The Rt Hon. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi

Sayeeda, Baroness Warsi, Britain's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, is also a lawyer, businesswoman and racial justice campaigner and has consistently been listed as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world.

Appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer at the age of thirty-six, she served as Chairman of the Conservative Party, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and as Minister for Faith and Communities. 

She is advisor at the Bridge Institute, Georgetown University Washington D.C, a member of the International Advisory Board on FORB, University of Notre Dame and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Greater Manchester.

She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Exeter, Aston, Birmingham City, and Bolton Universities, as well as from the University of Law. 

Sayeeda is author of two books; The Enemy Within , A Tale of Muslim Britain and Muslims Don’t Matter.

She is a regular daytime TV presenter and news commentator. In 2024 she launched the award-winning Podcast ‘A Muslim and A Jew Go There’.