Sayeeda Warsi Keynote Speaker

  • Lawyer, politician and member of the House of Lords.
  • Co-chair of the Conservative Party (2010-12)
  • Served in David Cameron's Cabinet, first as the Minister without portfolio between 2010-12, then as the Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as the Minister of State for Faith and Communities (2012-14)

Sayeeda Warsi's Biography

Sayeeda, Baroness Warsi, Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet Minister, is also a lawyer, businesswoman and racial justice campaigner and has been consistently voted 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 a Visiting Professor at St Marys, an advisor at 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 Bolton.

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

In January 2015, Sayeeda Warsi was nominated for the Muslim Woman of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.

Sayeeda is author of The Enemy Within , A Tale of Muslim Britain and Co Presenter of the political reality show Make Me Prime Minister as well as being a regular daytime TV presenter and documentary maker.

 

Read More

Videos of Sayeeda Warsi

Owen Jones meets Sayeeda Warsi | 'Islamophobia is Britain’s bigotry blind spot'

Check Sayeeda Warsi's speaking fees and availability

Discover other speakers

Ed Jones Speaker
Exclusive
Ed Jones
Former Chief of Staff to the UK Foreign Secretary
Bill Hayton Speaker
Exclusive
Bill Hayton
Geopolitics Expert of Southeast Asia
Ernie Tedeschi Speaker
Exclusive
Ernie Tedeschi
Chief Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (2021-2023)
Anne Applebaum Speaker
Exclusive
Anne Applebaum
Pulitzer prize winning author and acclaimed writer on International Affairs and Foreign Policy
Tina Fordham Speaker
Exclusive
Tina Fordham
Geopolitical Strategist for Business and Markets - Founder Fordham Global Foresight
Ulrike Franke Speaker
Exclusive
Ulrike Franke
Expert on European defence policy & the use of new technologies in warfare
George Eaton Speaker
Exclusive
George Eaton
Senior Editor at the New Statesman
Verity Harding Speaker
Exclusive
Verity Harding
Co-founder of multiple leading AI ethics organisations
Robert Habeck Speaker
Exclusive
Robert Habeck
Vice-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021-2025)
Mark Sedwill Speaker
Exclusive
Mark Sedwill
National Security Adviser (2017-20)