26 May 2020 - NICE is delighted to announce that today Sharmila Nebhrajani, OBE, has taken up her position as its new chairman following her appointment by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and an independent open recruitment process.

Sharmila has strong industry, government and charitable experience across a wide range of sectors. A biomedical scientist by background she read Physiological Sciences at the University of Oxford and began her business career as a management consultant. 

She was most recently chief executive of Wilton Park, a not-for-profit agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which organises events on key issues including global health and international patient safety.

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