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10 TikTok trust and safety experts
These ten current TikTok trust and safety staff have worked in trust and safety, product policy, risk prevention and investigations roles at the company. A reader can learn how trust and safety work is organized at a company like TikTok from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Abdul Rahman M.
LinkedInExperience: Content, AI and Product Policy, Livestream and Monetization Safety and Civility Lead · TikTok
Content, AI and Product Policy, Livestream and Monetization Safety and Civility Lead at TikTok since 2025, where the profile says he managed the adaptation of safety and civility policies for livestreams. His earlier TikTok roles include MENAT Product Policy Manager, Livestream and Monetisation (2024–2025), Product Policy Manager Violent Extremism & Human Exploitation (2022–2024) and MENAT Regional Product Policy Manager (2019–2022).
Gretchen Koo
LinkedInExperience: Regional Lead, Trust & Safety Program Management · TikTok
Former Regional Lead, Trust & Safety Program Management at TikTok (2021–2026), where the profile says she led market program management teams, and Regional Lead, Trend/Risk Detection at TikTok since 2026, based in Singapore. She also held Regional Lead roles in Trust & Safety Market Analysis and the Trust and Safety PMO, and was a Program Manager, Trust and Safety (2020–2022).
John Kirwan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Safety & Integrity EMEA · TikTok
Head of Safety & Integrity EMEA at TikTok since 2024, based in Ireland. Before TikTok he held Google roles including Trust & Safety Ads - Head of Election Integrity & Advertiser Knowledge (2021–2024) and Trust & Safety Ads - Head of Election Integrity (2018–2021). The profile says he leads organizations combating online fraud and abuse.
Jonathon Lew
LinkedInExperience: Trust and Safety Lead - Search and Account · TikTok
Trust and Safety Lead - Search and Account at TikTok since 2025, based in the Los Angeles area, in Search and Account Safety Operations. His earlier TikTok roles were Senior Trust and Safety Worklow Analyst - Short Video (2023–2024), Senior Trust and Safety Workflow Analyst - Livestream (2022–2023) and Trust and Safety Workflow Analyst - Livestream (2020–2022).
Lian Ryan-Hume (Najami)
LinkedInExperience: Head of Trust & Safety Policy - Middle East, Türkiye, Israel, Southern Europe, and Africa · TikTok
Head of Trust & Safety Policy - Middle East, Türkiye, Israel, Southern Europe, and Africa at TikTok since 2024, based in London, after serving as Product Policy Manager at TikTok (2022–2024). She was previously Policy Lead at the Municipality of Haifa (2021–2022).
Mark Douglas
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Investigations, Trust & Safety · TikTok
Former Global Head of Investigations, Trust & Safety at TikTok (2024–2025) and former Investigations Lead, EMEA, Trust & Safety (2021–2024), based in Dublin. He was then Global Head of Analysis & Prevention, Trust & Safety (2025–2026) and since 2026 Head of Long-Term Containment, where the profile says he leads a global function on persistent and emerging platform risks.
Sahar Kazranian
LinkedInExperience: Global Product Policy Lead, Trust & Safety · TikTok
Global Product Policy Lead, Trust & Safety at TikTok since 2020, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The profile describes her as a global trust and safety product policy lead and people manager at TikTok. Before TikTok she was a Technology, Public Policy, and Conflict Resolution Fellow at Harvard University (2018–2020).
Sushil Pillay
LinkedInExperience: Head of Regional Risk Prevention (Middle East Africa Turkey Israel ) · TikTok
Former Head of Regional Risk Prevention (Middle East Africa Turkey Israel) at TikTok (2021–2026) and Global Head Of Bans and Restriction Risk at TikTok since 2026, based in Ireland. The profile says he works at the intersection of trust and safety, regulation and geopolitics. He was previously a Senior Program Manager at Google (2006–2021).
Tabassum Akhter
LinkedInExperience: Trend Detection Lead, Trust & Safety · TikTok
Trend Detection Lead, Trust & Safety at TikTok since 2026, based in Singapore, where the profile says she leads a team of risk intelligence strategists across APAC detecting emerging platform threats. She was earlier Senior Program Manager (2025–2026) and Program Manager (2022–2024), Trust and Safety at TikTok, and a Senior Consultant at PwC Singapore.
Vivien Mery S.
LinkedInExperience: Global Product Policy Manager, Trust & Safety · TikTok
Global Product Policy Manager, Trust & Safety at TikTok since 2022, based in Singapore. The profile says she shapes product policies and trust and safety strategies across discoverability features, including policy development, implementation and risk assessments. She was earlier at AVPN as Senior Product Associate and Policy Associate (2019–2022).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area to your question, since product policy, risk detection, investigations and operations are separate jobs inside trust and safety. Consider region too, since a regional role may not reflect how the work is done in your market.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do trust and safety teams at a large video platform split work between policy, detection and enforcement?
- 02How are emerging platform risks spotted and escalated before they grow?
- 03How does a product policy team adapt rules for new features such as livestreams or search?
Reaching TikTok trust and safety experts
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