Brody Hannan

Brody Hannan (born in 1996) is an Australian student who serves as the Youth Ambassador to Finland after having won the Youth Ambassador competition of the Festival of International Understanding in Cowra on 12 March 2012. He was also elected the 2012 School Captain of St. Raphael's Catholic School was represents the local community at numerous functions.

Early life
Hannan was born to mother Brenda in October of 1996 in a small suburb in Sydney. After moving to the country town of Cowra, located in New South Wales' Central West, he began his schooling career in 2002 at St. Raphael's Catholic School. Throughout his education he received numerous accolades for his leadership skills, and his lead roles in school musical productions such as The Nativity in 2002, the Circus is Coming to Town in 2003, Santa Claus Saves the Day in 2005, Madagascar in 2006, Go Noah in 2009 and The Circus in 2012.

Role as Youth Ambassador
On 12 March 2012, Hannan was appointed the Festival Youth Ambassador and now serves as the Youth Ambassador to Finland. Hannan was then invited to meet the Finnish Ambassador to Australia, Her Excellency, Maija Lahteenmaki, where it is believed he discussed the issue of involving the world's youth in current affairs and raising awareness for the ice nomads of Lapland, a region found in Northern Finland.

Hannan now resides in Cowra, New South Wales, where he encourages the participation of youth in local activities and organises public speaking workshops.