Ryan is responsible for developing and delivering influencing strategies that will help Youth Futures to engage policymakers – pushing our mission to narrow employment gaps for young people from marginalised backgrounds up the agenda and working constructively with others to make the case for compelling policy solutions. Ryan joined Youth Futures in April 2021, working as Strategy Manager until taking his current role as Senior Policy Manager at the end of 2022.
Before joining Youth Futures, Ryan worked in local government, most recently making the case for further investment into Greater Cambridge as part of the local City Deal, and developing approaches to deliver sustainable economic growth, including responding to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.