Sara Wajid
Sara Wajid is co-CEO of Birmingham Museums Trust, making her the first British Asian director of a major museum in the UK.
She has worked in the arts for 30 years in various roles and sectors, including as an editor of artists’ books and as a literary journalist. She has also taught Contemporary African Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and held visiting Fellowships at the University of East London and University of Leicester.
She is a judge of the Museums and Heritage Awards, and has been a judge of the Museum Activism Awards, as well as a trustee of the Pitt Rivers Museum. She is a recipient of the Arts Council Changemakers Award for under-represented leaders in the sector. In 2014, she founded the Museum Detox network for people of colour in museums in order to promote anti-racism and equality through solidarity.