Aaqil Ahmed

Aaqil Ahmed is the former Head of Religion and Ethics at both Channel 4 and the BBC. At Channel 4, he was also the Head of Multicultural Programming. He has won numerous awards from EMMY to BAFTA. Aaqil is currently a Non Executive Director at the Advertising Standards Authority, media and communications regulator OFCOM, Elstree Film studios and The Bradford Literature Festival. He is also a member of council of The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and a Senior Independent panellist for Public Appointments made in Wales. 

Aaqil runs media production and communications consultancy, Amplify Consulting Ltd, with a number of clients in the media, broadcasting, festivals, education, training, governance, charity and corporate sector. 

Aaqil is Professor of Media at the University of Bolton and teaches at a number of Universities in the UK. He is a published writer, speaker, event chair and leader in media, diversity, religion, demographics and culture.