Munira Mirza is the chief executive of Civic Future, a non-partisan organisation devoted to identifying emerging talents and equipping them with the skills required to navigate the British political system. Previously, she was the director of the Number 10 Policy Unit between 2019–2022, where she chiefly advised the Prime Minister on UK domestic policy and before that served as deputy mayor for Education and Culture in London. She has worked in the cultural sector, academia and business, and served on the boards of the Royal Opera House, Institute of Contemporary Arts and Royal College of Music. She is the author of Politics and Culture: the Case for Universalism.