{"id":31901,"date":"2020-09-11T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/?p=31901"},"modified":"2020-09-11T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T11:11:12","slug":"change-makers-gavin-poole-and-nana-badu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/change-makers-gavin-poole-and-nana-badu\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Makers: Gavin Poole and Nana Badu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mbl\"><strong>Gavin Poole<\/strong> is CEO of Here East, the Olympic Park home to some of the country\u2019s most vibrant innovators, from leading universities to the most exciting and disruptive creative and technology start-ups around. Over the past eight years, Here East has grown under Gavin\u2019s leadership to become home to more than 4,500 entrepreneurs, creatives, visionaries and like-minded locals, all with the vision to deliver on the 2012 Olympic legacy and contribute positive social impact to east London. But Gavin\u2019s journey didn\u2019t start there; a former RAF officer, he tells his story and the life lessons that drive him to create opportunities for others.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"mbl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vb1594594_49029566567_1f949cd88d_k1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vb1594594_49029566567_1f949cd88d_k1-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Web Summit 2019 - Day Three\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Gavin speaking at Web Summit in 2019.<\/h6>\n<p class=\"mbl\">With Badu Sports and the Badu Community, <strong>Nana Badu<\/strong> is on a mission to empower young people through sports and mentoring. Sharing his story that saw him move to the UK from Ghana aged 10 and face social exclusion throughout his childhood, Nana explains how sport motivated him, helped him to understand his worth and gave him a direction. 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