One Young World Summit Munich, 2025

Rio Ferdinand

• 11:21 - 11:46, 5 November
• Presentation Stage

Speakers

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  Angela F Williams

  President and CEO, United Way Worldwide

  Angela F Williams

  Counsellor

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  President and CEO, United Way Worldwide

  Before joining United Way Worldwide, Angela served as President and CEO of Easterseals, the nation’s leading nonprofit provider of disability services. She also held the roles of Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Administration Officer at YMCA of the USA. Her public service career includes serving as a Federal prosecutor and military officer in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) for over six years. She also served as a special counsel on criminal law for Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Senate Judiciary Committee staff, where she helped draft the Hate Crime bill. She also prosecuted cases for the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division's National Church Arson Task Force. Angela has been recognized among the NonProfit Times’ Power and Influence Top 50 in 2022, 2023, and 2024. She was included in Forbes' 2021 List of Women Over 50 Creating Social Change at Scale and received a 2021 CEO Today Healthcare Award. In December 2023, Inside Philanthropy named her one of "The 50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy." Angela serves on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics Council, co-chaired by Sam Altman, CEO and Co-founder of OpenAI. The council advises on ethical issues related to artificial intelligence, focusing on human dignity, equity, inclusion, and its impact on underserved communities. Angela earned a Bachelor’s degree in American Government from the University of Virginia, a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law, and a Master of Divinity cum laude from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. She resides between Chicago and Metropolitan Washington, D.C., with her husband, the Reverend Roderick Williams. Angela is an ordained minister and a volunteer pastor at the Chicago Apostolic Center.

• Rio Ferdinand

  Former International Football Star, Pundit, and Founder, Rio Ferdinand Foundation

  Rio Ferdinand

  Counsellor

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  Former International Football Star, Pundit, and Founder, Rio Ferdinand Foundation

  Following an illustrious playing career as a centre-back for Manchester United and England, Rio Ferdinand is now recognised as a podcaster and social media personality as well as his works in the media and across a range of football based initiatives.

  Rio won every major domestic honour while playing for Manchester United, making over 300 appearances for the Club. He twice broke the British transfer record for a defender and made over 80 appearances for the England National Side. He was honoured with the permanent England Captaincy in 2010.

  In 2018, Rio won a BAFTA for his New Era produced documentary, Being Mum and Dad, which dealt with bereavement in families, and has since produced documentaries on subjects ranging from racism in society to football culture in South London.

  Rio established his own Foundation in 2012 to promote opportunities for young people to achieve their potential through participation, personal development, training and employment pathways in the UK and Ireland, and the Foundation is building a wider international portfolio through its capacity building support for local agencies in South Africa and beyond.

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  Carine N'koué

  General Secretary, UEFA Foundation for Children

  Carine N'koué

  Counsellor

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  General Secretary, UEFA Foundation for Children

  Carine N’koué is a humanitarian and the current General Secretary of the UEFA Foundation for Children, appointed in mid‑2024 (announced in February 2025). She has over a decade of experience delivering sport-based humanitarian initiatives—particularly during the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan starting in 2013—and has been instrumental in leveraging football to enhance social cohesion and the well‑being of vulnerable children. Under her leadership, the Foundation allocated €5 million to 72 global projects in 2025 and joined the UN’s “Football for the Goals” initiative.