Zamila recently held the role of International Director at the UK Department for Education on an extended secondment, leading on bilateral and multilateral international education partnerships, mobility programs, trade, higher education and data. She is formerly Deputy Head of Unit at the Cabinet Office, Race Disparity Unit where she was the founding architect of the world-leading Ethnicity Facts and Figures website, tackling ethnic disparities and has worked with the United Nations in conflict countries in Dafur, Sudan and Kathmandu, Nepal. Zamila also holds Director/NED roles at the Heywood Foundation, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership King’s College and Concern Worldwide and is a Fellow at the London School of Economics.