CEO, Quilliam
Haras Rafiq is Quilliam's CEO and an Executive Board Member. He is currently a member of Prime Minister's Community Engagement Forum (CEF) Task Force and was formerly a member of the UK Government's task force looking at countering extremism in response to the 2005 terrorist bombings in London, as well as being a peer mentor for IDeA – advising regional government. He is also a member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda at Europol's European Counter-terrorism Centre (ECTC). Haras is also a trustee for the Franco British Council.
Haras is regularly featured in the media as a commentator and has been a cultural ambassador through the UK Government's Projecting British Islam initiative.
Haras has also served on the North West Board of the Mosaic initiative, which was initiated by HRH Prince Charles, and aimed at mentoring youngsters to become contributing members of society.