Amil Khan

Amil Khan  (journalist, “terror expert”, propagandist?, deep state operative?)
Born	Great Britain
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Durham University
Founder of	Valent Projects
Member of	Aktis Strategy, Chatham House, EXPOSE Network, Foreign Policy Centre, Valent Projects
Interests	“Violent extremism”
Associate Fellow In office January 2018 - Present Employer Chatham House  Behavioural Communications Expert In office July 2017 - Present Employer Aktis Strategy  Expert Advisor In office July 2017 - Present Employer UK/Prime Minister's Office,  UK/Cabinet Office,  UK/MoD  Syria Armed Opposition Support Project Director In office July 2017 - Present Employer UK/MoD  Political communications consultant In office May 2014 - May 2015 Employer UK/Prime Minister's Office,  Amnesty International Also worked for "Private sector companies"  Advisor to the Syrian Opposition Coalition In office February 2013 - May 2014 Employer UK/FCO  Project Manager In office April 2011 - December 2012 Employer Pakistan Counter Violent Extremism  Strategic Communications Lead in Pakistan In office November 2010 - April 2011 Employer Oxfam "Drafted in to help Oxfam GB manage its response to the 2010 Pakistan floods. Led a team of media, advocacy and policy advisors engaging Pakistani decision makers to affect strategic change in policy"  Project Manager In office April 2011 - December 2012 Employer Pakistan Counter Violent Extremism  Subject Specialist (Counter Violent Extremism) In office September 2009 - November 2010 Employer Pakistan Counter Violent Extremism  Producer,  presenter In office November 2007 - August 2009 Employer Channel 4 Dispatches,  BBC Panorama

Amil Khan is a security cleared Chatham House fellow who was proposed to be one of the 3 directors of the EXPOSE Network (together with Chris Donnelly (Institute for Statecraft) and Louis Brooke (Zinc Network). He has been frequently eployed by UK commercially-controlled media.

Career

Khan has worked in media and explaining about "violent extremism", increasingly also the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and UK Ministry of Defence. "In early 2013, Amil was appointed as an advisor to the Syrian political opposition, supporting them during conflict and negotiations."

In 2017 he became a "Behavioural Communications Expert" for the now defunct Aktis Strategy.

He founded Valent Projects “to help good causes navigate the new information landscape.”

Exposure

His CV is described on the proposal to head the EXPOSE Network (exposed by Integrity Initiative Leak 7) as

“Political and communications advisor. Experienced at providing strategic advice to political movements and established leadership at senior levels. Chatham House fellow. Former award-winning documentary maker and Reuters Middle East correspondent. Regular contributor to UK and international news media.”
Amil Khan

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