Riz Hussain

Deputy Director, Institute of Race Relations

Riz has administrative and engagement roles at IRR, helping to coordinate the organisation and leading on fundraising. He was previously Anti-Racism officer at the TUC, where he led on the Anti-Racism Task Force and organised the annual Black Workers Conference.

Riz, who in 2011 set up the anti-Islamophobia charity Jawaab, has a wealth of experience within the voluntary sector, and a long track record of work with BME communities, trades unions and social movements. At IRR, he continues to engage on issues of the far Right, Islamophobia, anti-racism, employment and labour rights.