Yasmin Khan in a policy meeting setting.

Advisory practice

Advisory
work.

Two decades of advising government, policing, and independent reviews on violence against women, criminal justice reform, and equality. Recognised with a CBE in 2026.

02 / Positioning

A senior advisor on the systems that protect women and girls.

Yasmin Khan has spent more than twenty years advising the institutions whose decisions shape who is protected, who is heard, and who is failed. She has worked with ministers, chief constables, vice chancellors, fire commissioners, and civil servants. She has sat on independent panels examining institutional failure, authored the first super-complaint in the history of UK policing, and shaped the national response to violence against women and girls in Wales for almost a decade.

Her advisory work is grounded in two things: a sustained record of frontline delivery through the Halo Project, the charity she founded in 2011, and a research and policy literacy developed alongside academic networks, criminal justice bodies, and government departments.

03 / Practice areas

Areas of advisory practice.

Violence against women and girls

National policy, statutory implementation, specialist provision for Black and minoritised survivors, and the structural conditions that determine who is protected and who is not.

Honour-based abuse and forced marriage

Practice, policy, and criminal justice response to the hidden harms most often experienced by women in minoritised communities. International advisory engagement through the HARM Network.

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Criminal justice and policing reform

Independent advisory work with police forces, the College of Policing, HMICFRS, and the National Police Chiefs’ Council. Experience of authoring super-complaints and shaping systemic recommendations.

Independent panels and reviews

Independent panel membership on cultural reviews and senior appointments. Experience of producing findings that are credible to institutions, ministers, and the public, including those affected by failure.

04 / Selected work

Selected advisory work.

Yasmin Khan in a Welsh Government working session.

iCase study one

National Advisor on Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence, Welsh Government.

2018 – 2026

Across two successive terms, Yasmin advised Welsh ministers and senior officials on the implementation of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015. She chaired and co-chaired national working groups, advised on statutory guidance, and shaped the Welsh Government’s response to violence against women and girls throughout the pandemic and the period that followed. In 2024 she established the BME VAWG Survivor Group in response to the riots, influencing both policing and government policy.

Welsh Government Statutory implementation 2018–2026

iiCase study two

Independent Panel Member, Cultural Review of the London Fire Brigade.

2022

Yasmin served as an independent panel member on the independent cultural review of the London Fire Brigade, with a specific focus on violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence. The review exposed entrenched misogyny and institutional racism within the service and led to a programme of urgent reform. Her contribution drew on her work in policing reform and her frontline experience with survivors.

Independent review Cultural review 2022

Cover of the first UK police super-complaint document.

iiiCase study three

Author, First Super-Complaint in UK Policing History.

2020

Yasmin authored the Tees Valley Inclusion Project’s super-complaint to HMICFRS, the College of Policing, and the Independent Office for Police Conduct. The complaint exposed widespread failures in the investigation of sexual abuse across England and Wales and was the first such complaint in the history of UK policing. She worked with the responding bodies on the implementation of systemic recommendations.

First in UK history HMICFRS 2020

ivCase study four

Independent Panel Member, Selection of the Chief Constable for Cleveland Police.

Current

Yasmin serves as an independent panel member for the appointment of the Chief Constable for Cleveland Police, contributing independent assurance to the process and bringing her experience of policing reform and community confidence to the panel.

Senior appointment Policing Current

Yasmin Khan with colleagues at a HARM Network engagement.

vCase study five

International Ambassador, Honour Abuse Research Matrix (HARM Network).

Appointed 2018, ongoing

Yasmin represents the HARM Network internationally, promoting global awareness, research collaboration, and policy engagement on honour-based abuse. The role connects her advisory work in the United Kingdom to the wider international research and policy community on honour-based harm.

International Research network Ongoing

Yasmin Khan with colleagues at Teesside University.

viCase study six

Governor and International EDI Lead, Teesside University.

2019 – present

Yasmin serves on the board of governors of Teesside University, with specific responsibilities as International EDI Lead. Her remit covers standards and safeguarding, drawing on her wider experience of safeguarding in higher education through the Student Halo Hubs programme.

Higher education EDI lead 2019–present

viiCase study seven

Chair, Cleveland Police Strategic Independent Advisory Group.

2003 – 2008

In an earlier advisory role, Yasmin chaired the Cleveland Police Strategic Independent Advisory Group, providing independent advice on diversity, community cohesion, and public confidence in policing. The role established the pattern of advisory work that has shaped her subsequent career.

Earliest advisory role Cleveland Police 2003–2008

05 / Approach

Approach.

Yasmin’s advisory work is grounded in evidence and in proximity to the people the work is for. She brings to each appointment two decades of frontline delivery through the Halo Project, an active research network through the HARM Network and Teesside University, and a working knowledge of how government, policing, and the criminal justice system actually behave under pressure.

She is direct in her advice. Where she has identified institutional failure, including in policing and in the fire service, she has been willing to say so on the record. Where reform has worked, she has worked with the bodies responsible to make sure it lasts.

She brings independence to advisory roles, and she expects independence to be respected.

06 / Availability

Working with Yasmin.

Yasmin is available for advisory appointments in the United Kingdom and internationally. Her advisory practice covers government advisory roles, independent panels and reviews, criminal justice and policing advisory work, and policy and practice advisory roles on violence against women and girls.

Enquiries are welcomed from government departments and devolved administrations, independent review bodies, policing institutions, the criminal justice system, universities, international bodies, and other organisations working in adjacent fields.

Advisory enquiries

Advisorywork.