TEDxLatymer Upper School

Speakers

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• Brenda Whinnett

  Brenda Whinnett is a dynamic and accomplished Youth Project and Service Manager with over 20 years of direct experience. As the Youth Voice Coordinator for Hammersmith & Fulham Council since October 2009, she applies creative thinking and strong project management skills to deliver high-quality programs and events for young people. Based in Family Services, her core responsibility is the development and implementation of a borough strategy to engage young people in the design, delivery, and evaluation of services. She coordinates service user feedback for policy development, provides professional advice on youth consultation to council colleagues and partner agencies, and manages staff. She is also responsible for facilitating the Youth Forum and organizing the local election process for the UK Youth Parliament.

• Grant Wilson

  Grant Wilson, Esq., is the Executive Director of Earth Law Center. For twelve years, he has defended the rights and interests of nature around the world, including by co-drafting legal instruments that recognize nature's rights in law from the local to international levels. He is a co-lead editor of ‘Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law—A Guide for Practitioners’ (2nd ed. 2026), the field's seminal textbook. Grant is also a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law and the UN Harmony with Nature Initiative. He earned a J.D. with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis & Clark Law School.

• Jeremy McKane

  Jeremy McKane’s passion for the environment is at the core of his work as an artist and entrepreneur. When he is not underwater taking photographs, he can be found on land, as CEO of OCN.ai. Born from his commitment to the ocean, OCN.ai creates technology to monitor the health of the ocean and create trackable solutions for a regenerative economy. OCN.ai transforms ocean intelligence into decisive action by fusing satellite data, AI, and verified science to protect the world's most critical marine ecosystems. OCN.ai gives governments, funders, and frontline stewards the evidence they need to defend blue carbon, enforce MPAs, and hold polluters accountable — in real time, at a planetary scale. Because the ocean can't wait, and neither can we.

• Jonathan White

  After starting out in a career in publishing, Jonny White taught Arab and Iranian history in Cairo for a number of years. Now Head of History at Latymer Upper School, he also holds a Master's degree in architectural history, and leads esoteric walking tours in his beloved London. A father of two, he lost his teenage son to a brain tumour in 2022 and has raised over £100 000 for the Brain Tumour Charity and also other charities that support bereaved parents, including the Child Bereavement Charity. He also sings tenor for the renowned London-based chamber choir Canticum who have inaugurated an annual blue ribbon carol service in the City for these causes.

• Lisa Christensen

  A visionary and pioneer in ocean conservation, dedicating her life to achieving trash-free seas long before it became a global priority. With a background in luxury travel, she left the corporate world 25 years ago to pursue her purpose and passion. Since then, Lisa has founded and led multiple award-winning social enterprises, including Hong Kong's first and largest cleanup organisation, Hong Kong Cleanup, and has received the prestigious Medal of Honour from the Hong Kong Government. Her mission is to raise human consciousness and bring light to the world, envisioning clean oceans, air, water, soil, and equitable, scalable systems for all.

• Shivani Patel

  Dr. Shivani Patel is a multi-award-winning consultant orthodontist and a Diamond Apex Invisalign provider, named in the UK's Dentistry Top 50 (2022–2024). She is a partner and Orthodontic Specialist at e11even Dental Wellness, co-leading the practice with her husband, Dr. Sameer Patel and Dr. Anthony Lam. The clinic operates on an eco-driven luxury concept, prioritizing sustainability and environmental consciousness. Dr. Patel practices face-driven dentistry and always strives to work closely with her hand picked periodontal, restorative and oral surgery teams to ensure her patients attain the highest standard of dental wellness- function and aesthetics. She also lectures, trains postgraduates, examines for the Royal College of Surgeons, and judges the Private Dentistry Awards.