Catherine Perez-Shakdam - Director Forward Strategy and Executive Director Forum of Foreign Relations (FFR)
Catherine is a former Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society
and consultant for the UNSC on Yemen, as well an expert on Iran, Terror and Islamic radicalisation.
A prominent political analyst and commentator, she has spoken at length on the Islamic Republic of Iran, calling on the UK to proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist organisation.
Raised in a secular Jewish family in France, Catherine found herself at the very heart of the Islamic world following her marriage to a Muslim from Yemen. Her experience in the Middle East and subsequent work as a political analyst gave her a very particular, if not a rare viewpoint - especially in how one can lose one' sense of identity when confronted with systemic antisemitism.
Determined to share her experience and perspective on those issues which unfortunately plague us -- Islamic radicalism, Terror and Antisemitism Catherine also will speak of a world, which often sits out of our reach for a lack of access.
