Ella Robertson McKay is the Managing Director of One Young World, a UK charity which serves as a global community for young leaders. Ella oversees the annual One Young World Summit which has taken place in ten different cities across the world, from Bangkok to Bogota.

Ella is the co-author of How To Make A Difference - the authoritative handbook to activism. Alongside this, Ella is the Co-Founder of the Sino-German Initiative, an investment vehicle with a charitable arm which aims to increase the business and cultural relationships between Germany and China.

Ella read English Literature at Balliol College Oxford and was on the Scottish International Debating team. Ella is a School Governor at ARK Atwood Primary School and also at ARK Charter Secondary School. She regularly writes for publications such as Fortune, The Times and Marie Claire and was named by the Telegraph and Management Today as one of the UK’s top “35 women under 35”.