Zareen Roohi Ahmed, Senior Partner at Waterhouse Consulting Group leading the Muslim Communities & Counter-Extremism Division. Born in Dudley, West Midlands, Zareen was the first Muslim woman to lead a national Muslim organisation in Britain, the British Muslim Forum, where in two years she established an organisa- tion that meets some of the critical issues facing Muslims in Britain. In 2004 the mother of two who is a keen painter founded a community arts organisation called ‘Silverleaf'.