Kwame is a Circuit Judge on the South Eastern Circuit, presiding over Crown Court jury trials and sentencing hearings. Prior to this appointment he was a District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) and a barrister at 6 King’s Bench Walk where he defended and prosecuted cases across the spectrum of serious crime. Kwame brings his direct experience as both and advocate and judge in the criminal courts to the Advisory Board to help keep us grounded in the realities of the current justice system and to help us to improve our social impact in improving the life prospects of people leaving that system.