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Amil Khan

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Co-Founder / CEO at Valent
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Amil Khan is the CEO and co-founder of Valent, a firm specializing in narrative intelligence. A former award-winning Reuters correspondent and senior UK government advisor, he leverages his extensive experience in information warfare to protect organizations from coordinated disinformation. He is a graduate of Durham University.

Driven by the belief that the information revolution should have made the world a better place, Amil is passionate about fighting authoritarianism. Having lived and worked across the Middle East and South Asia, he is fluent in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, holding a deep understanding of global political dynamics.

Unique fact: He wrote the first UK government report on coordinated social media manipulation being used as a political weapon.

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Current Role
Co-Founder / CEO
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Disinformation Analysis
His entire career, from journalism and government work to founding Valent, focuses on detecting and responding to coordinated information threats and narrative manipulation.
AI for Threat Detection
He co-founded Valent to build Ariadne, an AI platform that detects, predicts, and responds to informational threats for major organizations like banks and investment houses.
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Career

Work history

1-2020
Co-Founder / CEO
Valent
10-2017 - 12-2019
Associate Fellow
Chatham House
2-2015 - 12-2020
Senior Advisor/Deployable Civilian Expert
UK Government's Stabilisation Unit
1-2013 - 1-2015
Senior Communications Advisor
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
1-2009 - 1-2013
Project Director
Chime Group
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Media appearances

Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund announces an investment in Valent. Featured in Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund
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Valent raises £1.1 million round to scale its counter disinformation AI. Featured in UK Business Angels Association
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Education
1995 - 1999
Bachelor's degree
Durham University
6-1998 - 8-1998
Study Abroad
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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