Mae Nazir Afzal wedi cael gyrfa nodedig gyda Gwasanaeth Erlyn y Goron ac yn fwy diweddar fel Prif Weithredwr Cymdeithas y Comisiynwyr Heddlu a Throseddu. Mae wedi erlyn rhai o'r achosion uchaf eu proffil yn y wlad, a bu'n arwain polisi Cymru a Lloegr ar gam-drin plant, troseddau casineb gan gynnwys ar sail anabledd, trais yn erbyn menywod a thrais ar sail anrhydedd.
Nazir Afzal has a distinguished career in the Crown Prosecution service and more recently as Chief Executive of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners.  He has prosecuted some of the most high profile cases in the country and was England and Wales’s policy lead for child abuse, hate crime including disability, violence against women and honour-based violence.