Sir Kenneth John Knight, CBE, QFSM, DL (born 3 January 1947) is a retired British firefighter and public servant.

He produced an independent report for the UK Government on fire and rescue services response to the widespread flooding in 2007 entitled Facing the Challenge.

He was also tasked by the Secretary of State to undertake a review in the immediate aftermath of the fire in high rise flats at Lakanal House, London, 2009 in which six people died however, when further cladding risks were reported to the Department for Communities and Local Government in 2009 Sir Ken Knight, replied to say there was "insufficient information to warrant alerting housing authorities", the Grenfell inquiry was told.

[2] Since leaving his position as the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser to the UK Government in 2013, Knight has provided independent consultancy advice to public and private sector organisations.

Since June 2017, Knight has been chair of the Independent Expert Advisory Panel at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in the immediate aftermath of London's Grenfell Tower fire, in which 71 people lost their lives.