“There are people working in arts organizations who feel that in recent years there has been a sacrifice of quality and excellence in favor of ticking the right boxes and using the right buzz words because that's what their masters tell them.”

British political adviser

Munira Mirza is a British political adviser. She worked with Boris Johnson in City Hall and later at Number 10, where she served as Director of the Policy Unit from 2019 until her resignation in February 2022. Earlier, she was Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture when Johnson was Mayor of London. Her public profile is tied to policy work in government and to the senior advisory roles she held under Johnson.