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Dr Kasim Ahmed is an NHS doctor, specialising in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine. He came to public attention as ‘Faithful Kas’ in series three of The Traitors on BBC One. Following his time on The Traitors, Kasim made a series of media appearances on daytime television, across national and local radio stations, and on social media and quickly became a fan favourite.

Kasim took an unconventional route into medicine, having started a degree in Mathematics at King’s College, London, at the recommendation of his tutors, before transferring into a Biomedical Sciences. During his undergraduate degree, he realised that his passion was working with patient alongside academia, and he chose to pursue a career in Medicine. After completing an accelerated medical degree at Imperial College London, he began his career in the East of England. He gained clinical experience in various surgical specialties, medical specialties, psychiatry and community medicine before choosing to specialise as a physician in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians.

As a geriatrician, Kasim is keenly aware of medical, social and ethical issues that arise with an aging population, as well as how political turbulence can affect vulnerable populations on both the personal and national level. He practices inpatient, outpatient and community medicine, and is keen to ensure that each patient has the best possible clinical outcomes while respecting their personal, social and religious values.

As well as a practicing clinician, Kasim is also a keen academic and medical educator. He has been involved in training medical students, newly qualified doctors and more senior resident doctors in clinical practice. He is currently completing a Masters degree at UCL in Medical Education, and hopes to use his research to challenge approaches to education in an ever changing health climate.

Outside of work, Kasim and his wife, Zahraa, enjoy going on adventures with their daughter, Noura- both real and imaginary! Always keen to try new things, he has previously taken up Kung Fu, Ice Skating and Squash. More recently, he has taken up running as a hobby which helps balance his parenting schedule, and has accepted the challenge of running the Great North Run in 2025 (results pending, defibrillator to hand!).

Kasim is keen to use his platform to engage with the public in issues affecting physical and mental health, exploring advances in medical research and technology, and exploring personal stories of those suffering from acute and chronic medical conditions. Additionally, he takes great pride in exploring and understanding how different cultures approach health and wellbeing and bringing the best to his own medical practice.

Dr Sian Williams is an award-winning broadcast journalist whose warmth and presentation skills have made her one of the best known and most versatile broadcasters on British television and radio. She is also a Chartered Counselling Psychologist working for both the NHS and in private practice, helping people manage anxiety, stress and trauma.

Sian presents BBC Radio 4’s Life Changing, a series focusing on moments in people’s lives which transform everything. To date, Life Changing has had more than seven million downloads, is one of BBC Sounds’ most listened-to podcasts and consistently ranks in Radio 4’s Top 5 programmes. Sian is known for her “gentle, empathetic approach” to interviews, which “encourages guests to tell their own stories… without glossing over more difficult areas”. Sian was listed in the Radio Times Top 10 broadcast interviewers of all time and awarded the Television and Radio Industries Club Best Newsreader/Reporter twice in successive years.

Sian also hosts Classical Unwind on BBC Radio 3 Unwind. The show is part of a new 24/7 broadcast launched by BBC Sounds in 2025, designed to provide listeners with calming classical music to aid relaxation and well-being. Sian presents the programme daily in the mid-morning slot and incorporates advice from psychology and neuroscience experts into the programme.

Sian’s career in broadcasting spans nearly forty years. She spent over a decade anchoring BBC Breakfast. During that time, audiences more than doubled. Sian also presented all the BBC’s main news bulletins and hosted major events for BBC One, including the London 2012 Olympics, the Royal Weddings of Charles and Camilla and William and Kate, numerous General Elections and the commemorations marking the anniversaries of the two World Wars. Sian has presented many prime-time TV shows, including Crimewatch and National Treasures Live for BBC One and numerous series of Save Money, Good Health, which ran on ITV1 over several years.

In her radio work, as BBC Radio 4’s co-presenter of ‘Saturday Live’, Sian helped attract more than a quarter of a million new listeners. She was also the co-host of a unique programme, in which she was joined in the BBC studios by The Queen, to broadcast live.
Sian is proud to be able to bring stories of mental well-being to a mass audience, using her journalistic and psychological skills. During her time as Channel 5’s main news anchor, she introduced the UK’s first dedicated mental health slot on a TV news bulletin. Called ‘Mind Matters with Dr Sian’, it covered issues ranging from ADHD, addiction, anxiety, eating disorders, OCD and PTSD.

In her work as a psychologist, Sian has a thriving private practice, where she offers consultancy, workshops, group and individual therapy. She is a Senior Specialist Psychological Therapist at the Centre for Anxiety, Stress and Trauma at the NHS, where she primarily helps emergency service staff recover from work-related traumatic events. In 2023, Sian hosted an event for HRH Prince William, meeting first responders and listening to their mental health concerns. She is a regular host of the annual Emergency Services Mental Health Symposium, which is supported by the Royal Foundation.

Sian has been a keynote speaker or hosted major events for Google, the British Psychological Society, the BBC, ITV, ITN, King’s College London, and more. She has written on mental health issues for newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Good Housekeeping and The Psychologist.
Sian’s first book Rise: Surviving and Thriving after Trauma was published in June 2016 and she is working on her second, which will focus on how to manage anxiety.

Judi James is a leading communication and body language expert whose expertise is sought after in broadcast, corporate and public relations circles. She regularly appears on a number of high-profile TV and Radio programmes across many channels, analysing major political, royal and celebrity events.

She has appeared regularly on BBC News, Sky News, GB News, CNN, Big Brother, Big Brother’s Bit on The Psych and Bit on the Side, The Extra Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, BBC2’s Newsnight and had a nightly news spot covering the General Election. She has been involved in documentaries like Why Women Shop, Camilla The Uncrowned Queen, Office Wars and had her own 4-part body language series on Channel 5 called Naked Celebrity, which she researched and presented.

Judi delivers thorough and insightful analysis of the body language of politicians, world leaders, celebrities and other public figures.

She has written 26 fiction and non-fiction books covering a range of subjects from body language, business impact, charisma, boosting your confidence and decreasing stress levels in the work place to improving flirting techniques, job interview techniques and even tips on how to win a poker game, titles include: The Body Language Bible, You’re Hired, Being Confident, Supermodel, Naked Angels and The Wedding Suit.

Judi has worked on many public relations campaigns with a wide range of multinational companies. She works closely with the client helping them deliver the key messages of the campaign through radio and print interviews, TV appearances and supporting the survey results and press release by adding personalised quotes and tips. The client feedback has always been positive and some of Judi’s recent public relations work includes campaigns for Google, Vodafone, Morrisons, Dove, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Colgate, L’Oreal and others. She also works closely with major international brands such as Gucci, Chanel, Mediacom, WWP and Deloitte.

She works as a pitch coach for business pitches to clients and runs training courses & keynote seminars in business on the subjects of body language, charisma, empathy, motivation skills, communication skills and networking.

She also coaches one to one for high level clients.

Judi started her career as a leading catwalk model and trained many big names at her modelling school in Chelsea, Naomi Campbell among them.