Akeela Ahmed MBE
Akeela is a business leader, social entrepreneur and government advisor specialising in equalities campaigning.
Since 2012, Akeela has sat on the cross-government Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred, and became chair of the group in 2016. Previously, she was Chief Executive of the Muslim Youth Helpline for three years and co-organiser of the Women’s March on London.
She holds an MSc in Mental Health Studies from the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London and is an alumni of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and Operation Black Vote Pathway to Success Leadership Programme.
In 2014, Akeela founded ‘She Speaks We Hear’, an online platform bringing women’s voices together. She is a newspaper reviewer on BBC Radio London and a regular contributor to national and international media.