Amanda Read

• National Operational lead, Safeguarding & Modern Slavery
• UK Border Force

Amanda Read is the Border Force National Operational lead for Safeguarding and Modern Slavery. She heads up a network of over 500 specialist officers across near and far UK borders and ensures that these experts and the wider cadre of frontline staff are equipped to protect the vulnerable and prevent those perpetrators who may seek to exploit them. Providing vulnerability expertise, she leads on ‘Prevent and Protect’ intensifications and partnership collaboration. She has over 30 years operational experience working at ports across the UK, within the Immigration detention estate and on postings overseas. She received a Member of the British Empire in 2013 for her services to keeping children safe and in 2019 was awarded a World Class Policing award for Operation Limelight, a multi-agency safeguarding operation at the border to prevent harmful practices.