Hibo Wardere is a Somali‑born British author, educator, and internationally recognised specialist in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). A survivor of type 3 FGM, she has transformed her lived experience into a powerful force for education, safeguarding, and social change.

After arriving in the UK as a refugee from the Somali Civil War, Hibo began her career in education, where sharing her personal story during a training assignment led to her first invitation to speak publicly about FGM. Since then, she has become one of the UK’s leading voices on the subject, delivering training to schools, universities, NHS teams, police forces, and community organisations across the country.

Her book Cut: One Woman’s Fight Against FGM in Britain Today, brought national attention to her work and has been widely praised for its honesty, courage, and clarity. Hibo’s survivor‑led approach has reshaped how professionals understand FGM, placing empathy, cultural insight, and practical safeguarding at the centre of prevention.

Hibo continues to work nationally and internationally as an educator, advisor, and advocate, including through her role with Educate Not Mutilate, where she leads programmes focused on awareness, protection, and community empowerment. Her voice remains instrumental in the global movement to end FGM within this generation.

Pete Wallroth is the founder and CEO of Mummy’s Star, the UK and Ireland charity supporting women and birthing people diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy, within 12 months after birth, or following pregnancy or baby loss. He founded the charity in 2013 in memory of his late wife, Mair, whose experience shaped its mission: to ensure that no family faces cancer in and around pregnancy alone.

Pete is deeply committed to equity in maternity care, advocating for women and birthing people with cancer to receive the same informed choices during pregnancy as they would without a diagnosis. Through his work with universities, hospitals and cancer centres across the country, he shares case studies and examples of good practice that help improve support for the families Mummy’s Star works with every day.

His work brings together personal experience, frontline charity leadership and cross-sector collaboration, giving him a distinctive perspective on how services can respond more compassionately and consistently to families affected by cancer in and around pregnancy.

Pete is also a strong advocate for partners’ mental health, particularly for those supporting a seriously ill loved one or coping with grief. He challenges assumptions about the role of partners, especially fathers, in pregnancy, care and loss, and highlights the need for their experiences to be recognised as part of family-centred support.

Before founding Mummy’s Star, Pete spent a decade in housing and regeneration, delivering youth, health and environmental projects in some of Greater Manchester’s most deprived communities.

Pete lives with his wife, Nic, and their three children, Martha, Merlin and Flynn. Outside work, he is a keen wild swimmer and walker, and sports fan.