Three Harris alumni went back to the classrooms that made them.
The team behind the UK’s largest independently youth-led prize fund for school students.
The team (5)who we are and what we did before this
Jordan Unokesan
President
Jordan graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Starred First with Distinction, ranking first in his cohort, and has since founded a startup, currently in stealth, and Empowered Voices. He has worked at Doughty Street Chambers, McKinsey & Company and Barings, and was Consulting Director at Bridges for Enterprise. He was ranked seventh in Powerlist’s Future Leaders, and is a Jack Petchey Award winner, an Emergent Ventures fellow and a Schmidt Futures Prometheus X Talent Venture Fellow.
Blerton Gerguri
Director of Growth and Partnerships
Blerton read History at Balliol College, Oxford. His experience spans mergers and acquisitions and early-stage logistics roll-ups. He has worked in the think tank and policy sector, including experience in North America. At university he took part in the CapitOx M&A programme and the LSE Alternative Investments Conference. He is a multi-sport athlete and a committed advocate for social mobility.
Tia Da Silva-Hunt
Director of Operations
Tia is a final-year medical student at the University of Birmingham, focused on mentorship and research. As former President of the African Caribbean Medical Society, she created a sickle cell blood donation initiative and spearheaded the development of the Midlands’ largest Afro-Caribbean healthcare conference, with 200 attendees. She has supported countless medical school applicants through In2MedSchool, Melanin Medics and her own network. She is a published medical researcher focusing on cardiology, has held observerships at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and is an incoming medical student observer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, New York.
Gordon Armah
Director of Programmes
Gordon is a data analyst with a MORSE degree from Warwick and a True North Scholarship at Bain & Company. At school he founded a creative club whose students performed at City Hall and whose work drew several million views on social media. He was Treasurer of PENSA Warwick, and is an award-winning poet and musician who won UniSlam in 2024.
Candice Boatin
Communications Coordinator
Candice is an Education graduate of the University of Birmingham and the founder of The Visual Vessel, a platform exploring the intersection of style, identity and visual storytelling. She co-founded The Bezalel Club, a creative hub, and her work centres on building inclusive spaces where people feel seen, heard and empowered.
