Krish Kandiah
Dr Krish Kandiah OBE is the founder of The Sanctuary Foundation, a charity supporting refugees to find welcome, work and worthwhile housing in the UK.
He is recognised as an expert in refugee resettlement, child welfare reform, educational innovation and civil society mobilisation.
Krish has led the charge on mobilising civil society groups and churches as they have supported recent arrivals from Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan.
He is a regular advisor to government and was appointed by the Secretary of State for Education as the chair of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (2019-2021) where he brought strategic leadership to the finding of permanent loving families for children in the care system.
He designed, organised and chaired the first Transatlantic Learning Summit between the US and English governments on adoption innovation, and another on ending racial disparity in adoption.
Dr Kandiah organised and chaired the Global Children in Care Summit which brought together care experienced young people, government leaders and NGO representatives from 29 countries.
He has been a regular guest on BBC Breakfast, the Zoe Ball breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 and has appeared on BBC News 24, The Today Programme, Goggle Box and Sky News, Woman’s Hour and more.
Dr Kandiah is also a global ambassador for World Vision International.