Navigating an organisation through a global pandemic is a challenge for any experienced chief executive, so for a “newbie”, as Ndidi Okezie calls herself, it is even more daunting. Okezie took over at UK Youth in January, following the departure of Anna Smee to the Youth Futures Foundation the previous December after five years at the helm. By her own admission Okezie is “new to the youth sector but not to young people” after joining from education company Pearson Plc, where she was vice president of its secondary schools portfolio. Prior to that, the psychology graduate and qualified teacher spent more than five years at fast-track teacher training organisation Teach First as an executive director.
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