Terry Waite is a humanitarian and author. In the 1980s he was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs when he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages including journalist John McCarthy. He was taken hostage himself and was held for four years from 1987 until his release in 1991.
Nigel Inkster is Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risks at the Institute of International strategic Studies. Nigel served in the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from 1975 to 2006. He spent seven years on the Board of SIS, the last two as Assistant Chief and Director for Operations and Intelligence.
