Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM is a Professor of Modern Slavery Policy at the Rights Lab in the University of Nottingham and a Consultant in Modern Slavery at CCLA Investment Management. Before this, she worked in policing for 33 years, eight of those as Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police.  She was elected as the first Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council.  In April 2022 she completed a three-year term as the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and was awarded the Human Trafficking Foundation Trustee Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Fight against Modern Slavery.