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Edward Canfor-Dumas
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After winning a scholarship to Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, he read English Literature at New College, Oxford. Soon after, he started penning scripts for popular television series such as The Bill and Kavanagh Queen's Counsel. His first major feature-length programme was Tough Love, a powerful drama about police corruption, starring Ray Winstone. He then wrote the drama for the highly acclaimed British Broadcasting Corporation drama-documentary Pompeii: The Last Day, which was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and followed this in 2005 with Supervolcano.
In 2006 Edward took a lead role in establishing the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues, which was launched in February 2007, and in 2011 he co-founded Engi, a social enterprise that works with the private sector, civil society, government and the military to manage conflict and reduce violence.
He is currently co-leading a multinational project - Understand to Prevent - which is exploring an expanded role for the military in the prevention of violent conflict, and has recently joined the Strategy Forum of the United Kingdom"s Chief of the Defence Staff.
