Rima Makarem

Rima has 15 years’ experience working at board level in the NHS and has worked at regional and national level. She has been the chair of the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board since 2020. She is also chair of the Sue Ryder charity, chair of Queen Square Enterprises Ltd (an independent healthcare provider based in London), a lay council member for the General Pharmaceutical Council, and a trustee of LifeArc.

Rima trained as a scientist and has held senior roles within the global pharmaceutical industry. Other senior roles she has held include senior independent director and audit chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and audit chair and external commissioner at the House of Commons Commission, working closely with the Speaker and the Leader of the House.