Tony McMahon Author

Sara Khan is the Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism. A long-standing, award-winning human rights campaigner, she was previously Director of Inspire, a non-governmental women's rights and counter-extremism organisation, which we founded. The winner of a Marie Claire Future Shapers Award in 2016 and selected as one of BBC Woman’s Hour’s Top 10 Influencers in 2015, Khan has written for numerous publications, including The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and New York Times, and has been interviewed on BBC R4’s Today programme, CNN’s Amanpour, Sky News and Channel 4 News, among others. www.sarakhan.co.uk; Tony McMahon is an independent consultant working with the UK Government and civil society groups on counter-extremism projects. For the last fifteen years, he has advised Government, global companies and community groups on communications strategies. He is a former Financial Times magazine news editor and BBC news producer. His other publications include Original Rude Boy and No Place To Hide, which was shortlisted for the 2011 Best Sports Biography prize and longlisted for the 2010 William Hill prize.