends. As President, he will be coordinating all streams of our society and managing external contacts of the society.
Inja Radman – Marketing Director, ir261@cam.ac.uk
Inja is a PhD student in molecular biology at the MRC LMB/ Trinity College. When not in the lab, she has been involved in education and science popularization projects, such as The International Summer School of Science (S3), MRC Outreach Events or teaching undergraduates. Within the field of social activism, her long-term interests lie in revolution of education policy and methodology. As Marketing Director at BP, Inja hopes to promote the ideas of sustainable socially-oriented business and gain technical knowledge in the field. In her spare time, she is a wannabe - linguist, an avid dancer and tinkerer at heart.
Liam Hammond – Business Course Director, ljh82@cam.ac.uk
Liam is a second year Pembroke student with a keen interest in social enterprise and sustainable entrepreneurship. He is organising the 2015 Business Course and hopes to educate the next generation of ethical business owners to operate within the frameworks of capitalism in a responsible manner. When not working with CU Beyond Profit, his time is split between working with disabilities campaigns, knocking up on the tennis courts and showing off his ‘dab hand’ at croquet.
Xiaochen Xu – Think Tank Director, xx789@cam.ac.uk
Xiaochen is a second year undergraduate student studying Chemical Engineering. She is responsible for the organisation of the Think Tank series, and often helps at other Beyond Profit events and Enterprise Tuesday. Education and environmental sustainability are her main areas of concern regarding social issues. Apart from work and study, she is a novice shooter and enjoys a quiet afternoon with a good read.
Danielle Meredith – Conference Director, dfm32@cam.ac.uk
Danielle is in her second year studying Geography at King’s College. Her interest in sustainable development and gender studies brought her to Beyond Profit, where she hopes to promote the investment in and creation of social enterprises. She brings knowledge about how to successfully run a social enterprise, based on her experiences traveling around rural Tanzania studying and monitoring social enterprises which sought to address a variety of social issues.
Wenjuan Li – Secretary, wl317@cam.ac.uk
Wenjuan is a second year engineer at Queens’ College. She will be in charge of managing all external contacts of the society. Wenjuan has a genuine interest in social enterprise and entrepreneurship. She particularly enjoys networking and collaborating with others that share the same interest. While not working, she spends her time rowing or just cooking with a bunch of friends.
Sara Serradas Duarte – Chair, sbas2@cam.ac.uk
Sara is a Neuroscience PhD student at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience/Clare Hall. She has been involved in Beyond Profit since 2012 and is currently running secondGo, a social enterprise that aims to increase education accessibility by creating a recycling solution to second-hand items usually wasted by University students. As Chair, Sara aims to consult the committee on their work and to provide support and advice as an experienced society member.