Walid Saffour is the founder and president of the Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC), the first human rights organisation aiming to expose the violations of the Syrian regime. In 2012-2014 he served as the first representative of the Syrian National Coalition to the U.K. Walid Saffour is the founder and chairman of Human Care Syria, a charity which works to alleviate the suffering of Syrians inside Syria and in neighbouring countries. He has studied at Damascus University and Westminster University, and has an MA in Linguistics.