Professor Sabrina Cohen-Hatton is one of the world's most senior women fire officers, awarded the King's Fire Service Medal - the highest possible accolade - for distinguished service and for research that has transformed emergency decision-making worldwide. After leaving home at fifteen and experiencing a period of homelessness, she has also studied for a first-class degree in Psychology, a Masters in International Fire Service Development, and a PhD in Behavioural Neuroscience.

A leading international expert on risk-critical decision-making in crises and an Honorary Fellow at Cardiff University, she has used her research to change national policy and presented her work around the world. Her first book, The Heat of the Moment, has been published in three languages; her second, The Gender Bias, was published in 2023. She is an Advocate for Prince William's homelessness charity, Homewards, and has appeared in a two-part ITV documentary about the project, now streaming globally on Disney+.