Information integrity · AI · Democracy · STORYTELLING
Building an internet that you can trust.
Former Deputy CEO of Full Fact and product strategy lead for information quality at Google. I help nonprofits and tech-for-good organisations with strategy, operations, and product. Obama Leader for Europe. Author of The Bicycle, the true story of how one act of kindness changed a young refugee’s life.
As featured in
The New York Times
BBC
The Guardian
Wired
Sky News
TechCrunch
What I do
AI, Factuality & Information Integrity
Advice for platforms, newsrooms and funders on verification, AI-assisted fact checking and the products that help people judge what they see online. Drawn from Full Fact’s award-winning AI tools and launching BackStory at Google.
Tech for Good Strategy
Helping charities, newsrooms and civic organisations sharpen their strategy: what to focus on, what to build and how to grow. Drawn from leading Full Fact as Deputy CEO, chairing Democracy Club and serving as a trustee of UK for UNHCR.
Speaking & Writing
Keynotes on misinformation, AI and trust, and on kindness and the refugee experience, plus The Bicycle and essays on refuge and belonging.
The book
The Bicycle
Based on my own childhood: a family forced to flee Kurdistan, years searching for safety, and the stranger’s gift that changed everything. Twenty-four years later, I found him to say thank you.
“[An] absorbing, moving picture book” — The Guardian
Winner: Diverse Book Awards (Readers’ Choice)
Shortlisted: Oxford Book Awards
Longlisted: Peters Children’s Book of the Year · UKLA Book Awards
Track record
2022 – 2025
Product strategy & information quality, Google
Partnered with DeepMind to launch BackStory, a tool that helps people verify the context of what they find online.
2014 – 2021
Full Fact
As Deputy CEO and COO I led the team that built AI-powered fact checking tools at the UK’s leading fact checking charity. The work won the Google AI Impact Challenge. The tools are used by hundreds of accountability organisations worldwide.
2017 – 2022
Chair of the board, Democracy Club
Working closely with the Electoral Commission, Democracy Club serves tens of millions of voters key information they need to vote.
2021 – 2024
Trustee, UK for UNHCR
Trustee of the UK charity raising support for UNHCR’s work with refugees.
2014
Co-founder, National Voter Registration Day
Helped found the UK’s first National Voter Registration Day, so more people get the chance to be heard.
Speaking & media
Keynotes, panels and interviews on misinformation, AI and trust, and on what one act of kindness can do.
| Keynote, Council of Europe | 2025 |
| BBC Outlook: The child refugee and the big red bicycle | 2025 |
| Speaker, GlobalFact | 2015 · 2017 · 2023 |
| Keynote, National Archives and AI | 2018 |
| Keynote, Nordic Digital Business Summit | 2017 |
| Speaker, SXSW | 2017 |
Writing & updates
Recognition
Obama Leader for Europe 2023 · Google AI Impact Challenge winner (Full Fact) · Oxford Book Awards shortlist · Peters Children’s Book of the Year longlist · UKLA Book Awards longlist · Winner Diverse Book Awards (Readers’ Choice)
Get in touch
For advisory work, board roles, speaking or press, I’d love to hear from you.