Mel Young is the President of the Homeless World Cup. He is recognised as one of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs by the Schwab Foundation for social entrepreneurship and is a Schwab Fellow of the World Economic Forum. Mel previously worked as a journalist and co-founded The Big Issue in Scotland in 1993. He also co-founded Senscot (Social Entrepreneurs Network Scotland) and is the former President and Honorary President of INSP (International Network of Street Papers).