Dr Rys Farthing is an expert in charity strategy and management. She has worked with a range of not-for-profits in both the UK and Australia, from small charities and large INGOs, and held numerous academic posts exploring the role of the third sector in civil society. Her passion is around co-creation, and maximising the capacity of beneficiary engagement to transform programmes and services. She works extensively with young people, and recently co-authored The Precarious Generation with Routledge. She currently works at Ocean Generation, a UNOPS supported NGO that aims to creatively engage and mobilise young people around the urgent issue of climate change and ocean conservation. It focusses on both supporting innovative solutions directly, and inspiring the next generation to innovate for good.